DERiVE-VALID Symposium at FENS 2019
The symposium showcasing findings from the DERiVE and VALID studies at the 13th European Nutrition Conference in Dublin, Ireland was a success! As part of the symposium, DERiVE principal investigators Prof. Mary Ward and Prof. Yvonne Lamers presented the most recent outcomes of the DERiVE study, which will contribute to the development of accessible biomarkers for the assessment of riboflavin status.
Don’t miss the opportunity to know more about the DERiVE project!
Come and meet us at the DERiVE-VALID symposium (S2-2C-3) at the FENS conference: Wednesday 16 October 15:00-16:30 in the Wicklow Meeting Room 1 (level 2).
DERiVE team at the 12th International Conference on One carbon metabolism, B vitamins and Homocysteine, 2019
Is riboflavin deficiency in women of reproductive age a global problem?
It was the title of the poster presented by Liadhan McAnena at the 12th International Conference on One carbon metabolism, B vitamins and Homocysteine, held from June 9 – 13, 2019, at Tarragona, Southern Catalonia, Spain.
Irish Section Conference 2018: Targeted approaches to tackling current nutritional issues
The DERiVE team had an active participation at the Irish Section Conference 2018: Targeted approaches to tackling current nutritional issues, held from June 20 – 22, 2018, at the Ulster University, Coleraine, organized by the British Nutrition Society.
Helene McNulty
Professor Helene McNulty, Ulster University, Northern Ireland, presented on “Folate and related B vitamins through the lifecycle: public health priorities and challenges”.
Yvonne Lamers
Professor Yvonne Lamers, The University of British Columbia, Canada, shared an overview on “Approaches to improving micronutrient status assessment at a population level”, which included preliminary data from the DERiVE project and other recent research outcomes of her team at UBC.
Laura Kehoe
PhD student Laura Kehoe, University College Cork, Ireland, presented on “Nutritional challenges for older adults in Europe: current status and future directions”.
The DERiVE team was represented at the first JPI HDHL Science vlog contest.
Watch the vlog from the DERiVE Team and learn more about our project. The video was created for the vlog contest of the 5th JPI HDHL conference, Brussels Feb 20th, 2019.
FASEB Summer Research Conference on Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, and One-Carbon Metabolism
Nearly the entire DERiVE team was represented at the FASEB Summer Research Conference (SRC) on Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, and One-Carbon Metabolism, held from July 29 – August 3, 2018, in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Helene McNulty
Professor Helene McNulty, Ulster University, Northern Ireland, presented a plenary lecture on “Riboflavin status and MTHFR activity”.
Nadia Moran
Postdoctoral Associate Nadia Moran, The University of British Columbia, Canada, presented a poster on the first milestone of the DERiVE project, which is the set-up and validation of the analytical method for quantifying riboflavin and vitamin B6 related metabolites in plasma at the UBC Nutritional Biomarker Laboratory, led by Assoc. Prof. Yvonne Lamers: “Riboflavin, vitamin B6, and related metabolites detected in plasma in a single LC-MS/MS platform”.