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62nd Scientific Congress of the German Nutrition Society (DGE), Kassel, Germany, March 2025
Anna Heidrich presents research results of photoprotective effects of carotenoids against UV-C radiation.
Long Science Night, 22nd November 2024
Wodurch verändert sich die Farbe von Rotkohl? Das praktische Experiment zog viele Besucher an.
Why and how does the colour of red cabbage change? The practical experiment attracted many visitors.
Congratulations to Mario Schmidt!
19 July 2024
Current and former members of the research group share the successful completion of the thesis.
61st Scientific Congress of the German Nutrition Society (DGE), Kassel, Germany, March 2024
Dr. Ahlam Al-Yafeai presents research results of biological effects which a compound isolated from tea hydrangea leafs reveals.
19th International Symposium on Carotenoids, Toyama, Japan, Summer 2023
Our Master student Simon Fehn presents research results on high pressure processing investigations of kale and within a microemulsion.
Long Science Night, 25th November 2022
How do old and new apple cultivars differ from each other, and what changes the colour of red cabbage? The practical experiments attracted many visitors.
50. German Food Science Meeting in Hamburg, September 2022
Mario Schmidt presents results on the impact of high pressure processing on kale ingredients
Trip to Erfurt, August 2022
Group with TV stars mouse and elephant
At the flower show egapark
Congratulations to Ernawita!
14 September 2021
Congratulations to Josephine Kschonsek!
9 September 2020
Long Science Night, 22th November 2019
How do old and new apple cultivars differ from each other, and what changes the colour of red cabbage? The practical experiments attracted many visitors.
Congratulations to Ahlam Al-Yafeai!
1 April 2019
Long Science Night, 24th November 2017
The Institute of Nutrition explains the composition of dyes in leafs, differences between old and new apple cultivars and the pH-dependent change in colour of red cabbage.
18th International Symposium on Carotenoids, Lucerne, Switzerland, Summer 2017
Our PhD student Ahlam Al-Yafeai presents her research results on investigations of rosehips, and PD Dr. Volker Böhm was awarded a fellow of the International Carotenoid Society.
Scientific award of APFEL e. V. for master thesis of Carina Holzwarth
Jena, 11th November 2016
8th Congress "Pigments in Food", Cluj-Napoca, Romania, June 2016
PD Dr. Volker Böhm and Dr. Begonia Olmedilla-Alonso discussing scientific results in front of the poster in the welcoming and hospitable city of Cluj-Napoca.
53rd Scientific Congress of the German Nutrition Society (DGE), Fulda, Germany, March 2016
PD Dr. Volker Böhm, PhD student Ahlam Al-Yafeai and master student Anna Westphal present current research results.
Scientific award of APFEL e. V. for master thesis of Josephine Kschonsek
Jena, 5th November 2015
Excursion to Schmalkalden, October 2015
On the green sofa at Thüringer Waldquell Mineralbrunnen
At Viba Sweets
Scientific exchange with Ohio State University, Ohio, USA, Summer 2015
Master student Anna Westphal investigates effects of high pressure processing on broccoli sprouts in Columbus. PD Dr. Volker Böhm and Prof. Dr. Steven Schwartz are the advisors of this collaborative project.
Congratulations to Jasmin Karmowski!
22 May 2015
17th International Symposium on Carotenoids, Park City, Utah, USA, Summer 2014
Our PhD students Ernawita and Jasmin Karmowski present their research results, and PD Dr. Volker Böhm was invited to give a talk.
Brazilian visiting PhD student for 5 months
Kélin Schwarz, PdD student at the university in Sao Paulo in Brazil, started in January 2014 to investigate her tomato samples in our lab.
Congratulations to Christin Arnold!
2 December 2013
Long Science Night, 29th November 2013
The Institute of Nutrition explains health preventive effects of fruits and vegetables.
Guest scientist from Lithuania again in our lab
Asta Mazeikiene from Vilnius (Lithuania) deepens and shares her knowledge in Jena (May 2012).
Fat Soluble Vitamins Meeting, March 2012, Kalambaka, Greece
Jasmin Bauerfeind gives a talk, and we all enjoy great Greek hospitality in a fantastic location.
Two international visiting scientists in our lab
In November/December 2011, two guest scientists stayed in our laboratory: Dr. Susi Endrini from YARSI University, Jakarta, Indonesia, and Aziouz Aidoud from University, Algier, Algeria.
...in discussion with Jana Hesse … and …. at the Christmas party of the Institute …
Congratulations to Lars Müller!
17th October 2011
Guest scientist from Lithuania in our lab
In May 2011, Asta Mazeikiene from Vilnius (Lithuania) visited our laboratory (here with Lars Müller)
Scientific award for dissertation of Dr. Susanne Werner!
Berlin, 20th January 2011
Congratulations to Susanne Werner!
5th July 2010
LYCOCARD summer course broadens the horizon
In July 2008, seven young sientists from Italy, Spain and France have expanded their knowledge of different analytical aspects with regard to lycopene. As guests of the research group Bioactive Plant Compounds, they particpated for five days in the LYCOCARD summer course "Isomerisation of lycopene and its physiological relevance".
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15th international Symposium on Carotenoids Okinawa, Japan, Summer 2008
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Long Science Night in Jena, 16th November 2007
"Why is the tomato red?" The team of the research group Biocative Plant Products shares its knowledge about colours in plants - to taste, to touch, to view.
Congratulations to Kati Fröhlich!
23rd April 2007
Tomatoes for the heart / information day
European research project invited to a first information day
Themed „Tomatoes for the heart“, LYCOCARD coordinator Dr. Volker Böhm and his team introduced the project goals to the public in Jena and sourrounding areas: In a multidisciplinary approach the complete way "from farm to fork" will be investigated during the next five years. The people had the chance to look into the planned research work, visit the laboratory and expand their knowledge on various tomato topics, including food tasting and recipes to take away.
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The Tomato and the Heart / large EU project starts
Nutritionist of Jena University coordinates new EU project “LYCOCARD”
(Jena, 10.04.06)
The tomato is, followed by the potato, the most widely used vegetable in Europe. That is a good thing, since tomatoes prevent cardio-vascular diseases, attributed to their ingredient and plant pigment lycopene. So far, however, the total food chain between healthy, raw tomatoes and improved health has not been fully discovered. Scientists, technologists, industrial partners and patient-organisations from six European countries are now trying to bridge this gap, headed by Jena scientists. In the next five years the EU will support the 15 partners of the project “Lycocard”, “lyco-” standing for lycopene, and “-card” for cardio-vascular diseases. Starting this month, a multidisciplinary team will investigate the role of lycopene in reducing the risk of cardio-vascular diseases by adopting a “farm to fork” approach.
This ambitious project is supported by the EU’s sixth framework programme with altogether 5.2 million Euro. PD Dr. Volker Böhm of the Institute of Nutrition at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany, coordinates the project. “This is the first research project of this scale that is coordinated from Thuringia” says the 44 year old nutritionist. He is especially pleased, since the project start required a two-leveled application process and nine months of negotiations, during which Böhm has been supported by the University’s Office of Research-Development and -Transfer.
„Five servings of fruit and vegetable a day, containing at least one tomato product“ – envisions Böhm as future dietary guideline. With this rule of thumb, consumers could create a meal plan which would significantly lower the risk of suffering from heart diseases. Thus, “Lycocard” would contribute to the health of consumers and at the same time lower the cost for insurance systems, because cardiovascular diseases are, aside from cancer, one of the main mortality causes in developed countries. Furthermore, the project significantly broadens the state-of-the-art of science. Böhm is sure that “The European food industry could strengthen its position since the demand for healthy tomato products will rise, and the development of such is one of the sub-goals of this project”.
Until then, many details from the raw tomato to the final product, from the composition of bio-active ingredients to the effects in biological systems will have to be investigated and evaluated. “Lycocard” aims to clarify the following points: What effects do technological processes have on the content of lyccopene? How do the various food ingredients interact? What are the molecular aspects of lycopene absorption and metabolism? How do lycopene isomers and lycopene metabolites act in different biological systems? How is the bioavailability of lycopene within the human body?
The project website www.lycocard.com which is presently under construction will be regularly filled with ongoing results related to the topic “tomatoes and heart”, making it an information platform for science, industry, patient organisations and consumers.
Contact:
PD Dr. Volker Böhm
Institute of Nutrition
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Dornburger Straße 25-29
07743 Jena
Germany
phone: +49 (0)3641 / 949633, fax: +49 (0)3641 / 949632
E-Mail: Volker.Boehm@uni-jena.de
Lycocard-Partner:
o Volker Böhm, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena (Germany) - coordinator
o Verena Stangl, Charité, Berlin (Germany)
o Catherine Caris-Veyrat, INRA, Avignon (France)
o Ralph Rühl, University Debrecen (Hungary)
o Gordon Lowe, Liverpool John Moores University (UK)
o Mariá Jesús Periago Castón, University Murcia (Spain)
o Patrick Borel, INRA Marseille (France)
o Paola Palozza, Catholic University Rome (Italy)
o Alvaro Mordente, Catholic University Rome (Italy)
o Martin Vestweber, German Heart Foundation, Frankfurt (Germany)
o Pablo Serrano Santos, JUVER, Murcia (Spain)
o Sophie Colvine, AMITOM, Avignon (France)
o Inigo Martinez-Fresneda, AGRAZ, Villafranco del Guadiana (Spain)
o Jesus Espinosa Garcia, CONESA, Villafranco del Guadiana (Spain)
o David Cameron, Caledonian Science Press, Sitges (Spain)
13th European Meeting on Fat Soluble Vitamins, Dornburg / Jena, Spring 2006
Fat-soluble vitamins in the focus
Organised by PD Dr. Volker Böhm, the European congress took place for the first time in Germany, at the beautiful Dornburg Castle north of Jena
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14th International Symposium on Carotenoids, Edinburgh, Summer 2005
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