The 11^th Darmendag was held on Thursday November 12^th 2009 in the Auditorium of the Unilever R&D, Vlaardingen.

On the programme: 10 oral presentations (15 min. incl. discussion) and 12 poster presentations.

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• Oral presentation award:
  Sahar El-Aidy, P. van Baarlen, M. Derrien, E.G. Zoetendal, J. Dekker, G. Hooiveld, F. Levenez, J. Doré, M. Kleerebezem (Wageningen) “Local and temporal responses of the mouse intestinal mucosa to its resident microbiota”


• K. Venema, Marjorie E. Koenen, A.JH. Maathuis, M.H. Dohnalek (Zeist) “Use of a dynamic in vitro system to assess the ability of probiotic bacteria to survive the upper GI tract”


• Gabriele Gross, Doris M. Jacobs, S. Peters, F.A. van Dorsten, S. Possemiers, J.P.M. van Duynhoven, E.E. Vaughan, T. van de Wiele (Vlaardingen/Gent) “Dietary polyphenols and gut microbiota – In vitro bioconversion and influence on microbial community composition”


• Matthijs Grasman, A.E. Budding, C.J. Mulder, P.H.M. Savelkoul, A.A. van Bodegraven (Amsterdam) “Universal duodenal microbiota with IS-PRO in individuals undergoing gastroscopy”


• Rian M. Nijmeijer, L.M. Akkermans, F.G. Schaap, P.L. Jansen, J. Terlinde, A. Verheem, A.B. Kroese, M.G. Besselink, M. Schipper, H.G. Gooszen, K. van Erpecum (Utrecht) “Altered expression of fibroblast growth factor 15 in acute pancreatitis: Potential consequences for bacterial translocation and infection risk”


• P. Ramnani, Estelle Gaudier, M. Bingham, P. van Bruggen, K.M. Tuohy, G.R. Gibson (Reading/Vlaardingen) “Prebiotic effect of fruit and vegetable shots containing Jerusalem artichoke inulin: a human intervention study”


• Marloes Schepens, C. Vink, A. Schonewille, R. van der Meer, I. Bovee-Oudenhoven (Ede/Wageningen) “Extremely low glutathione levels in colonic mucosa of HLA-B27 transgenic rats developing colitis: No effect of supplemental antioxidants”


• Sylvia Brugman, K.-Y. Liu, D. Lindenbergh-Kortleve, J.N. Samsom, G.T. Furuta, S.A. Renshaw, R. Willemsen, E.E.S. Nieuwenhuis (Rotterdam) “Intestinal flora directs infiltrate composition and disease severity in a novel zebrafish entero-colitis model”


• Christopher Quince, P.T. Turnbaugh, R. Knight, J.I. Gordon (Glasgow) “Calculating the total microbial diversity in an individual human gut”


• Sam Possemiers, P. van den Abbeele, A. Neyrinck, P. Cani, N. Delzenne, W. Verstraete (Gent/Brussels) “Arabinoxylans and metabolic homeostasis: Effect on prebiotic properties, glycemic control, weight management and immune modulation”

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