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The Resveratrol 2014 conference, hosted by the University of Hawaii at Hilo, will take place from the 30th November to the 3rd December 2014. This will be the third international conference with a specific focus on resveratrol. The goal of the conference is to collect the available knowledge on resveratrol to further advance global resveratrol research.

Some of the themes to be covered at the conference include:

 – Resveratrol and cancer
 – Resveratrol and coronary-vascular diseases
 – Resveratrol on obesity and diabetes
 – Resveratrol and neuroprotection
 – Resveratrol and longevity
 – Resveratrol and inflammation
 – Delivery, absorption and metabolism of resveratrol

…and much more.

The conference will feature talks from many leading researchers in the field, including John Pezzuto (University of Hawaii at Hilo), Karen Brown (University of Leicester, UK) and Young-Joon Surh (Seoul National University, South Korea); click here for the full programme.

To find out more about the conference and to register, please visit the website: http://resveratrol2014.hawaii-conference.com/

Why not take a look at some of Food & Function‘s latest papers on resveratrol. These papers are free to access for the next four weeks – I hope you enjoy reading them.

Resveratrol and its metabolites inhibit pro-inflammatory effects of lipopolysaccharides in U-937 macrophages in plasma-representative concentrations
Jessica Walker, Katharina Schueller, Lisa-Marie Schaefer, Marc Pignitter, Laura Esefelder and Veronika Somoza,
Food Funct., 2014, 5, 74-84
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60236B

Differential protective effects of red wine polyphenol extracts (RWEs) on colon carcinogenesis
Frédéric Mazué, Dominique Delmas, Genoveva Murillo, Diana Saleiro, Emeric Limagne and Norbert Latruffe,
Food Funct., 2014, 5, 663-670
DOI: 10.1039/C3FO60417A

Nutritional aspects of β-carotene and resveratrol antioxidant synergism in giant unilamellar vesicles
Hui-Jing Wang, Ran Liang, Li-Min Fu, Rui-Min Han, Jian-Ping Zhang and Leif H. Skibsted 
Food Funct., 2014, 5, 1573-1578
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00225C

The Total Food 2014 Conference will be taking place from the 11th–13th November in Norwich, UK.

Total Food 2014 is the fourth in a series of international conferences which focus on the sustainable exploitation of agri-food co-products and related biomass, thereby helping to minimise waste.

Under the auspices of the Royal Society of Chemistry (Food Group), this three day event will provide an open forum to highlight recent developments and to facilitate knowledge transfer between representatives of the agri-food industries, scientific research community, legal experts on food related legislation and waste management, and consumer organisations. The 2014 conference will be run by the Institute of Food Research in collaboration with the COST Action Network TD1203 Food waste valorisation for sustainable chemicals, materials and fuels (EUBis), and will comprise plenary lectures, short talks, poster sessions, and focussed workshops. The conference is currently open for registration and abstracts can be accepted for poster presentation.

For more details about the conference and to register, please visit the website: http://www.ifr.ac.uk/totalfood2014/

The 14th International Nutrition and Diagnostics Conference (INDC 2014) will be taking place in Prague, Czech Republic from 2–5th September 2014. The INDC is an international forum for scientific discussion focused on understanding the relationship and connections between nutrition and clinical diagnostics. The aim of this multidisciplinary conference is to bridge the gaps between the specialists and fields of science as diverse as nutrition, clinical biochemistry, food technology, analytical chemistry and medicine.

Topics to be covered at the conference include:

– Novel trends in food processing and diagnostics (nanotechnology, etc.)
– Food safety
– Food microbiology (including antibiotic resistance)
– Functional foods
– Food supplements
– Phytochemicals and natural antioxidants
– Nutrition and health
– Foodborne diseases
– Food chain and gut ecology
– Nutrition and development of immunity
– Nutrition and microbiota
– Nutrition related diseases
– Nutrition and clinical diagnostics

…and much more.

Confirmed speakers include:
Regan Bailey, National Institute of Health, USA
Martin Bergö, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Gothenburg, Sweden
Igor Bondarenko, North West Research Centre for Hygiene and Public Health, St. Petersburg, Russia
Pavel Dostálek, Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
David Friedecký, University Hospital Olomouc, Czech Republic
Andrzej Gamian, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland
Diego García Díaz, Department of Nutrition, University of Chile, Chile

…plus many others: click here for further details.

For more information about the conference and to register, please visit the website: www.indc.cz

The 3rd International Conference on Food Oral Processing (FOP2014) will take place from the 29th June to the 2nd July 2014 in Wageningen, The Netherlands. This meeting is the third in a series of conferences aimed at understanding the principles and mechanisms underpinning eating and sensory appreciation in order to seek a fundamental understanding of food.

The conference will cover the following topics:
• Food structure, breakdown and sensory perception
• The mouth, the gut and the brain
• Food structure and food design for specific consumer groups
• Bolus formation and physiology of eating, drinking and swallowing
• Modelling of oral processing and in mouth taste and flavour release
• New analytical techniques to measure food oral processing
• Food oral processing and regulation of food intake
• Oral sensory receptors and oral tactile perception
• Evolutionary aspects of food oral processing
• Food and saliva

With an international lineup of plenary speakers from the UK, US, France and The Netherlands to name a few, it promises to be an exciting conference with stimulating scientific discussion in this interdisciplinary research area.

To register and find out more details about this exciting conference, please visit the website.

The 105th AOCS (American Oil Chemists’ Society) Annual Meeting & Expo will be taking place from the 4th–7th May 2014, in San Antonio, Texas. The event will cover the topics of fats, oils, surfactants, lipids, and related materials. Some of the topics to be covered include:

– Eliminating trans Fats: Emerging Solutions with Healthier Oils
– Farmed Fish as an Omega-3 Source
– High Oleic Soybean Oils Emerge onto the Marketplace
– Regulations, Retailers, and Sustainability: How to Formulate in an Evolving Environment

The event will also include short courses on analytical techniques, fundamentals of edible oils, and plant proteins.

To find out more about this event and to register, please visit the website.