El Seminario internacional estará a cargo del Dr. Seppo Salminen (Functional Foods Forum, Universidad de Turku, Finlandia) y tratará sobre microbiota intestinal, salud y regulación de
probióticos en la Unión Europea.
El Dr. Salminen participó en el desarrollo de alimentos conteniendo Lactobacillus GG, una bacteria probiótica ampliamente estudiada y utilizada en diferentes alimentos a nivel mundial.

• Programa

09:00-09:15 hs Acreditación
09:15-10:15 hs Microbiota and health, with emphasis in obesity.
10:15-10:45 hs Coffee break
10:45-11:45 hs Issues of probiotics and probiotics related to health claims in the European Union.

• Inscripciones

Actividad gratuita con cupos limitados. Los interesados deberán inscribirse indicando nombre, apellido, profesión y lugar de trabajo, al e-mail: gvinde@hotmail.com 
Los seminarios serán en inglés y sin traducción simultánea. Cuentan con el auspicio de la Secretaría
de Ciencia y Técnica y la Secretaría de Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad Nacional del
Litoral, y las empresas Milkaut S.A. y Danone Argentina S.A.

• Sobre el disertante

-Professor and Director, Functional Foods Forum, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
-Studies in Food Science and Nutrition at Washington State University, USA with MS Degree, Food Chemistry and Microbiology at University of Helsinki, Finland with MSc degree, and PhD in Biochemistry and Toxicology at the University of Surrey, United Kingdom
-Visiting Professor (Food Safety) BOKU University, Vienna, Austria; Visiting Professor, Nutritional Toxicology, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia (several terms)
-Registered toxicologist (Finland and Eurotox), Fellow of the ANZFA
-Member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters
-Research interests: intestinal microbiota and health, microbiota modulation, probiotics, prebiotics, functional foods, novel foods, food and health, EU Food Regulations
-Member or past member of the editorial board of British Journal of Nutrition, Journal of Food Protection, Trends in Food Science and Technology, Bioscience and Microflora, Marcel Dekker Series in Food Science and Nutrition, Journal of Nutrition Science, Food and Nutrition Research
-Member of following specialized societies: ASM, IFT, SOMED, FSNR
-Board Member and Vice-President of ISAPP (International Scientific Society of Probiotics and Prebiotics
-Expert member in several regulatory committees on food and health (Finland and EU) including the European Food Safety Authority NDA Scientific Panel (9 years)l, Fellow of the ANZFA
-Receiver of several international prizes e,g, Grand Prix du Yoplait, The Swiss Award for Modern Nutrition, the IDF-Institut Pasteur Elie Metchnikoff Prize
-Over 400 refereed publications in food and health, microbiology, probiotics, prebiotics, intestinal microbiota, food safety and functional foods, several book chapters and text books in probiotics, prebiotics, food additives and functional foods Evaluation panel member for the Swedish Council of Environment and Food (FORMAS 2010-2013), Assessor for the Danish Council for Strategic Research 2009-2011, 2014; Evaluation Panel Member, Science Foundation Ireland (twice); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) evaluation panel member 2012, Member of the Academy of Finlan Council of Biosciences and Environment (2016—2018).