In conjunction with
●International Symposium on Molecular and Neural Mechanisms of Taste and Olfactory Perception(ISMNTOP)
●YR Umami Forum (YRUF)
●Asian International Symposium on Chemo-Reception and Ingestive Behavior(AISCRIB)
●The Society for Research on Umami Taste (SRUT)
| ■Plenary session | |
| Plenary talk Oleocanthal: Discovery, Mechanism and Potential Gary K Beauchamp (Monell Chem. Senses Ctr) |
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| Special talk 1 New wave of the science of food for health and the position of taste research in Japan Keiko Abe (Univ. of Tokyo) |
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| Special talk 2 Taste Sensor Kiyoshi Toko (Kyushu Univ.) |
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| Special talk 3 Flavor preferences acquired by umami substances are based on taste-flavor learning in weanling rats Takashi Yamamoto (Kio Univ.) |
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| ■Session I Cellular, neural and behavioral analyses on taste quality coding | |
| SI-1 Coding Umami taste from taste buds to afferent neurons Nirupa Chaudhari (Univ. of Miami) |
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| SI-2 Shedding light on function of Type III taste cells Sue C Kinnamon (Univ. of Colorado) |
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| SI-3 Behavioral Evidence for T1R-Independent Taste Receptor Mechanisms in the Signaling of Select Carbohydrate Stimuli Alan C Spector (Florida State Univ.) |
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| ■Session II Taste perception influenced by heredity and environment | |
| SII-1 MSG perception and bitter blocking: evaluation of new candidate genes by genome wide and transcriptional methods. Danielle R Reed (Monell Chem. Senses Ctr) |
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| SII-2 Complex genetics of sweet taste: Oral and extraoral mechanisms Alexander A Bachmanov (Monell Chem. Senses Ctr) |
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| SII-3 Disruption in the relationship between blood pressure and salty taste thresholds among overweight and obese children Nuala K Bobowski (Monell Chem. Senses Ctr) |
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| ■ Session Ⅲ Beyond the basic tastes | |
| SIII-1 The Tastes of Calcium and Phosphorus Michael G Tordoff (Monell Chem. Senses Ctr) |
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| SIII-2 Molecular mechanisms to generate the diversity of taste cells Ichiro Matsumoto (Monell Chem. Senses Ctr) |
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| SIII-3 A modifier for oral sensation: expression of receptors and distribution of ligands Yutaka Maruyama (Ajinomoto Co. Inc.) |
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| SIII-4 Involvement of the functional Interaction between TRP channels and anoctamin1 in the pungent sensation Makoto Tominaga Okazaki Inst. for Integ. Biosci. |
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| [Discussants: Julie Mennella (Monell Ctr), Thomas E Finger (Univ. Colorado)] | |
