Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Opening Ceremony and welcome address (De Lieve)

09:00 – 09:15   Francesco Galli (University of Perugia, Italy) and Daniela Caporossi, President of SFRR-E (University of Rome, Italy)

Plenary Lecture

Chairs: Franceso Galli (University of Perugia, Italy)

09:15 – 09:45   Regina Brigelius-Flohé (German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany)

                            100 Years of vitamin E – A historical tour throughout the scientific milestones of vitamin E Consensus Proposal

09:45 – 09:50    Angelo Azzi (Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA)

                             The non-vitamin E forms of tocopherols: is there a need for a new nomenclature of vitamin E?

Presentation of the candidatures of “Vitamin E Pioneers”

09:50 – 10:00   Nesrin Katal-Özer (Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey)

Invited Lectures I (De Lieve)

Chairs: Joan Cook-Mills (Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA) and Nesrin Katal-Özer (Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey)

10:00 – 10:30   Angelo Azzi (Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA)

                            The antioxidant paradigm of vitamin E revisited 100 years after

10:30 – 11:00   Maret G. Traber (Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA)

                            Vitamin E: gene regulation effects and lipid metabolism

11:00 – 11:20       Coffee break & Posters & Exhibition

Invited Lectures II (De Lieve)

Chairs: Qing Jiang (Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA) and Marc Birringer (University of Fulda, Germany)

11:20 – 11:45   Stefan Lorkowski (Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany)

                            Vitamin E metabolites as bioactive molecules

11:45 – 12:10   Joan Cook-Mills (Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA)

                            Vitamin E and immunity

Selected Oral Communications I (young investigators and sponsors) (De Lieve)

Chairs: Jeffrey Atkinson (Brock University, Ontario, Canada) and Stefan Lorkowski (Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany)

12:10 – 12:20   TBA

12:20 – 12:30   TBA

12:30 – 12:40   TBA

12:40 – 12:50   TBA

12:50 – 13:00   TBA

Invited Lectures III (De Lieve)

Chairs: Valerian Kagan (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) and Maren Podszun (University of Hohenheim, Germany)

14:30 – 15:00   Valerian Kagan (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

                            Vitamin E, membrane lipid signaling and ferroptosis

15:00 – 15:30   Qing Jiang (Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)

                            Vitamin E metabolism, inflammatory pathways and gut microbiota  

15:30 – 15:55   Marc Birringer (University of Fulda, Germany)

                            Natural vitamin E and vitamin E metabolism in plant organisms (Natural 6-hydroxy-chromanols and chromenols: structural diversity,  

                            biosynthetic pathways and health implications

Invited Lectures IV (De Lieve)

Chairs: Angelo Azzi (Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA) and Stefan Lorkowski (Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany)

16:15 – 16:45   Simin N. Meydani (Jean-Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA)

                            Emerging clinical applications of vitamin E: Immune function in the elderly

16:45 – 17:10   Maren Podszun (University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany)

                            Emerging clinical applications of vitamin E: NASH and the liver and gastro-intestinal diseases (including gut-liver axis)

Selected Oral Communications II (young investigators and sponsors) (De Lieve)

Chairs: Danny Manor (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA) and Joan M. Cook-Mills (Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA)

17:10 – 17:20   TBA – Selected from abstracts

17:20 – 17:30   TBA – Selected from abstracts

17:30 – 17:40   TBA – Selected from abstracts

17:40 – 17:50   TBA – Selected from abstracts

17:50 – 18:00   TBA – Selected from abstracts

Award Ceremony (De Lieve)

18:00 – 19:00   Francesco Galli (University of Perugia, Italy) and Maria Wallert (University of Jena, Germany)

                            Vitamin E Pioneers and Young Investigator Awards

                            Round table discussion: “The next 100 years of vitamin E”