| 2:00 PM | Registration begins at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center on the OSU Campus |
| 3:00 | Welcome and Opening Remarks Balz Frei, Conference Chair Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University |
| VITAMIN E: BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROVERSIES |
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Chair: Maret G. Traber |
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| 3:15 - 3:45 | The alpha-tocopherol transfer protein: Biochemical mechanisms and health implications Danny Manor Case Western Reserve University |
| 3:45 - 4:15 | Anti-inflammatory effects of vitamin E forms and their metabolites Qing Jiang Purdue University |
| 4:15 - 4:45 | The effect of vitamin E supplementation on cardiovascular risk in diabetic individuals with different haptoglobin phenotypes Andrew P. Levy Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel |
| 4:45 - 5:15 | Does vitamin E decrease chronic disease risk by protecting against free radicals? Etsuo Niki Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan |
| 6:30 | Welcome Reception and Tour of the Linus Pauling Science Center |
| 6:00 AM | Organized Walk/Run |
| 7:30 - 8:30 | Breakfast provided |
| MICRONUTRIENTS, DIET, AND IMMUNE FUNCTION |
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Chairs: Adrian Gombart and Emily Ho |
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| 8:30 - 9:00 | Nicotinamide (vitamin B3) and innate immune response to microbial infection George Liu Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA School of Medicine |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Vitamin D and acute respiratory infections Carlos A. Camargo, Jr. Harvard Medical School |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | The impact of nutrition on the immune response against influenza Elizabeth M. Gardner Michigan State University |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Zinc, inflammation, and susceptibility to sepsis Daren Knoell The Ohio State University |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Selenium and immune responses Peter Hoffmann University of Hawaii |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Polyunsaturated fatty acids and their impact on the immune system Robert S. Chapkin Texas A&M University |
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch provided (LaSells Stewart Center) |
| DIET AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE | |
Chair: Balz Frei | |
| 1:30 - 2:00 | A diet based on high-heat-treated foods promotes risk factors for diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases Veronika Somoza University of Vienna, Austria |
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Dietary patterns and risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease Teresa Fung Simmons College and Harvard School of Public Health |
| 2:30 - 3:00 | New evidence on the effects of a Mediterranean-style diet on cardiovascular disease Ramon Estruch University of Barcelona, Spain |
| 3:00 - 3:30 | Coffee/Tea Break |
| GUT MICROBES AND PROBIOTICS - ROLE IN HEALTH AND DISEASE | |
Chair: Sharon Krueger | |
| 3:30 - 4:00 | The human microbiome and cancer Cindy Davis National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health |
| 4:00 - 4:30 | Evolutionary glycomics: Breast milk oligosaccharides and bifidobacteria infantis J. Bruce German University of California, Davis |
| 4:30 - 5:00 | Pre and probiotics: Food fad or bacterial therapy? Robert G. Martindale Oregon Health and Science University |
| 5:00 - 7:00 | Poster Session (hors d'oeuvres and drinks provided) |
| 6:00 AM | Organized Walk/Run |
| 7:30 - 8:30 | Breakfast provided |
| CALORIC RESTRICTION MIMETICS, DIET, AND HEALTHY AGING | |
Chairs: Tory Hagen, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University and | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Protective effects of resveratrol in mice and monkeys Julie Mattison National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | How to help your mouse live longer: Diets, drugs, MIF-KO, and sibs Richard Miller University of Michigan |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Transcriptional biomarkers of calorie restriction in adipose tissue and modulation by dietary interventions Jamie L. Barger LifeGen Technologies, LLC |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Protein and metabolic homeostasis in aging and longevity Gordon J. Lithgow The Buck Institute for Research on Aging |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Mitochondrial decay in human aging: A translational approach Christiaan Leeuwenburgh University of Florida |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Rapamycin and dietary restriction: Do they share a common mechanism in lifespan extension? Viviana Perez University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| 12:00 - 1:10 | Lunch provided (LaSells Stewart Center) |
| ORAL ABSTRACTS | |
| 1:10 - 1:30 | Pharmacologic ascorbate in cancer treatment Mark Levine National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD |
| 1:30 - 1:50 | The vital role of ascorbate as an enzyme co-factor and implications for its role in health and nutrition Margreet C.M. Vissers University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand |
| 1:50 - 2:10 | Vitamins and psychological functioning: A mobile phone assessment of the effects of a B vitamin complex, vitamin C and minerals on cognitive performance and subjective mood and energy David O. Kennedy Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK |
| 2:10 - 2:30 | Nutrient biomarker patterns, cognitive function and MRI measures of brain aging Gene L. Bowman Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon |
| 2:30 - 2:50 | Schisandrin B, a major lignan of fructus schisandrae, is a multifunctional antioxidant Tetsuya Konishi Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Lifes Sciences, Niigata, Japan |
| 2:50 - 3:10 | Higher diet quality predicts low plasma F2-isoprostanes 20 years later, independently of dietary alpha tocopherol: Coronary artery risk development in young adults study (Cardia) Katie A. Meyer University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 3:10 - 3:30 | Alterations in dietary protein: Carbohydrate balance and their effect in weight and glycemic control in type 2 diabetics Neil Mann RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia |
| 3:30 - 3:50 | Lipoic acid induces new translation of Nrf2 in a rapamycin-independent manner by promoting usage of an IRES Kate Shay Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University |
| 3:50 - 4:15 | Coffee/Tea Break |
| AWARD CEREMONY | |
| 4:15 | Presentation by LPI Director, Balz Frei Plenary Lecture by Awardee |
| 6:30 | Reception |
| 7:30 | Banquet Dinner |
| Travel Day |
