Program
Thursday October 23 10:00 Welcome coffee and registration
12:00 Lunch Buffet

13:00 Opening Session

  • Welcome by the University of Lugano
  • Dr. Luca Bolliger (Biopolo Ticino)
  • Dr. Hélène Corbière, Dr. Alain D. Meyer (Advolis Life Science Concepts Ltd.)
13:45 Introduction to Fructan Biology
  • PD Dr. Arnd Heyer (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Potsdam, D) Biotechnology of Functional Food Production - Progress and Open Questions
14:30 Colon Cancer and Fructan
  • Dr. Giancarlo Marra (MD PhD) (Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, Zürich, CH) Molecular Genetics of Colorectal Cancer
  • Prof. Dr. Ian Rowland (Northern Ireland Center for Food and Health, University of Ulster, UK) Prebiotics, Probiotics and Prevention of Colorectal Cancer
16:00 Coffee Break
16:15 Cardio-Vascular Diseases and Fructan
  • Prof. Dr. Zhihong Yang (Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, CH) Fructan: Implications for Future Cardiovascular Research Objectives
17:00 Public Lecture
  • Dr. Jürg Zürcher (Cap Gemini Ernst & Young) Biotech Report 2003
19:00 Informal get-together
  • Free Evening
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