Jürgen König, Alexander Halberger, Dorota Majchrzak, Oliver Neubauer, Elisabeth Rudolph, Petra Rust, Karl-Heinz Wagner, et al.
Introduction
The lecture "Advances in Nutrition Research" is intended to provide insights into recent aspects of nutrition research from the various research areas at the Department of Nutritional Sciences and thus to demonstrate nutrition research concepts, their implemenation into scientifc projects and the discussion of relevant outcomes.
Learning outcomes:
To understand and to be able to integrate and transfer modern nutrition research concepts into actual research projects.
Credits:
The course is part of the curriculum Master of Science (Human Nutrition) for students in all four programmes (MSc Modules MN1, FQ1, EP1, PH1: Integrative Human Nutrition, 3 ECTS). For students of the present programme in Human Nutrition (“Diplomstudium Ernährungswissenschaften”), the course can be fully credited for non-compulsory courses (“Freie Wahl”). For all other credits please contact the programme administrator (Studienprogrammleiter).
Format:
The course is intended for advanced students and will partky be held in English.
All course material will be made available online at the latest one day prior to the date of the corresponding lecture.
Date and place:
The course is scheduled for Mondays, 1800-1930 hrs, lecture hall 5, UZA2 (Centre of Pharmacy, level 5, Althanstr. 14, 1090 Vienna), starting on 10. October 2011. Please refer to the detailled course calendar below.
Admittance and registration
Please register for the course at univis.univie.ac.at
Examination:
Written (short) MC test at the end of the semester
Grading:
N/A
Course calendar :
(please note: the topics of the course are subject to change)
10 Oct 2011
Introduction (König), Vitamin D und Vitamin D Rezeptor (Fabian)
17 Oct 2011
Genetische Disposition für chronisch entzündliche Darmerkrankungen (Fabian)
Gastrointestinal Microbiota - The Environment in us (Haslberger)
28. Nov 2011
Lifestyle Factors to Prevent DNA Damage (Wagner)
05. Dec 2011
Epigenetics - Regulation of inflammation and transgenerational aspects (Haslberger)
12 Dec 2011
Sensory Properties and Antioxidant Capacity of Arabica and Robusts Coffee Prepared as Filter Brews (Majchrzak)
19 Dec 2011
christmas break
26 Dec 2011
christmas break
2 Jan 2012
christmas break
9 Jan 2012
Odour identification and recognition thresholds to the four basic tastes in Austrian elderly (Majchrzak)
16 Jan 2012
Use of conventional and –OMICS based methods to determine Oxidative Stress (Wagner)
23 Jan 2012
TBA (Rust)
30 Jan 2012
TBA (Rust)
Contacts
Additional information on the course is available from:
Jürgen König
Emerging Focus Nutrigenomics, Department of Nutritional Sciences,
University of Vienna, Althanstr. 14, 1090 Vienna
phone: 0043 1 4277 54991
email: juergen.koenig@univie.ac.at
and from the course website at www.univie.ac.at/nutritigenomics/vo_adv_nutr.html (this site)
