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Omega 3 fatty Acids in Food and Health
Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Food and Health Monday June 19th Discovery Quay, Dundee, Scotland.

09:30 Coffee and Registration
10:00 – 12:00 Morning Session Chairman: Dr Bill Christie Speakers: Prof Frank Gunstone, Mylnefield Lipid Analysis, Dundee Introduction to Omega-3 Fatty Acids: what are they and where do they come from? Dr Mehar Manku, Amarin Neurosciences, Stirling Pure omega-3 fatty acids as pharmaceuticals Adam Kelliher, Equazen, London Developing nutraceuticals using omega-3 fatty acids.
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch and Networking Exhibition.
13:30 – 16:00 Afternoon Session Chairman: Prof Peter Gregory, Director, Scottish Crop Research Institute Speakers: Dr Anne Minihane, University of Reading Cardiovascular disease and omega-3 fatty acids Speaker tbc Health Claims and Labelling Prof Philip Calder, University of Southampton Influence of dietary fatty acids on the immune and inflammatory systems Dr Peter Willatts, University of Dundee Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on children’s cognitive development.
16:00 Tea and Networking.
16:30 Close Contact jsnape@scri.ac.uk to register.

Lipid Chemistry and Analysis Course
October 27th - 28th 2005
A course of eleven lectures will be given by Professor FD Gunstone, Dr WW Christie MBE and colleagues, under the auspices of the Lipid Analysis Unit of Mylnefield Research Services (MRS) Ltd at the Scottish Crop Research Institute in Dundee. The course is designed especially for those working with lipids (fats and oils) in the food, oleochemical, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries, or in academia, and it will provide an introduction to the chemistry, physics, biochemistry and analysis of lipid molecules. Among the topics covered will be:

• fatty acids: structure, biosynthesis, sources
• lipids: structure, biosynthesis, sources, minor components
• oils and fats in the market place: major and minor sources, new crops
• processing: extraction, refining, hydrogenation, fractionation, interesterification
• analysis: extraction, classical methods, chromatographic procedures for fatty acids, lipids molecular species
• physical properties: crystal structure and melting behaviour, spectroscopy (UV, IR, NMR, MS)
• reactions associated with unsaturated centres: hydrogenation, oxidation etc.
• reactions associated with the carboxyl group
• major uses: food (butter, spreads); non-food (detergents, coatings, lubricants, biodiesel)
• surfactants
• nutrition In addition, practical demonstrations of GC-MS and LC-MS, with particular reference to their applications in lipid analysis, will be given.

Accommodation
Accommodation has been reserved at a discounted rate in a local hotel for the nights of 23 and 24 February. Additional nights’ accommodation can be reserved if requested. Transport will be provided between the hotel and the Scottish Crop Research Institute.

Cost
The course costs £500 plus VAT including lunches, course book and transport to and from SCRI. For full time registered students the cost is reduced to £350 plus VAT.

For more details Enquiries and Application Forms Contact: Jonathan Snape, Mylnefield Research Services Ltd, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA Tel: +44 (0)1382 568568, Fax: +44 (0)1382 568501, E-mail: jsnape@scri.ac.uk

Potatoes in Practice - August 11th 2005, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee
SCRI, in collaboration with the Scottish Agricultural College and the British Potato Council, will be hosting the 2005 Potatoes in Practice event in Dundee on Thursday August 11th. This is a unique opportunity for anyone interested in potatoes to see trials of the latest varieties bred at SCRI, hear about the latest research on pests and diseases and to visit the machinery exhibition.

Eurolipids 2005
Mylnefield Lipid Analysis will be attending Eurolipids 2005 at Frankfurt on November 2nd to 4th 2005. You are very welcome to visit us on our stand and discuss how we can help your business.
 
Prestigious Award
Prof Frank Gunstone was recently awarded the Alton E. Bailey Award from the American Oil Chemists Society in recognition of his outstanding research and exceptional contribution to the oils and fats field. Dr Bill Christie also received the same award in 2003.

Latest publications from the Unit

• Fernie,C.E., Dupont,I.E., Scruel,O., Carpentier,Y.A., Sébédio,J.-L. and Scrimgeour,C.M. Relative absorption of conjugated linoleic acid as triacylglycerol, free fatty acid and ethyl ester in a functional food matrix. Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol., 106, 347-354 (2004).
• Qi,B., Fraser,T., Mugford,S., Dobson,G., Sayanova,O., Butler,J., Napier,J.A., Stobart,A.K. and Lazarus,C.M. Production of very long chain polyunsaturated omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in plants. Nature Biotechnol., 22, 739-745 (2004)
• Nechev, J., Christie, W.W., Robaina, R., de Diego, F., Popov, S. and Stefanov, K. Chemical composition of the sponge Hymeniacidon sanguinea from the Canary Islands. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A, 137, 365-374 (2004).
• Christie, W.W. 13-Phenyltridec-9-enoic and 15-phenylpentadec-9-enoic acids in Arum maculatum seed oil. Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol., 105, 779-780 (2003).
• Christie, W.W. The biological activity of glycerophospholipids. Lipid Technology, 15, 105-108 (2003)
• Christie, W.W. Analysis of conjugated linoleic acid - an overview. In: Advances in Conjugated Linoleic Acid Research, Volume 2., pp. 1-12 (2003) (edited by J.L. Sebedio, W.W. Christie & R.O. Adlof, AOCS Press, Champaign, IL.).
• Dobson,G. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of conjugated linoleic acid and metabolites. In: Advances in Conjugated Linoleic Acid Research, Volume 2., pp. 13-36 (2003) (edited by J.L. Sebedio, W.W. Christie & R.O. Adlof, AOCS Press, Champaign, IL.).
• Nikolova-Damyanova,B., Dobson,G., Momchilova,S. and Christie,W.W. Cyclohexanediol fatty acid diesters as model compounds for mechanistic studies in silver ion high-performance liquid chromatography. J. Liquid. Chromatogr. Rel. Technol., 26, 1905-1912 (2003).
• Tsevegsuren,N., Fujimoto,K., Christie,W.W. and Endo,Y. Occurrence of a novel cis, cis, cis-octadeca-3,9,12-trienoic (Z,Z,Z-octadeca-3,9,12-trienoic) acid in Chrysanthemum (Tanacetum) zawadskii Herb. (Compositae) seed oil. Lipids, 38, 573-578 (2003).
• Books -  F.D. Gunstone (editor). Rapeseed and Canola Oil (Blackwell Publishers, Oxford) (2004).
• F.D. Gunstone. The Chemistry of Oils and Fats (Blackwell Publishers, Oxford) (2004).
• W.W. Christie. Lipid Analysis. 3rd edition. Oily Press, Bridgwater, 416 pages (2003). For further details of this and the following book, click here.
• Sebedio, J.-L., Christie, W.W. and Adlof, R. (Editors) Advances in Conjugated Linoleic Acid Research, Volume 2. (AOCS Press, Champaign, IL) (2003).
• F.D. Gunstone (editor). Lipids for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals. Oily Press, Bridgwater.  322 pages (2003).

The Lipid Library:
Over the last year, we have experienced a number of difficulties with the Server who hosts this site, and there have been several lengthy periods when we have been off-line. For this reason, we have decided to change our server and, for various other practical reasons, split this site into two parts. The Lipid Library has now moved to www.lipidlibrary.co.uk. We hope this will greatly improve the reliability of our service.

We are taking preliminary bookings for our next course on "Lipid Chemistry and Analysis"  for February 24th and 25th 2005 - Click here for details.

Our literature Service on Lipid Analysis has also moved to the new site.

Bill Christie received the Alton E. Bailey Award of the American Oil Chemists' Society 'for exceptional service in the field of lipids and associated products' for 2004 in Chicago on February 10th.
New book! - Lipid Analysis - 3rd edition (2003) by William W. Christie. For further details, click here.

Did you know that you can download a free electronic copy of the Lipid Glossary 2 by F.D. Gunstone and B. Herslof from the Oily Press Ltd, by entering a few simple details - Click here.
Forthcoming Conferences: For details of relevant conferences for which we have some information,  click here.

Latest Courses

Lipid Chemistry & Analysis Course
February 28th/29th 2008
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