1st Interdisciplinary Symposium on Food, Nutrition and Health, Kulmbach, 2026
The first interdisciplinary symposium on food, nutrition and health, Kulmbach, 2026, will take place on 5 and 6 October 2026 at the Kulmbach campus in the Alte Spinnerei (1st floor, lecture theatre, room ASP 147.1). You can find the current programme here. We will provide you with further information once you have registered. You can register here.
We are also happy to answer any questions you may have in person. Please contact us at campus-kulmbach@uni-bayreuth.de or on 0921/55-1004.
Agenda:
05.10.2026
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Welcome speech by Prof. Dr. Stefan Leible, President of the University of Bayreuth |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Welcome speech by Prof. Dr. Corina Vlot-Schuster, Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences |
| 12:30 - 12:45 | Welcome speech by Prof. Dr. Stefan Clemens, Founding Dean |
| 12:45 - 13:30 | Prof. Dr. Peter von Philipsborn Forschung für eine gesunde und nachhaltige Ernährung |
| Break | |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Prof. Dr. Christina Holzapfel Personalisiertes Adipositasmanagement: Ergebnisse der LION Studie |
| 14:45 - 15:30 | Prof. Dr. Janin Henkel-Oberländer Einfluss von Nahrungsbestandteilen auf die Entwicklung der steatotischen Lebererkrankung |
| 15:30 - 16:15 | Prof. Dr. Frank Suhr Molekulare Mechanismen der Mechanosensitivität in quergestreiften Muskeln |
| Break | |
| 16:45 - 17:30 | Prof. Dr. Susanne Baldermann From Metabolites to Food System Innovation: How Mass Spectrometry is Advancing Food Science |
| 17:30 - 18:15 | Prof. Dr. Andreas Römpp A picture is worth a thousand words: Spatial information in bioanalytical research |
06.10.2026
| 08:15 - 08:30 | Welcome speech by Prof. Dr. Peter von Philipsborn, Prof. Public Health Nutrition |
| 08:30 - 09:15 | Jun. Prof. Dr. Tina Bartelmeß Nutrition as a Social Question: Inequality, Discourse, and Everyday Food Practices |
| 09:15 - 10:00 | Jun. Prof. Dr. Tim Dorlach School Feeding Programs in Africa: Historical Development and Political Dynamics |
| Break | |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Prof. Dr. Corina Vlot-Schuster The Scent of Disease Resistance: Role of Volatile Organic Compounds in Plant Immunity |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Prof. Dr. Gerald Lackner From Microbes to Molecules: Biosynthesis of Bioactive Natural Products |
| Break | |
| 12:00 - 12:45 | Prof. Dr. Christian Fikar Scaling up local food network operations: A systems thinking approach |
| 12:45 - 13:30 | Prof. Dr. Aldo Faisal Data-Driven Pathways and AI Solutions to the Future of Healthcare |
| 13:30 | Final farewell |