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Updated June 17th, 05

SECOND NORTHERN LIGHTS SUMMER CONFERENCE
Coordinated by the
Canadian Federation of Biological Socieites
48TH ANNUAL MEETING

June 21- 24, 2005
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario
Canada
The Canadian Federation of Biological Societies invites you to attend the Second Northern Lights Summer Conference (48th CFBS Annual Meeting, June 21- 24, 2005, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario.

LIFESTYLE & MOLECULAR BASES OF HEALTH & DISEASE

CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH, DIABETES, EXERCISE, NUTRITION, OBESITY

University of Guelph Map (PDF 273 KB)

Presented Abstracts:

Index (472 KB)

 

TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2005
4:00 to 8:00 PM
REGISTRATION
Room: Rozanski Hall

Tuesday, June 21, 2005
2:00 to 5:00 PM
University Centre

Room: 441

CFBS Executive Meeting

Tuesday, June 21, 2005
5:00 to 7:00 PM
University Centre

Room: 441

CFBS 71st Board Meeting


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2005

7:00 AM - 4:30 PM
REGISTRATION & INFORMATION DESKS
Rozanski Hall(ROZH)

9 :00 AM - 6:00 PM
SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITS
Peter Clark Hall(PCH)

SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
Rozanski Hall(ROZH)

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
7:30 - 8:00 AM
Room: PCH

SET UP POSTERS

    Wednesday, June 22, 2005
    8:00 - 8:30 AM
    Room: 101 ROZH

    Opening Ceremonies & Welcome
    A. Wildman,
    VP Research
    Chaired by Alexander Clanachan, CFBS President


    CFBS Excellence Award
    Presented to: Dr. Ken Fisher,
    CFBS Hon. Secretary

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
8:30 - 9:30 AM
Room: 101 ROZH
    PLENARY LECTURE:

    CFBS' Presidents Award Lecture:

  • Claude Bouchard, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
    Human Genetic Variation and the Benefits Accrued from Regular Exercise.

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
9:30 - 10:00 AM
Room: PCH

Sponsored by: Kellogg Canada Inc.

  • Refreshment Break & Scientific Exhibits

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
10:00 - 12:00 AM

  • Exhibitor's Trade Show
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
10:00 AM- 12:15 PM
Room: 103 ROZH
Symposium 1
Sponsored by: Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology (CSEP)

Regulation of Oxygen Delivery to Skeletal Muscle
Chair: Dr. George Heigenhauser,
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

  • 10:00 - 10:30 AM
    Richard Hughson, Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo
    Theories and Findings of Metabolic Control at the Onset of Exercise

  • 10:30 - 11:00 AM
    Beng Saltin, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Muscle blood flow in the cross road between metabolic demands and blood pressure control
  • 11:00 - 11:15 AM Stretch Break
    Room: ROZH Foyer

  • 11:15 - 11:45 AM
    Michael Hogan
    , Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA
    Control of oxygen uptake during contractions in isolated single myocytes
  • 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
    David Hood, School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, York University, Toronto
    Regulation of mitochondrial oxygen consumption during mitochondrial biogenesis

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
10:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Room: 102
ROZH

Sponsored by: Nestlé Canada

 

Nestlé Nutrition Graduate Students Awards Presentations (CSNS)
Chair: Jim House, Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

  • 10:00 - 10:15 AM
    S01 – CONSUMPTION OF A PRELOAD CONTAINING A BLEND OF VISCOUS SOLUBLE FIBERS AFFECTS SUBSEQUENT FOOD INTAKE IN ADOLESCENTS. Pearl Breitman, Shirin Panahi, Michael Lyon, Vladimir Vuksan. Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.

  • 10:15 - 10:30 AM
    S02 – L - 5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE MAY BE A MORE EFFICACIOUS SUPPLEMENT THAN FOLIC ACID DURING LACTATION. Lisa Houghton, Kelly Sherwood, Deborah O'Connor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.

  • 10:30 - 10:45 AM
    S03 – TRIAL EFFECTIVENESS OF DAILY AND FLEXIBLE ADMINISTRATION OF MICRONUTRIENT SPRINKLES AMONG YOUNG CHILDREN IN RURAL BANGLADESH. Hedy Ip, Ziauddin Hyder*, Farhana Haseen*, Mizanur Rahman*, Stanley Zlotkin. Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Ontario, Research Institute, Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC, 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.

  • 10:45 - 11:00 AM
    S04 – NOVEL AND CONVENTIONAL BIOMARKERS OF COPPER STATUS REVEAL ADDED COMPLEXITY TO THE ZINC-COPPER ANTAGONISM IN RATS FED ELEVATED LEVELS OF ZINC. Monica Iskandar, Jesse Bertinato, Eleonora Swist and Mary L'Abbé, Nutrition Research Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

  • 11:00 – 11:15 AM STRETCH BREAK
    Room: ROZH Foyer


  • 11:15 - 11:30 AM
    S05 – EFFECTS OF CORN FIBER OIL AND PLANT STANOLS ON PLASMA LIPIDS AND GENE EXPRESSION OF INTESTINAL STEROL TRANSPROTER IN HAMSTERS. Deepak Jain*, Naoyuki Ebine*, Xiaoming Jia*, Amira Kassis*, Christopher Marinangeli*, Kevin Hicks, Robert Moreau and Peter Jones, School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada H9X 3V9 and Crop Conversion Science and Engineering Research Unit, ERRC, ARS, USDA, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, 19038, USA.

  • 11:30 - 11:45 AM
    S06 – THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT VISCOSITIES OF ß-GLUCAN ON POSTPRANDIAL GLYCEMIA IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS. Shirin Panahi1,2, Adish Ezatagha1,2, Vincent Chau2, Vivian Cornelis2, Alexandra Jenkins1,2, Feral Temelli3, Thava Vasanthan3, Elena Jovanovski1,2, Anamaria Dascalu1,2, Vladimir Vuksan1,2, 1Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 2Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Centre, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, 3Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.

  • 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
    S07 – EFFECT OF NEONATAL EXPOSURE TO GENISTEIN ON BONE METABOLISM IN FEMALE MICE AT ADULTHOOD. Ana Piekarz, Wendy Ward, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.

  • 12:00 - 12:15 PM
    S08 – MULTI-VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION OF RATS DURING PREGNANCY ALTERS BODY WEIGHT, ADIPOSITY AND GLUCOSE REGULATION IN THE MALE OFFSPRING. Ignatius M.Y. Szeto, Ameer Y. Taha, Paul J. Das, Alfred Aziz, G. Harvey Anderson, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, 150 College Street, Toronto, Ontario.

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: 105 ROZH

Sponsored by: Canadian Association for Anatomy, Neurobiology and Cell Biology

CAANCB Graduate Students Presentations (CAANCB)

Chair: Elliott Scott, Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba

10:00 - 10:15 AM
W30 - SYNCHROTRON BASED IMAGING FOR BRAIN TUMOR RESEARCH

Sarah Rigley, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan. Source of Research funds: Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, CIHR.

10:15 - 10:30 AM
T48 - GATA-4 MODULATES THE TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION OF ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN GENES INDUCED BY C/EBP DELTA.
Dominic Rousseau,
Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Medecine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Source of Research funds: Canadian Istitutes of Health Research.

10:30 - 10:45 AM
T50 - THE INFLUENCE OF TOBACCO SMOKE COMPONENTS ON HUMAN NEUTROPHIL DIFFERENTIATION.
Minqi Xu,
Department of Oral Biology, University of Manitoba. Source of Research funds: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and Centres for Disease Control, USA.

10:45 - 11:00 AM
F41 - NICOTINIC RECEPTORS IN FETAL PULMONARY TISSUES: ROLE IN LUNG DEVELOPMENT.
Craig Hillier,
Departments of Oral Biology & Anatomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. Source of Research funds: NSERC & MICH.

 

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
12:15 - 2:00 PM
Room: PCH
  • Poster Sessions
    (Authors at Posters)

    A8) Exercise
    A17) Nutraceuticals / Functional Foods
    A18) Nutrition and Metabolism
    A19) Obesity & Diabetes
    A15) Neuroscience
  • Exhibitors' Reception

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Room: 103 ROZH


Mark Tremblay,
Senior Scientific Advisor on Health Measurement, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, ON
Introducing the Canadian Health Measures Survey

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
2:00 - 3:00 PM
Room: 102 ROZH

Sponsored by: Canadian Association of Anatomy Neurobiology Cell Biology

Murray L. Barr Award Lecture (CAANCB)
Victor Viau, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Sex on stress: The anatomy of androgen receptors within the paraventricular nucleus and its' extended circuitries in the male rat brain

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
2:00 - 4:30 PM
Room: 103 ROZH

Sponsored by: Health Canada

SYMPOSIUM 2

Lifestyles and Molecular Bases of Vascular Function-Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Therapy
Chair: James Rush
, Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

  • 2:00 - 2:30 PM
    Todd Anderson, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and the Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
    Endothelial Function and Cardiovascular Disease

  • 2:30 - 3:00 PM
    Luis Melo, Department of Physiology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON
    Therapeutic Potential of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Cardiovascular Disease

  • 3:00 - 3:30 PM Refreshment Break & Scientific Exhibits
    Room: PCH

  • 3:30 - 4:00 PM
    Jefferson Frisbee
    , Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Cardiovascular Science, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Virginia, USA
    Peripheral Ischemia in the Metabolic Syndrome: The Effects of Altered Microvascular Structure

  • 4:00 - 4:30 PM
    James Rush, Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
    Endothelial Molecular and Functional Adaptations to Exercise
Date: Wednesday, June June 22, 2005
2:00 - 4:30 PM
Room: 101 ROZH

Sponsored by: Danone Institute, Canada

SYMPOSIUM 3

Regulation of Food Intake and Interaction with Exercise
Chairs: G. Harvey Anderson
, University of Toronto and Peter Jones, McGill University

  • 2:00 - 2:30 PM
    Stephen Benoit, University of Cincinnati, USA
    Current research on mechanisms of intake regulation and relevance to energy balance.

  • 2:30 - 3:00 PM
    Angelo Tremblay, University of Laval, Ste. Foy, QC
    Impact of physical activity on food intake.

  • 3:00 - 3:30 Refreshment Break & Scientific Exhibits
    Room: PCH

  • 3:30 - 4:00 PM
    Britt Burton-Freeman, University of California, Davis, California, USA
    Physiology of intake regulation in women and men: Understanding the role of dietary fat.

  • 4:00 - 4:30 PM
    G. Harvey Anderson, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
    Intake regulation in young boys: the interaction of fitness and body fat in determining food intake in response to carbohydrate and protein.

 

 

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
4:30 - 6:30 PM
Room: PCH

  • Poster Sessions
    (Authors at Posters)

    A8) Exercise
    A17) Nutraceuticals / Functional Foods
    A18) Nutrition and Metabolism
    A19) Obesity & Diabetes
    A15) Neuroscience

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
4:30 - 5:00 PM
Room: 101 ROZH

  • Danone Institute Award
    Presented to Dr. George Beaton
    Professor Emeritus, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, and Graduate Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Graduate Studies

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
5:00 - 6:30 PM
Room: PCH

  • Danon Institute Wine & Cheese Reception

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
4:00 - 6:00 PM
Room: 102 ROZH


CAANCB EXECUTIVE MEETING

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
6:30 - 7:30 PM
Room: 101 ROZH

CFBS Gordin Kaplan Award Public Lecture
Bruce Holub,
University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
Good Fats, Bad Fats and Heart Health

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
7:30 PM
Branion Plaza

CFBS Annual Dinner
In Appreciation of Dr. Bruce Sells, CFBS Executive Director

THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2005
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
REGISTRATION & INFORMATION DESKS
Room: Rozanski Hall

9 :00 AM - 6:00 PM
SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITS
Room: Peter Clark Hall

Thursday, June 23, 2005
7:30 - 8:00 AM
Room: PCH

SET UP POSTERS

Thursday, June 23, 2005
7:30 - 8:30 AM
Room: 107 ROZH


CSNS EXECUTIVE MEETING

Thursday, June 23, 2005
7:30 - 8:30 AM
Room: 102 ROZH


CAANCB ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Thursday, June 23, 2005
7:30 - 8:30 AM
University Centre

Level 5

Graduate Student Breakfast in University Club
Alastair Summerlee,
President, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
Biomedical Sciences -- a World of Possibilities

Thursday, June 23, 2005
8:30 - 9:30 AM
Room: 101 ROZH

    PLENARY LECTURE:

  • Bente Pedersen, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Muscle-derived IL-6 and its role in metabolism
Thursday, June 23, 2005
9:30 - 10:00 AM
Room: PCH
  • Refreshment Break & Scientific Exhibits
Thursday, June 23, 2005
10:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Room: 101 ROZH
SYMPOSIUM 4
Sponsored by: Centrum Foundation
Nutrition and Metabolic Programming - Implications in Health
Chair: Mary Ellen Harper
, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
  • 10:00 - 10:30 AM
    John Challis
    , Departments of Physiology, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Medecine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
    Nutritional effects on fetal programming and preterm birth

  • 10:30 - 11:00 AM
    Leslie Kozak
    , Pennington Biomedical Research Center, and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
    An epigenetic mechanism for diet-induced obesity

  • 11:00 - 11:15 AM Stretch Break
    Room: ROZH Foyer

  • 11:15 - 11:45 AM
    Robert A. Waterland
    , Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular and Human Genetics, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
    Memories of when we were young: Nutritional influences on developmental epigenetics

  • 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
    Constantin Polychronakos
    , Departments of Pediatrics and Human Genetics, McGill University Health Center (Children’s Hospital), Montreal, Quebec
    Dissecting the genetic determinants of complex traits: lessons from diabetes

Thursday, June 23, 2005
10:00 AM- 11:45 PM
Room: 102 ROZH

Sponsored by: Canadian Association for Anatomy, Neurobiology and Cell Biology

  • CAANCB Teaching Workshop
  • Chair: Ken Fisher, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
    Teaching Anatomy in Intergrated Curricula

  • 10:00 - 10:30 AM
    R. Butler, Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
    Reflections on the Evolution of Anatomy Curriculum in 30 years of a Problem Based Learning, Medical Curriculum
  • 10:30 - 11:00 AM
    K. Fisher, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
    Rationales and Creation of an Integrated Curriculum for Veterinary Medicine: Management of the Embryology and Anatomy Content

  • 11:00 - 11:45 AM Stretch Break
    ROZH Foyer


  • 11:15 - 11:45 AM
    J. Thomson, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
    Implimentation of an Integrated Curriculum: Impact on Anatomy Content
  • 11:45 - 12:15 AM
    R. Hunt, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
    Tools for Teaching Anatomy in Integrated Curricula: Plastination- Update on the State of the Art
Thursday, June 23, 2005
12:15 - 2:00 PM
Room: PCH
  • Poster Sessions & Scientific Exhibits'
    (Authors at Posters)

    A17) Nutraceuticals / Functional Foods
    A18) Nutrition and Metabolism
    A3) Cellular / Structural Biology
    A9) Genetics / Genomics
    A13) Molecular Biology / Biotechnology
    A22) Physiology

Thursday, June 23, 2005
12:15 - 2:00 PM
Room: PCH

  • Student Mixer

Thursday, June 23, 2005
1 :00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 102 ROZH

Sponsored by: Centrum Foundation of Canada

  • Centrum Foundation Award Lecture (CSNS)
    Carla Taylor, Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
    What are the Molecular and Cellular Roles of Zinc in Immune Defense?

Thursday, June 23, 2005
2:00 - 3:00 PM
Room: 102 ROZH

Sponsored by: Canadian Association for Anatomy, Neurobiology and Cell Biology

JCB Grant Award Lecture (CAANCB)
David Hopkins, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
Da Vagus Code: Functional Neuroanatomy of Brain-Heart Connections

Thursday, June 23, 2005
2:00 - 4:30 PM
Room: PCH

Exhibitors' Trade Show
(cash bar in poster area/exhibit area)

Thursday, June 23, 2005
2:00 - 4:30 PM
Room: 101 ROZH

Sponsored by: WEMB Biochem Inc.

SYMPOSIUM 5

Nutrigenomics
Chair: Marica Bakovic
, Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON

  • 2:00 - 3:00 PM
    Sander Kersten, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
    How can we apply genomics tools in nutrition research: a case study on PPARs.

  • 3:00 - 3:30 PM Refreshment Break
  • , Scientific Exhibits & Door Prizes Draw
    (sponsored by: Gatorade Sports Science Institute)
    Room: PCH

  • 3:30 - 4:00 PM
    Ahmed El-Sohemy, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto
    Impact of genetic polymorphisms in drug-metabolizing enzymes on nutrient metabolism.

  • 4:00 -4:30
    Marica Bakovic, Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
    Molecular and genomic bases of choline transport and lipid metabolism

Thursday, June 23, 2005
4:30 - 6:30 PM
Room: PCH

Sponsored by: Sleeman Breweries Ltd.

  • Student Mixer Reception Cash Bar
Thursday, June 23, 2005
4 :30 - 6:00 PM
Room: PCH
  • Poster Sessions
    (Authors at Posters)

    A17) Nutraceuticals / Functional Foods
    A18) Nutrition and Metabolism
    A3) Cellular / Structural Biology
    A9) Genetics / Genomics
    A13) Molecular Biology / Biotechnology
    A22) Physiology

 

Thursday, June 23, 2005
4:00 - 6:00 PM
Room: 107 ROZH


CSNS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Thursday, June 23, 2005
6:00 - 7:00 PM
Room: 105 ROZH
CFBS 28TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Chaired by Alexander Clanachan, CFBS President, University of Alberta

 

Thursday, June 23, 2005
7:00 - 9:30 PM
Grad Lounge

University Centre Building
5th Level

CSEP Night Pizza & Cash Bar

Thursday, June 23, 2005
7:00 - 10:00 PM
Arboretum

Canadian Society for Nutritional Sciences (CSNS) Banquet & Award Presentations:

Student Competition Award Presentations

Presentation of Earl Willard McHenry Award for Distinguished Service in Nutrition to
Dr. Stanley Zlotkin
, Professor of Paediatrics and of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON


Shuttle at Rozanski Hall 6:30 - 6:45 PM & from Arboretum at 10:00 - 10:15 PM
Tickets are available at Registration Desk Wednesday & Thursday morning

Thursday, June 23, 2005
7:00 PM
Atrium Restaurant at the University of Guelph

CAANCB Annual Dinner and Award Ceremony

Tickets are available at Registration Desk Wednesday & Thursday morning.


FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2005
REGISTRATION & INFORMATION DESK
(8:00 AM- 4:30 PM)
Room: Rozanski Hall

Friday, June 24, 2005
7:30 - 8:00 AM
Room: PCH

  • SET UP POSTERS
Friday, June 24, 2005
8:00 - 9:00 AM
Room: 101 ROZH
    PLENARY LECTURE:

  • Amira Klip, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
    Go/stop signals in intracellular traffic of glucose transporters
Friday, June 24, 2005
9:00 - 9:15 AM
Room: ROZH Foyer
  • Stretch Break

Friday, June 24, 2005
9:15 AM - 11:45 PM
Room: 101 ROZH

Sponsored by: Health Canada

SYMPOSIUM 6
Metabolic Dysregulation in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
Chair : David Dyck,
Department of Human Biology & Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
  • 9:15 - 9:45 AM
    Lynis Dohm, Department of Physiology, East Carolina University, Greenvill NC
    Skeletal muscle fatty acid metabolism in severely obese individuals

  • 9:45 - 10:15 AM
    David Kelley, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
    Mitochondrial anomalies and rectification in obesity and type 2 diabetes
  • 10:15 - 10:45 PM Refreshment Break
    Room: PCH

  • 10:45 - 11:15 AM
    Neil Ruderman, Department of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Mass

  • Roles of adiponectin and AMPK activation in fatty acid and glucose metabolism

    11:15 AM - 11:45 PM
  • Andre Marette, Department of Anatomy & Physiology, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec
    iNOS: an autocrine / paracrine inflammatory mediator of insulin resistance in obesity.
Friday, June 24, 2005
11:45 - 2:00 PM
Room: PCH
  • Poster Sessions & Lunch
    (Authors at Posters)

    A2) Cardiovascular Biology
    A8) Exercise
    A14) Molecular Basis of Disease
    A19) Obesity & Diabetes
    A24) Proteins and Enzymology

Friday, June 24, 2005
12:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Room: 101 ROZH

Sponsored by: US Food & Nutrition Board, Institute of Medecine, National Academies &
Health Canada

SYMPOSIUM 7
Dietary Reference Intakes: Perspectives
Chair: Peter Fischer
, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  • 12:30 - 12:50 PM
    Danielle Brulé
    , Ph.D., Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Implementing the Dietary Reference Intakes in Health Canada's Policies on Dietary Guidance

  • 12:50 - 1:10 PM
    Linda D. Meyers
    , Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC. USA
    Dietary Reference Intakes: Reviewing Evidence for Nutrient Recommendations

  • 1:10 - 1:30 PM
    Susan Barr, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Adequate Intake: Is it Adequate?

  • 1:30 - 1:50 PM
    Stephanie A. Atkinson
    , McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    What About the Children?
Friday, June 24, 2005
2:00 - 5:00 PM
Room: 103 ROZH

SYMPOSIUM 8

Sponsored by: Heinz Canada

Infant Feeding Patterns and the New Recommendations to Extend Exclusive Breastfeeding to 6 Months.
Chair: James Friel
, Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

  • 2:00 - 2:30 PM
    Chantal Martineau
    , Health Canada. Ottawa, Ontario
    Revised Health Canada Recommendation on the duration of exclusive breast feeding

  • 2:30 - 3:00 PM
    Frank Greer, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
    Madison, WIS, USA
    Perspective from the American Academy of Pediatrics on extended exclusive breastfeeding
  • 3:00 - 3:30 PM Refreshment Break
    Room: PCH

  • 3:30 - 4:00 PM
    Stephen Cunnane, Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Sherbrooke,
    Sherbrooke Quebec, Canada
    Crucial links between body fat, fatty acid metabolism and brain development in infants and early infant feeding.
  • 4:00 - 4:30 PM
    Stanley Zlotkin, Department of Paediatrics and Department of Nutritional Sciences,
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    The impact of the new recommendations re breastfeeding on risk of anemia.

  • 4:30 - 5:00 PM
    James Friel, Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba
    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    How will parents adjust to the introduction of solids with longer breastfeeding?

Friday, June 24, 2005
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Room: PCH
  • Poster Sessions
    (Authors at Posters)

    A2) Cardiovascular Biology
    A8) Exercise
    A14) Molecular Basis of Disease
    A19) Obesity & Diabetes
    A24) Proteins and Enzymology
  • Goodbye Reception (Cash Bar)

Friday, June 24, 2005
6:00 - 7:30 PM
University Centre
Room: 442

CSNS Reception

Please reserve at registration desk on Wednesday & Thursday morning


SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2005
9:00 to 10:30am
Ramada Hotel
Room: Pinetree C

 

CFBS Program Committee Meeting

10:30 to 12:00pm
Ramada Hotel
Room: Pinetree C

CFBS 72nd Board Meeting
Chaired by Michael Ratcliffe,
CFBS President University of Toronto

 

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