Florence Pomares

Sessions in which Florence Pomares attends

Monday 10 May, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:15 AM
9:15 AM
Metabolism, Obesity, Nutrition - MON lab from the Cell to the Whole Body
15 minutes, 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

Sylvia Santosa, Concordia University (Speaker)

At MON Lab we combine unique biological, physiological and nutritional techniques to investigate and understand the underlying effects of obesit...
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
Will adding long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids to the diet of a 'new moms' help her baby’s immune system develop?
45 minutes, 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Catherine Jane Field PhD, RD, University of Alberta (Keynote speaker)

The majority of immune development and the ability to ‘tolerate’ food proteins occurs after birth, during the period when most infants’ are cons...

Tuesday 11 May, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Sleep and cognitive health: neural mechanisms and clinical perspectives
15 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Thien Thanh Dang-Vu MD, PhD, Concordia University (Speaker)

Sleep is important for memory consolidation and cognitives performances during the day. There is increasing evidence that brain o...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Sexual dimorphism in clock gene function in the striatum
15 minutes, 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Shimon Amir PhD, Concordia University (Speaker)

Circadian clock genes are widely expressed in mammalian brain. Despite considerable knowledge about the role of these genes in the generation of...