Seminários de investigação CBQF/LAE
15 de novembro de 2013, sala AFRAE

Às 14h30:
"Grain Legumes - Past, Present, Future"
Palestrante: Dr. Albert Vandenberg

Dr. Vandenberg is a plant scientist with interests in pulse crop genetics, genomics, breeding, biofortification, and food use of legume crops.  His varieties produce more than 40% of the world's lentils.  He has also successfully bred major varieties of other temperate pulse crops (common bean, chickpea, faba bean, field pea) and industrial hemp. He has initiated multidisciplinary and international projects in many areas of research related to use and consumption of pulse crops. He also grows mangos.

Às 15h00:
"Arsenic Poisoning - Are Lentils a Possible Cure?"
Palestrante: Dr. Judit Smits

Dr Judit Smits is a Professor in the Department of Ecosystem & Public Health in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary. She holds an Adjunct professorship at the School of Environment & Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, and this way can contribute to research and graduate student support in veterinary medicine and environmental toxicology. Dr Smits has a degree in veterinary medicine from the Ontario Veterinary College, with a Masters and PhD from the University of Saskatchewan in which she developed her research program integrating veterinary medicine with ecotoxicology. | Research Interests: Dr Smits' research interests range from wildlife health as affected by environmental contamination and other anthropogenic disturbances, to factors affecting the conservation of wildlife and ecosystems. A new area of toxicology that she is investigating is the mitigation of chronic arsenic toxicity (arsenicosis) in mammals using naturally biofortified food. Arsenicosis is estimated to affect 50 to 100 million people worldwide, making it the major global toxicity problem in human history.

Participação gratuita e sem necessidade de inscrição.