Events

18 January 2012  4pm- 5pm

Dr Joe Alcock (University of New Mexico) will discuss attempts to explain the paradox of inflammation from dietary fatty acids, which contributes to current epidemics of obesity and cardiovascular disease.  >>

8 February 2012  4pm- 5pm

Professor Lynnette Ferguson (University of Auckland) discusses how to use nutrigenomic techniques to evaluate the risk of prostate cancer among New Zealand men.  >>

15 February 2012  4pm- 5pm

Dr Marcus Grace (University of Southampton) explores teenage views about their health and how to help them appreciate that present lifestyle can affect their health and that of their future children.  >>

21 February 2012  1pm- 2pm

Professor Jun Nishihira (Hokkaido Information University, Japan) talks about the platform for clinical trial analysis of foods on GI tract diseases and a novel therapeutic method inflammatory bowel diseases.  >>

7 March 2012  4pm- 5pm

Professor Bruce Baguley (Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre) explores scientific advances to explain the increasing prevalence of melanoma.  >>

8 March 2012  1pm- 2pm

Dr Benjamin Miller (Colorado State University) explain what methodology and techniques can be used to assess cellular and subcellular turnover during organelle and tissue deterioration.  >>

28 March 2012  4pm- 5pm

Professor Peter Shepherd (University of Auckland) explores a novel mechanism by which cells can sense nutrient changes and discuss potential implications for the pathogenesis of diabetes and atherosclerosis.  >>