Food Hydrocolloids: Fundamentals and Applications 2nd edition 23 - 25 February 2009 Wageningen The Graduate School VLAG, in co-operation with Laboratory of Physical Chemistry & Colloid Science of Wageningen University (WU) |
Background
One of the challenges in the food industry is to prepare food systems with designed properties, such as certain mechanical properties or certain sensorial attributes. Often is it exceedingly difficult to pinpoint the the relation between the molecular structures of the food macromolecules and some particular mechanical or sensorial propery of the final product.
In the meantime, the interdisciplinary study of “soft-condensed matter” has now advanced to a degree where it is often possible to almost quantitatively relate molecular structure to at least the physical-chemical properties of soft matter such as food systems (mechanical properties, phase behavior, etc). For more applied researchers using food hydrocolloids, this knowledge is often not readily accessible, or considered to be “too fundamental”.
At Wageningen University, a number of groups have a tradition of bridging the gap between the forefront of academic soft-matter research, and applications in foods and non-foods. In this tradition, the Wageningen graduate school VLAG is offering a 3-day course that consists of a mixture of introductory lectures in soft matter science mixed with applied lectures on selected topics in food hydrocollois (by experts from both industry and academia).
Target group
Industrial and academic researchers, including PhD students, working on food structure or food macromolecules, with little formal background in Physical Chemistry or Soft Matter Physics, that wish to broaden their horizon and deepen their fundamental understanding of the relation between chemical properties of food macromolecules and macroscopic physical-chemical properties such as rheology, phase behaviour, etc. For researchers that wish to have an opportunity to discuss their own work with experts in terms of general “soft-matter science”.
Course aim
The course aims at bridging the gap between the forefront of academic soft-matter research and its applications in food hydrocolloids.
Course design
The course is at postgraduate level and consists of a mixture of introductory lectures in soft matter science (by the academic lecturers) and more applied lectures on selected topics in food hydrocolloids (mostly by industrial lecturers).
Participants are invited to present their own work or project in a poster session. For PhD students, a poster submission is required for joining the course. Ample time will be available for the participants to interact with the lecturers in order to have a true exchange of ideas.
Provisional programme
Course coordinators
Information concerning the course contents can be obtained from Dr. Renko de Vries (Renko.deVries@wur.nl).
Lecturers
Date & duration
The course is scheduled for 23-25 February 2009.
Study load
The study load of this course is 1.0 ECTS credits.
Language
The course will be conducted in English.
Location & accommodation
The course venue is “Hof van Wageningen” (former Wageningen International Conference centre (WICC)). The town of Wageningen is 5 km from Ede-Wageningen railway station, with transport options being taxi or bus. Ede-Wageningen railway station is about one and a half hours from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. For train schedules visit: www.ns.nl.
A number of hotel rooms has been blocked at the Hof van Wageningen for course participants, but only until 8 January 2009. Accommodation costs are € 75 (single room; incl. breakfast, excl. Tax) per night. Participants have to book their own hotel room. Hotel reservation is handled by Hof van Wageningen, see www.wicc.nl. Please mention booking code FH09.
Social programme
During the course, course dinners will be organised on Monday and Tuesday.
Contact information
For organisational matters and registration please contact:
Mrs. Chantal Doeswijk
The Graduate School VLAG
P.O. Box 8129
6700 EV Wageningen
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 317 485143
Fax: +31 317 483342
E-mail: Chantal.Doeswijk@wur.nl
The number of participants is restricted to 40 with a minimum of 20.
Please register online by completing the course application form.
The final registration date is 27 January 2009. Registrations are accepted in the order in which the course fee payment is received.
Applicants will be informed of acceptance of their registration within two weeks of the final registration date. They will then receive instructions for payment, a letter of acceptance to apply for a visa (if applicable), and further course details. Cancellations may be made free of charge until 27 January 2009. After this date the charge will be 25 % of the course fee paid or due. Substitutions may be made at any time.
The course fee (which includes materials, coffee/tea during breaks, lunches and two dinners but does not cover accommodation) depends on the participant's affiliation:
| Industry / For-Profit organisations | € 1200 |
| University staff / Post-doc / Non-Profit organisations | € 600 |
| PhD students | € 300 |
| VLAG PhD students | € 150 |
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