1000 – 2000

Registration

1300 – 1315

Opening
Manfred Schwerin, Director, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf

Cornelia C. Metges, Head, Research Unit Nutritional Physiology ‘Oskar Kellner’, on behalf of the Organizing Committees

Session I

Early nutrition programming, life performance and cognitive function

Chairpersons

Simon Langley-Evans, UK

Susanne Klaus, Germany

1315 – 1400

Diet during pregnancy and its impact on metabolic regulation and energy balance in later life - novel insights from large animal models
Michael Symonds, University of Nottingham, UK

1400 – 1415

Perinatal antibiotic treatment of the mother affects offspring colonic permeability development and long-term sensitivity to insults

Arnal et al., France

1415 – 1430

Piglet uniformity and survival in organic sows: effects of pre-mating nutrition

Wientjes et al., The Netherlands

1430 – 1500

Coffee break

1500 – 1600

Poster session 1 (guided by Charlotte Rehfeldt, Germany, and Jean-Paul Lalles, France

Group 1

P-01 to P-11 (including Poster Competition)

Group 2

P-12 to P-21

1600 – 1645

Early nutrition effects on long-term health and performance in humans
Berthold Koletzko, University of Munich, Germany

1645 – 1700

Moderate daily exercise activates metabolic flexibility to prevent prenatally induced obesity

Huber et al., Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand

1700 – 1715

The impact of a hyperenergetic maternal diet on behaviour and brain neurochemistry in the offspring

Voigt et al., UK

1800 – 2000

Welcome Party at the Sky Bar, Hotel Neptun

0700 – 1800

Registration

0730 – 0900

Junior Scientists meet Professors (Breakfast; invitation only)

Session II

Metabolic flexibility and regulation

Chairpersons

Klaus Lønne Ingvartsen, Denmark

Helga Sauerwein, Germany

0900 – 0945

Pathways from weight fluctuations to obesity:  from a perspective of body composition autoregulation
Abdul Dulloo, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

0945 – 1000

Different regulation of metabolic adaptations during lactation in rodents and pigs

Ringseis et al., Germany

1000 – 1015

DNA damage and morphology of colon in rats fed on diets with casein or potato protein and different carbohydrates

Taciak et al., Poland

1015 – 1045

Coffee break

1045 – 1145

Poster session 2 (guided by Christa Kühn and Harald M. Hammon, Germany)

Group 1

P-22 to P-32 (including Poster Competition)

Group 2

P-33 to P-43

1145 – 1230

Ruminant metabolic systems biology: reconstruction and integration of networks underlying functional adaptations of tissues to nutrition and physiological state
Juan J. Loor, University of Illinois, USA

1230 – 1245

Identification of hepatic biomarkers for physiological imbalance of dairy cows in early and mid-lactation using proteomic technology

Moyes et al., Denmark

1245 – 1300

Key enzymes of fat metabolism in adipose tissue of mid-lactating dairy cows are stimulated by increasing intravenous infusions of glucose

Carra et al., Austria

1300 – 1430

Lunch

Session III

Appetite regulation

Chairpersons

Charles-Henri Malbert, France

Klaus Eder, Germany

1430 – 1515

Mind vs. metabolism in the control of food intake and energy balance

Hans-Rudi Berthoud,
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, USA

1515 – 1530

The role of central leptin signaling in regulating peripheral metabolic adaptations in the sheep

Foskolos et al., The Netherlands, USA

1530 – 1545

Expression and function of umami taste receptor subunit Tas1r1 in non-gustatory tissues

Frenzel et al., Germany

1545 – 1615

Coffee break

1615 – 1715

Poster session 3  (guided by David Torrallardona, Spain, and
Björn Kuhla, Germany)

1715 – 1800

Control of food intake by metabolism of fuels - a comparison across species
Michael S. Allen, Michigan State University, USA

1800 – 1815

Central administration of beta-hydroxybutyrate inhibits feed intake in dairy cows and reduces Agrp expression via AMP-activated protein kinase signaling

Kuhla et al., Germany

1815 – 1830

Different dietary energy-substrates affect food intake in rainbow trout through the regulation of hepatic oxidative metabolism and hypothalamic regulatory peptides

Figueiredo-Silva et al., France

1930

Bus transfer to Rostock (Symposium Dinner)

2015 - 2300

Symposium Dinner

0700 – 1300

Registration

0730 – 0900

Junior Scientists meet Professors (Breakfast, invitation only)

Session IV

Nutritional compounds for optimized healthspan and life performance

Chairpersons

Markus Rodehutscord, Germany

Jacek Skomial, Poland

0900 – 0945

Impact of the apoE genotype and dietary plant bioactives on oxidant/ antioxidant status, Nrf2 signalling, inflammation and disease risk – studies in cultured cells, mice, and humans

Gerald Rimbach, Christian-Albrecht University zu Kiel, Germany

0945 – 1000

Protective effects of polyphenol-rich and polyphenol-reduced strawberry preparations on dietary fructose-induced biochemical and metabolic changes in a rat model

Jaroslawska et al., Poland

1000 – 1015

Long-term effects of conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) fed to cows during gestation on immunological, haematological and metabolic parameters of cows and calves, and on fatty acid profile of milk and erythrocyte lipids

Dänicke et al., Germany, Poland

1015 – 1030

Evaluation of two models for immune system stimulation in pigs

Van de Hoek et al., The Netherlands

1030 – 1100

Coffee break

1100 – 1200

Poster session 4 (guided by Monika Röntgen, and Annette Zeyner, Germany)

Group 1

P-58 to P-68 (including Poster Competition)

Group 2

P-69 to P-79

1200 – 1245

Towards specific amino acid recommendations for specific physiological and patho-physiological states in pigs
Nathalie Le Floc’h, INRA, France

1245 – 1300

Awarding of the OMNILAB Poster Prize

Concluding remarks – End of the Symposium

N.N.

1300

Transfer to the Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf

1330 – 1700

Lunch/Barbecue at the Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf

Visit to the Institute’s Research Units and Facilities