3rd International Glucosinolate Conference 2014: Glucosinolates and beyond

Glu­cosi­no­lates and their break­down prod­ucts pro­vide resis­tance to her­bi­vores and pathogens, are respon­si­ble for the typ­i­cal flavour of mus­tards and cab­bages, and play an impor­tant role in the pro­tec­tion against can­cer. Thus, we can truly say that glu­cosi­no­lates are ‘the spice of life’. The ver­sa­til­ity of these phy­to­chem­i­cals is reflected by the diverse dis­ci­plines used to study them. Knowl­edge about glu­cosi­no­lates and derived prod­ucts pro­vide insights on soil, plant and human health.

Con­fer­ence Topics

The inter­dis­ci­pli­nary con­fer­ence will be cen­tred around four themes, cov­er­ing the full range of cur­rent basic and applied glu­cosi­no­late research:

• Mol­e­c­u­lar and genetic aspects of glucosinolates
• Ecol­ogy and evo­lu­tion of glucosinolates
• Glu­cosi­no­lates and human health
• Appli­ca­tion of glu­cosi­no­lates in agro– and food systems

Con­fer­ence Setup

Each theme will be intro­duced by invited keynote speak­ers and fol­lowed by pre­sen­ta­tions selected from the par­tic­i­pants. We explic­itly aim to fos­ter inte­gra­tion between the themes by hav­ing the­mat­i­cally mixed poster ses­sions. Each poster pre­sen­ter will have the oppor­tu­nity to high­light his or her poster in an oral ‘flash’ pre­sen­ta­tion. Inte­gra­tion between the par­tic­i­pants is fur­ther stim­u­lated dur­ing the excur­sion and con­fer­ence din­ner on Tuesday.

We warmly invite you to join us for this 3^rd Inter­na­tional Glu­cosi­no­late Con­fer­ence 2014 tak­ing place at Wagenin­gen Uni­ver­sity and Research Cen­tre on Octo­ber 12 – 15, 2014 in Wagenin­gen, Nether­lands.

Please sign up for the mail­ing list for receiv­ing more detailed infor­ma­tion on this con­fer­ence via e-​mail: glucosinolates2​0​1​4​@​wur.​nl