PROGRAMME
Please follow our journey with the programme for the IVC 2025 here. Below you will find the titles of the sessions.
24 August - Sunday
17:00-21:00 - Young Scientist Gathering at TUM Freising
25 August - Monday
09:00-10:00 - Start of Registration
10:00-10:30 - Welcome and introduction
Representative from the Faculty
Representative from the organizing committee
SESSION 1: Vitamin supply and bioavailability from alternative diets
Chairs: Jayashree Arcot, University of New South Wales, Australia and Kevin D. Cashman, University College Cork, Ireland
10:30 -11:00 - The Vitamin Equation: Ensuring Adequate Intake on Plant-Rich Diets
Speaker: Susanne Bügel, University of Copenhagen
11:00 -11:15 - Bioaccessibility of selected Minerals and Vitamins in Dairy and Plant-Based Products using the in vitro Digestion Model INFOGEST 2.0
Speaker: Matthias Kasimir, Technical University of Denmark
11:15-11:30 - Bioaccessibility of vitamin K and Vitamin D in various foods ingested with a chicken meal or a vegan meal
Speaker: Marie Bagge Jensen, Technical University of Denmark
11:30 -11:45 High-Dose Intravenous Vitamin C Treatment- a 10-Year Prospective Cohort Study
Speaker: Fabian Stahl, Pascoe pharmazeutische Präparate
11:45-13:00 - Lunch
SESSION 3: Vitamin and drug interaction in disease prevention and therapy (Please note - moved from Tuesday)
Chairs: Jens Lykkesfeldt, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and - Manfred Eggersdorfer, University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands
13:00 -13:30 - Vitamin C in leukemia
Speaker: Jens Lykkesfeldt, University of Copenhagen
13:30 -14:00 - Update of vitamin D in critically ill people
Speaker: Karin Amrein, University Graz
14:00-14:30 - Folate for risk reduction of birth defects: Spotlight on women exposed to therapeutics
Speaker: Rima Obeid, University Saarland
14:30-15:00 - Coffee break
15:00 -15:30 - New opportunities for vitamin K2
Speaker: Allan Linneberg, Copenhagen University Hospital - Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark
Sponsored session talk by Balchem Human Nutrition & Health
15:30 -16:00 - Nicotinamide (vitamin B3) interventions in Alzheimer’s disease (online)
Speaker: Gregory J Brewer, UC Irvine
16:00 -16:15 - Sex-Specific Effects of Vitamin K2 (MK-7) Supplementation on Body Composition and Adiposity Markers
Speaker: Rudolf Bittner, Maastricht University
16:15 -16:30 - Investigating the Role of the Vitamin E Metabolite α-13'-COOH in Lipid Metabolism and Its Potential Therapeutic Effect in MASLD
Speaker: Anja Geisler, University Jena
16:30-16:45 - Zinc insufficiency and low vitamin D activity – what do we miss in clinical practice?
Speaker: Andrius Bleizgys, Vilnius University
19:00 - Conference dinner
(You need to have registered for the dinner)
26 August - Tuesday
SESSION 2: Choline – sources, functions, requirements (Please note - moved from Monday)
Chairs: Jayashree Arcot, University of New South Wales, Australia and - Cornelia Witthöft, Linnaeus University, Sweden
09:00-09:30 - From Nutrient Gaps to Neural Outcomes and the Search for a Biomarker of Choline Intake
Speaker: Isis Trujillo, University of North Carolina
09:30-09:45 - A UPLC-MRM-MS method for quantification of choline and new data on Swedish food sources
Speaker: Mohammed Hefni, Linnaeus University, Kalmar
09:45-10:00 - A Low Intake of Dietary Choline Causes Metabolic Obesity in Male Mice
Speaker: Evan Paules, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:00-10:30 - Coffee break
SESSION 4: Vitamins in foods – analytical challenges and novel approaches
Chairs: Jette Jakobsen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark and Michael Rychlik, Technical University of Munich
10:30-11-00 - Current data for Vitamin B12 and Vitamin E
Speaker: Marc Birringer, Fulda University, Germany
11:00-11:30 - Challenges to support nutritional composition data and regulatory compliance
Speaker: Jette Jakobsen, Technical University of Denmark
11:30-13:00 - Lunch
13:00-13:15 - Analysis of natural B12 vitamers in milk and dairy products by SIDA-LC-MS/MS
Speaker: Carina Hagenauer, Technical University of Munich
13:15 -13:30 - Vitamin B12-Synthesis by Acetic Acid Bacteria: An Investigation of Selected Strains
Speaker: Lisa Stumpf, University of Applied Sciences Fulda
13:30 -13:45 - Simultaneous analysis of vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, and B7 in a broad range of matrices using LC-MS/MS
Speaker: Zylla Marie Oane, Institute of Marine Research Bergen
13:45 -14:00 - The vitamin D3 content of Southern Calamari, Gould’s Squid and Western Rock Octopus is increased by treatment with pulsed ultraviolet light
Speaker: Eleanor Dunlop, Deakin University
14:00-14:30 - Coffee break
14:30 -14:45 - Is it sufficient to quantify only 6 carotenoids in human blood plasma when over 50 individual carotenoids are visible?
Speaker: Brigitte Graf, Manchester Metropolitan University
14:45 -15:00 - Effect of dietary fibre on the bioaccessibility of xanthophylls
Speaker: Jenani Sutharsan, University of New South Wales
15:15-16:45 - POSTER SESSION (5 min presentations)
To take place at the conference venue incl. light meal and beverages combined with poster presentations.
(You need to have registered for this session)
Chairs: Jens Lykkesfeldt, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Kevin D. Cashman, University College Cork, Ireland
Differential Enhancement of Fat-Soluble Vitamin Absorption and Bioefficacy via Micellization in Combination with Selected Plant Extracts In Vitro
Speaker: Melanie Wallner, FH OÖ Forschungs & Entwicklungs GmbH
Development of vitamin B6 and folate content during the production of tempeh
Speaker: Tamara Lenz, Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Higher dietary choline and betaine intakes are associated with lower likelihood of central nervous system demyelination in Australian women
Speaker: Eleanor Dunlop, Deakin University
Bioaccessibility of thiamin and riboflavin in faba bean
Speaker: Aino Siitonen, University of Helsinki
Contents of vitamin K in dairy products in Sweden
Speaker: Anders Staffas, Swedish Food Agency
Correlations between frequency of dietary intake and selected biomarkers of vitamin K
Speaker: Anne Ahrendt Bjerregaard, Copenhagen University Hospital - Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
Measurement of vitamin B12 by HPLC-ICP-MS: Specific case of nutritional supplement containing Methylcobalamin
Speaker: Delphine Morin-Rivron, Nestlé
RIBOFLAVIN DEGRADATION IN ROSÉ WINES: INFLUENCE OF ANTOCHYANIN CONCENTRATION
Speaker: Jennifer Moriones, Asociación de la Industria Navarra (AIN)
15.55-16.10 - Break
Provitamin-A carotenoids in native tropical Malaysian fruit
Speaker: Brigitte Graf, Manchester Metropolitan University
Extracellular hydrolysis of active form of vitamin B2 and B6
Speaker: Daisuke Kobayashi, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
Lipid nanocarriers as delivery platforms for vitamin E analogs: a focus on plastochromanol-8 and UV defense mechanisms
Speaker: Ewa Olbińska, AGH University of Science and Technology
10th anniversary of NutriProfiel®: lessons learned from a tailor-made nutritional advice upon vitamin status in clinical practice
Speaker: Michiel Balvers, Wageningen University & Research
Global collation of Vitamin K content in foods: A systematic review of available databases
Speaker: Pratik Pokharel, Danish Cancer Institute
Modulating Effects of Vitamin K2 on Oxidative Stress Induced Organelle Damage in Neurodegenerative diseases
Speaker: Shruti Shandilya, Aalto University
27 August - Wednesday
SESSION 5: Bioavailability of vitamins including pharmacokinetics and novel biomarkers
Chairs: Jette Jakobsen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark and Michiel Balvers, Wageningen University, Netherlands
09:00-09:30 - Unlocking micronutrients: Understanding and enhancing bioavailability
Speaker: Dr. Szabi PÉTER, DSM-Firmenich
09:30-10:00 - Novel stable isotope approaches to assess folate bioavailability
Speaker: Michael Rychlik, Technical University of Munich
10:00-10:30 - Hidden Hunger in the EU with a focus on vitamins
Speaker: Kevin D. Cashman, University College Cork, Ireland
10:30 -10:45 - Healthy carriers for vitamin delivery
Speaker: Ángela Bravo Núñez, Aix-Marseille Université
10:45-11:00 - Bioenhancers improve vitamin B bioavailability by acting on membrane fluidity in in vitro cell models
Speaker: Verena Preinfalk, FFoQSI GmbH & University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
11:00-11:30 - Coffee Break
SESSION 6: Emerging topics and data gaps in vitamin research
Chairs: Jens Lykkesfeldt, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Manfred Eggersdorfer, University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands
11:30-12:00 - Impact of lifestyle diets on vitamin intake and health
Speaker: Manfred Eggersdorfer, Switzerland
12:00-12:30 - Vitamins in wound healing
Speaker: Michiel Balvers, Wageningen University
12:30-13:30 - Lunch
13:30-13:45 - Dietary vitamin K intakes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, adult asthma, and lung function: a prospective cohort study in the UK Biobank
Speaker: Chengfeng Li, Edith Cowan University, Australia
13:45 -14:00 - Dietary vitamin K intake and cardiometabolic health outcomes: Findings from the UK Biobank
Speaker: Pratik Pokharel, Danish Cancer Institute
14:00-14:15 - The Vitamin D Puzzle in Salmon: Integrating Dietary, Environmental, and Seasonal Evidence
Speaker: Samir Hobloss, Technical University of Denmark
14:15-14:30 - Vitamin D and Adiponectin: Potential Inflammatory Regulation in Obesity
Speaker: Dorothea Portius, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
14:30-14:45 – Break
FINAL PART
14:45-15:00 - Best Poster and Best Oral Award
15:00-15:10 - Microsunset
Speaker: Jette Jakobsen, Technical University of Denmark
15:10-15:30 - Ceremony for the host for 9th International Vitamin Conference in 2028
15:30 - Farewell, Safe trip home and see you at IVC2028 in…….
