2006 Botanicals Symposium
Eighth Annual Purdue-UAB Botanicals Center Symposium
Botanicals and Age-Related Diseases
Friday, March 3, 2006
Birmingham Radisson Hotel
808 20th Street South
Birmingham, Alabama
| Thursday, March 2 | |
| 6:00-9:00 pm | Reception at Birmingham Botanical Gardens |
| Friday, March 3, Symposium at the Birmingham Radisson Hotel | |
| 8:00-8:25 am | Breakfast & Registration |
| 8:25-8:30 am | Introduction |
| 8:30-9:10 am | "Tomato Phytochemicals and Risk of Prostate Cancer" John Erdman (University of Illinois-Urbana) |
| 9:10-9:35 am | "Alcohol and Polyphenol Mediated Cardioprotection: NO. News is Good
News" Dale Parks (University of Alabama at Birmingham) |
| 9:40-10:05 am | "The lens of the eye - a new target for polyphenol-containing supplements
in aging" Stephen Barnes (University of Alabama at Birmingham) |
| 10:05-10:20 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:20-10:50 am | "Soy food consumption and risk of cardiovascular diseases and bone
fracture" Xiao-ou Shu (Vanderbilt University) |
| 10:50-11:15 am | "Isoflavones and Bones" Connie Weaver (Purdue University) |
| 11:15-11:40 am | "Kudzu: Cardiovascular and Cognitive Function" J. Michael Wyss (University of Alabama at Birmingham) |
| 11:40-12:10 pm | "Nuclear hormone receptors as targets for natural products" David Moore (Baylor College of Medicine) |
| 12:10-3:00 pm | Lunch and poster viewing (awards to be given to top student and postdoctoral fellow posters at 3:00 pm) |
| 3:00-4:00 pm | Tours of UAB facility |