In this VLAG FLASH you will find reports from the PhD trips from Food Physics and Food Process Engineering.

We also would like to draw your attention to the programme of the VLAG courses in the fall of 2010. Please register ASAP as a few of the courses are almost fully booked.

The deadline for submitting information for the 30th VLAG FLASH is Monday July 12, 2010.

Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN) announces the appointment of Professor Erik van der Linden as Programme Director Sensory & Structure effective 1 September 2010. He succeeds Dr. Harmen de Jongh who has been Interim Director since December 2009.
Erik will combine this new appointment at TIFN with his position as Professor of Food Physics and Physical Chemistry of Foods in Wageningen University and Research Centre. read more

The annual election of the KNAW (The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) takes place based on academic performance, on recommendation of the academic community. Members of the Academy are leading scientists, working in all areas of scientific research. "It is special to belong to this elected group of scientist and it is a recognition of my work", says Ivonne, who is professor of Toxicology at WU and member of the VLAG Board. Ivonne will be installed on September 13. (visit KNAW (in Dutch), visit WUR)

As from September 2009 Vitor Martins Dos Santos is appointed as the new full chair professor is the rapidly developing field of systems and synthetic biology in the agro-food area. Systems and Synthetic Biology is part of Food & Biobased Research of WU. (visit Food & Biobased Research)

The deadline for submitting the pre-proposals for the 8th open round has been postponed. The pre-proposals are due before 1st July 2010, 12 AM. read more
For additional information please contact Vesna.Prsic@wur.nl.

• C.J.M. Koning (Karen) Multispecies probiotics and antibiotic-associated side effects - pathophysiological and clinical evidence. 04-06-2010, 12:00 hrs, Maastricht Prof. R.W. Stockbrügger, Dr. D.M.A.E. Jonkers, Dr. E.E. Stobberingh • M. Snoeijs Kidney transplantation from donors after cardiac death; studies on the pathophysiology and prevention of ischemic acute kidney injury and on the long-term outcome after transplantation. 11-06-2010, Maastricht Prof. L.W.E. van Heurn, Prof. W.A. Buurman • F.K. Kooy (Floor) Enzymatic production of hyaluronan oligo- and polysaccharides. 18-06-2010, 11:00 hrs, Wageningen Prof. G. Eggink, Prof. J. Tramper, Dr. C.G. Boeriu • P.P. Kovatcheva-Datchary (Petia) Analysing the functionallity of the human intestinal microbiota by stable isotope probing. 28-06-2010, 11:00 hrs, Wageningen Prof. W.M. de Vos, Dr. H. Smidt, Dr. K. Venema • L.M.W. Scheres (Luc) Organic monolayers on oxide-free silicon. Self-assembly, functionalization, patterning, and electronic characterization. 28-06-2010, 13:30 hrs, Wageningen Prof. H. Zuilhof • O.P. Pérez Gutiérrez (Odette) Unraveling piglet gut microbiota dynamics in response to feed additives. 29-06-2010, 11:00 hrs, Wageningen Prof. W.M. de Vos, Prof. M.W.A. Verstegen, Dr. H. Smidt • N. Zijlstra (Nicolien) Food texture and food intake. The role of oral sensory exposure. 30-06-2010, 16:00 hrs, Wageningen Prof. C. de Graaf, Dr. R.A. de Wijk, Dr. M. Mars • Y.G.J. van Helden (Yvonne) Molecular mechanisms of beta-carotene action in the lung. 01-07-2010, 14:00 hrs, Maastricht Prof. F.J. van Schooten, Prof. J. Keijer, Dr. R.W.L. Godschalk, Dr. S.G. Heil • A. Hochstenbach-Waelen (Ananda) Dietary proteins and body weight regulation. 07-07-2010, 12:00 hrs, Maastricht Prof. K.R. Westerterp, Prof. M.S. Westerterp-Plantenga • M.J.L. Romberg-Camps (Mariëlle) Course of disease, fatigue and health related quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease. 08-07-2010, 14:00 hrs, Maastricht Prof. R.W. Stockbrügger, Dr. P.C. Dagnelie, Dr. M.G. Russel • C.R. van Wetering (Carel) Clinical evaluation and cost-effectiveness of a community based COPD management program. 08-07-2010, 16:00 hrs, Maastricht Prof. A.M.W.J. Schols, Dr. M.P.M.H. Rutten-van Mölken • G. Thuijls (Geertje) Intestinal barrier loss in children and adults in disease and during surgery. 09-07-2010, 12:00 hrs, Maastricht Prof. W.A. Buurman, Prof. E. Heineman

•	Mini symposium: Nieuwe voedselveiligheidsrisico's (in Dutch) 23 June 2010, Wageningen
•	Sensory Perception and Food Intake Regulation Mini symposium on behalf of the public defence of the PhD thesis of Nicolien Zijlstra 30 June 2010, Wageningen
•	Exposure Assessment in Nutrition Research - 1st edition After participation the participant will be able to: critically evaluate and improve data collection in nutritional epidemiology and related fields of health research, and understand and have basic experience in design and analysis of evaluation studies. 30 August - 3 September 2010, Wageningen
•	NuGO week 2010 31 August - 3 September 2010, Glasgow, Scotland (UK)
•	Advanced Course on Applied Genomics of Industrial Fermentation - 4th edition 11 - 15 October 2010, Wageningen This course aims to familiarize industrial and academic research professionals with the modern concepts of genomics, their use in microbial research and development, and their utility in contemporary biotechnological industry. The link above gives information on the previous edition of this course.
•	VLAG PhD week - 24th edition 25 - 28 October 2010 This activity is a compulsory part of the VLAG education programme and it is meant for PhD students that have recently started their PhD study. The aim of the PhD week is to combine training skills with lectures on interesting scientific topics.
•	Annual NUTRIM Symposium 2010 Information will follow as soon as possible. 4 November 2010, Maastricht
•	Master class Public health interventions in real-life settings: the AGORA experience 8 - 10 November 2010, Wageningen The master class is especially developed for public health researchers and professionals from practice, working in the field of health promotion, epidemiology, nutrition and health sciences, and communication sciences. It aims is to make knowledge and research methodologies available to researchers working in public health practice.
•	Advanced Food Analysis - 3rd edition 15 - 19 November 2010, Wageningen
•	Production and use of food composition data in nutrition 15 - 26 November 2010, Pretoria, South Africa The aim of FoodComp is to show how the quality and usefulness of food composition data is determined by the quality of the production of analytical data for nutrients in foods, and the compilation of these and other data into food composition tables and nutritional databases.
•	Genetics and physiology of food-associated microorganisms - 4th edition 22 - 24 November 2010, Wageningen This advanced course aims to develop expertise in the genetics and physiology of food-associated micro-organisms, in particular with respect to their reactions to variety of stresses that can be imposed deliberately on micro-organisms during food processing, by food preservation techniques and during distribution and storage. The link above gives information on the previous edition of this course.
•	Systems biology course: Statistics of ~omics data analysis - 5th edition 13 - 17 December 2010, Wageningen This course will focus on the principles underlying processing, analysis and visualisation of large datasets derived from transcriptomics and metabolomics experiments. The link above gives information on the previous edition of this course.

Finally we have unpacked, recovered from the jetlag (again!), downloaded and shared pictures, and told our stories at the coffee corner. Our PhD trip to the USA is finished, and we have time to look back and reflect about what we had experienced 'across the pond'. read more

On the 10th of April, finally the day arrived. The PhD students from the Food Physics group went to Japan for a PhD trip, accompanied by the staff members.
This trip was intended as an experience with scientific, cultural and social aspects. It was an opportunity for PhD students to get in contact with colleagues from another part of the world and exchange experiences. Also we increased and exchanged knowledge, established new contacts and explored future collaborations. read more

•	Career Assessment - June (visit WGS)
•	Project- and Time Management - 7 September (visit WGS)
•	Information Literacy, incl. Introduction Endnote - 15 June (visit WGS)
•	Techniques for Writing and Presenting a Scientific Paper - 29 June (visit WGS)
•	PhD Competence Assessment - 31 August (visit WGS)
•	Scientific Writing - 6 September (visit Language Services)
•	Science, the press and the general public: communication and interaction - 7 October (visit WGS)
•	Interpersonal Communication for PhD students - 26 October (visit WGS)
•	Effective behaviour in your professional surroundings - 3 November (visit WGS)
•	Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research: Intervision and communication skills - 11 November (visit WGS)

•	Effective leadership styles (a Practical course for PhD supervisors) - 30 November (visit WGS)

•	NWO-Talent Classes A Talent Class is an extensive workshop, based on the Talent Day. In 2010, Talent Classes will be organised on: 28 September, 9 November, and 7 December. Registration for the Fall Talent Classes is open. (visit NWO)
•	Training programmes EG Liaison EG-Liaison organises training events to inform (potential) applicants on all aspects of constructing, submitting and managing projects within the Framework Programme. Trainings include basics of the Framework Programme, project management, juridical and financial, as well as specialized in-house courses. Upcoming events and trainings can be found on the website. (visit SenterNovem)
•	Capturing near field intensities of single split ring resonators Colloqium organised by the department of Physical Chemistry and Colloid Science Speaker: Anouk de Hoogh 4 June 2010, 16:00 hrs, Ab van der Linde room, Building 316, Dreijenplein 6, Wageningen
•	Eet voor je leven (in Dutch) The theme "Eet voor je leven!' will be explained from a broad nutritional vision. Each session will combine science and practice. 10 June 2010, CineMec, Ede (visit VoedingNederland)
•	Chemical Product Centric Process Design An overview of chemical product design and the important process design issues related to their development (product-centric process design) will be given in this course. 14 - 16 June 2010, University of Twente (visit OSPT)
•	Systems Biology Day During the last years a great variety of projects on Systems Biology started within Wageningen UR. To promote synergy between all these research activities and exchange of information, a series of Systems Biology Days is organised by the IP/OP Systems Biology Committee. The present meeting is the second one in the meeting series. 16 June 2010, Wageningen read more
•	The taste of Toxicology The chairgroup of Toxicology invites you to attend the farewell symposium at the occasion of the retirement of Dr. Gerrit Alink. The symposium (14.00-17.00) will be followed by a reception (17.00-18.30 h). 9 July 2010, University Aula, Wageningen (registration)
•	Advanced Computer Aided Modelling The course provides coverage of introductory and advanced process modelling and solution concepts for lumped and distributed systems, discrete event and hybrid systems. Mechanistic and data-based modelling concepts are also covered. 6 - 10 September 2010, University of Twente (visit OSPT)
•	European PhD Conference in Food Science and Technology / BerlinFOOD2010 Young food scientists of the 21st century should possess information and skills to deliver knowledge to industry to be used to develop new or improved products that will expand national, regional and global markets, create employment and benefit society. Through TCD young scientists and technologists shall gain much wider range of skills than simply good laboratory practice. 8 - 10 September 2010, Berlin, Germany (visit BerlinFOOD2010)
•	PhD workshop China 2010 The workshop provides leading overseas graduate schools a focused opportunity to meet top graduates from the most important colleges and universities across China. 27 - 28 November 2010, Beijing, China (visit Ph.D Workshop China)