Max Rubner Conference 2011 - Food Metabolomics

We are pleased to announce the first international conference on Food Metabolomics to be held from 9-11 October, 2011, at the Max Rubner-Institut, the German Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Food is undoubtedly an exceedingly complex and dynamic biochemical system. The chemical composition of each food, characterized by a pattern of hundreds or even thousands of compounds, is influenced by many factors, including origin and variety, environment, production and processing procedures or even storage conditions. Consequently, the chemical composition of a food determines its quality in terms of nutritional value, health benefit as well as sensory characteristics and provides the scientific basis for food safety assessment.

Metabolomics attempts to analyze comprehensively the complete set of small molecule metabolites present in a biological system such as a food. This Omics-approach will therefore be an excellent tool to evaluate food quality as well as food safety. The Max Rubner Conference seeks to cover the whole range of metabolomics applications in food sciences and research and will bring together those scientists interested in this future-orientated analytical technology. Leading international experts will define the state-of-the-art in this field and will present advantages as well as limitations of the various metabolomics methods.

We invite you to participate in this inspiring conference, to meet colleagues from other institutions and countries, to discuss common problems and to inform yourself about the latest developments in food metabolomics. We are looking forward to meeting you in Karlsruhe!

Hotels

The MRI has booked a contingent of rooms in the following hotels:

• Hotel Avisa
  2 rooms à 83,- € until 1st September 2011
  www.hotel-avisa.de
• Allee-Hotel-Pavillion
  10 rooms à 88,- € until 19 August 2011
  www.alleehotel-ka.de
• Hotel Erbprinzenhof
  5 rooms à 75,- € until 1st September 2011
  www.hotel-erbprinzenhof.de
• Hotel Ambassador
  15 rooms à 79,- € until 5 September 2011
  www.ambassador-karlsruhe.de
• Hotel Elite
  4 rooms à 99,- €
  www.hotelelite-ka.de
• Hotel am Markt
  20 rooms à 69,- € until 5 September 2011
  www.hotelammarkt.de

Keyword for your reservation is “MRC”.

We advise to book your hotel room as soon as possible due to another congress in Karlsruhe!