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  6. Participation in ASN’s Nutrition 2024 Meeting

Participation in ASN’s Nutrition 2024 Meeting

Saturday, June 29

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CT

Borsheim, Elisabet Amino Acid and Protein Metabolism (Oral 6; Co-chair)

Wankhade, Umesh (OR05-01-24) Maternal High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Offspring: Unraveling Adipose Tissue Dysfunction Mediated by Increased Heat Shock Proteins

Piccolo, Brian Bioreactors in the Gut: How Microbiota Shape the Host Metabolome (Co-chair)

Sunday, June 30th

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT

Borsheim, Elisabet Building Blocks of Life: Protein and Amino Acids in Early Development (Focus on Early Career Investigators) (Poster Theater Flash Session 3; Chair)

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT

Mulakala, Bharath (PTFS05-02-24) Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals That Breastfeeding Shapes IL-4 and IL-13 Signaling in Neonatal Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Posters

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM CT

  • Caviness, Perry (P09-006-24) Tissue Specific Delivery of Dietary Metabolite Phenolic Acids Using Clostridial Collagenase Collagen Binding Domain
  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM CT
  • Chintapalli, Sree (P04-008-24) Quantitative Metabolomics-Driven Protein Target Prediction: A Computational Workflow for Precision Nutrition Discovery
  • Fiecke, Chelsey (P10-034-24) Maternal FUT2 Secretor Phenotype Is Associated With Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Polyphenol Metabolites Following a Mediterranean Dietary Intervention: A Pilot Study
  • Gurung, Manoj(P14-011-24) Maternal Immune Cell Gene Expression During Gestation Associates with Infant Gut Microbiota Composition
  • Jansen, Lisa T. (P10-048-24) Prenatal Supervised Physical Activity Maintains Glycemic Patterns in Women with Obesity During Pregnancy
  • Martinez, Audrey (P10-066-24) Associations Between Prenatal Supplementation, Maternal Dietary Intake, and Maternal Metabolic Profiles
  • Cruz, Alvaro (P01-004-24) Ingredient Processing Influences the Bioaccessibility of Broccoli Phytochemical from Baked Snacks
  • Crimmins, Meghan (P10-023-24) The Impact of Prolonged Breastfeeding on Growth, Development, and Diet Quality Until Age 24 months
  • Paz, Henry (P10-080-24) Maternal Obesity Alters Adipogenic Potential and Mitochondrial Function in Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Infants Born to Mothers With Overweight or Obesity
  • Piccolo, Brian (P10-084-24) Feasibility of Using the UC Davis Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Rat Model as a Preclinical Model of Gestational Glycemic Dysregulation

Awards

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CT

Kay, Colin ASN Foundation Awards Ceremony: 2024 Mary Swartz Rose Senior Investigator Award recipient

Monday, July 1st

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT

Borsheim, Elisabet, Seafood Access and Intake for Child Health and Development (Oral 20; Co-Chair)

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT

Diaz, Eva (PTFS15-04-24) Phenolic Metabolite Profiling in Children’s Plasma and Urine Following Short-Term Supplementation with Wild Blueberry Powder

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM CT

Kay, Colin Aging and Chronic Disease, Nutrient-Gene Interactions, and Dietary Bioactive Components Joint GEM Forum: Dietary Bioactives in Healthy Aging – From Bench to Practice

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM CT

Ruebel, Meghan L. (OR30-06-24) Heat Stress and Micronutrient Insufficiency Effects on the Gut Microbiome and Associations with Maternal-Fetal Outcomes

Tuesday, July 2nd

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT

The Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Research Center: 30 Years of Advancing Nutrition Science Research for Maternal and Child Health

Chair: Mario G. Ferruzzi, PhD – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Chair: Cindy Davis, PhD – ARS, USDA

Speaker: Aline Andres, PhD, RD – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Speaker: Elisabet Borsheim, PhD – Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center

Speaker: Reza Hakkak, PhD – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Speaker: Laxmi Yeruva, PhD – Microbiome and Metabolism Research Unit, USDA-ARS

Mulakala, Bharath (PTFS21-02-24) Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Bifidobacteria Infantis Interactively Shape Mouse Splenic Immune Responses

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