Appendix B
Workshop Agenda
Nutrigenomics and Beyond: Informing the Future
June 1–2, 2006
National Academy of Sciences Auditorium
2100 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Day 1
8:30 a.m. |
Welcome Ann Yaktine, Senior Program Officer, Food and Nutrition Board Robert M. Russell, Chair, Food and Nutrition Board Harvey V. Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine Nicholas Schork, Food and Nutrition Board Member and Workshop Moderator |
8:45 |
Keynote Address Why Nutrition and Genomics Are Important
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9:30 |
Introductory Comments on Scientific Sessions
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9:45 |
Scientific Session I: Human Genetic Variation and Nutrition Moderator: Nicholas Schork, University of California, San Diego |
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Human Genetic Variation: New Tools for Understanding Its Role in Health and Disease
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10:15 |
Break |
10:45 |
Implementation of the Human HapMap Initiative and Large-Scale Polymorphism Studies
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Contemporary Nutrigenetics Studies
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Discussion |
11:45 |
Economic Impact Estimating the Economic Impact of Nutrigenomics in Managing Health Costs
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12:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
1:15 |
Scientific Session II: Epigenetics Moderator: Rowena Matthews, Life Sciences Institute |
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Critical Events; Genomic Programming and Reprogramming
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Nutrition Modulation of Epigenetic Programming and Reprogramming
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Role of Maternal and Infant Nutrition in Genetic Programming and Epigenetics
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Discussion |
3:15 |
Break |
3:30 |
Scientific Session III: Systems Biology Moderator: Robert Cousins, University of Florida |
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Genetic Networks and Applied Systems Biology
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Genome-Scale Reconstruction of the Human Metabolic Network: Basic Concepts and Practical Uses
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Emerging Technologies Nanotechnology
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Discussion |
5:30 |
Adjourn for the Day |
Day 2
8:45 a.m. |
Session IV: Implications for the Future Introduction and Moderator: John Milner |
9:00 |
Issues in Ethics
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9:30 |
Science Journalism and the Nutrigenomics Revolution
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10:00 |
Genes, Metabolism, and Behavior: Interacting Networks
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Nutrigenomics: Industry’s Perspective
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11:00 |
Break |
11:15 |
Needs and Opportunities in the Food and Agricultural Sciences
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