At this year's congress of the German Nutrition Society (DGE), our department presented results from three different areas of research. Dr. Nils Nölle opened the "Food Science" session with his presentation "Effect of natural and artificial UV-light on the vitamin D content of selected edible insects", in which he presented the results of Helen Schwarz's Master's thesis. The following poster session "Physiology and biochemistry of nutrition" was opened by Leonie Dudichum with a presentation of her Master's thesis results "Influence of calcitriol (1,25-(OH)2-vitamin D3) on the differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells to mature adipocytes".
Also the second day of the congress provided many interesting presentations and discussions during the coffee breaks. After the DGE presented its new food-based nutritional recommendations and the underlying methodology that were published that day, Lucy Hezinger (Department of Immunology at the University of Hohenheim) narrowly missed out on first prize in the Science Slam with her great contribution "What do chips and chicken nuggets do to our immune system?". The afternoon poster session "Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition" was also opened by a contribution from our department. Dr. Sarah Greve gave a short presentation on "Sexually dimorphic recovery of hepatic major urinary protein expression in response to refeeding following dietary restriction in mice", presenting part of her doctoral thesis’ results.
The day was concluded with culinary delights and communication at the evening get-together event. Jonas Pospiech from the Department of Biofunctionality of Food at the University of Hohenheim received the poster prize in the "Food Science" category - congratulations!
The last day of the congress provided important information for future DFG proposals and presented, among other things, the results of numerous interesting intervention studies in the field of nutrition. Fortunately, the GDL did not go on strike until the next day, and we were able to get home relatively on time by train.
