The 10th "Darmendag" was held on Friday November 14th 2008 in the Boothzaal of the Utrecht University Library, Utrecht.

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

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• » R.A. Kemperman, E. van Velzen, M. Leclerc, J. van Duynhoven, E.E. Vaughan and J. Doré; (Vlaardingen) "NMR metabolite screening of a human faecal metagenomic library for identification ofpolyphenol bioconversion activity"


• Oral presentation award:
  » Pieter Van den Abbeele, Philippe Gérard, Aurelia Bruneau, Sylvie Rabot, Tom Van de Wiele, Charlotte Grootaert, Sam Possemiers, Willem Broekaert, Christophe Courtin, Jan Delcour and Willy Verstraete (Ghent) "Arabinoxylans and inulin affect the mucosa associated bacterial community"


• » Petia Kovatcheva-Datchary, Markus Egert, Annet Maathuis, Albert A. de Graaf, Hauke Smidt , Willem M. de Vos, Koen Venema (Wageningen) "Identification of carbohydrate fermenting bacteria in the human colon using RNA Stable Isotope Probing"


• » Michel J van Vliet, Wim JE Tissing, Catharina AJ Dun, Nico EL Meessen, Willem A Kamps, Eveline SJM de Bont, Hermie JM Harmsen (Groningen) "Chemotherapy treatment in pediatric AML patients leads to a relative increase of colonization with potentially pathogenic bacteria in the gut, despite antibiotic prophylaxis"


• S.H. Lahham, D. Weening, F. Rezaee, H. Roelofsen, K. Venema and R.J. Vonk (Groningen) "Propionic Acid Stimulates Leptin Production In Human Adipose Tissue Through G-Protein Coupled Receptor(s)"


• Tim G.A.M. Wolfs, Wim A. Buurman, Boris W. Kramer (Maastricht) "Endotoxin induced chorioamnionitis aggravates risk factors for necrotizing enterocolitis in fetal sheep"


• » Marisa Geens, Theo Niewold (Leuven) "Histological & physiological characterization of a porcine epithelial cell line IPEC-J2"


• » Jeroen Visser, Sylvia Brugman, Arjan Hoogendijk, Hermie Harmsen, Gjalt Welling, Nico Bos, Karen Lammers , Alessio Fasano and Jan Rozing (Groningen) "Restoration of impaired intestinal permeability is a mechanism in the Prevention of type 1 diabetes by the hydrolysed casein diet"


• » R. M. Nijmeijer, H. C. van Santvoort, A. Zhernakova, M. G. H. Besselink, M. C. Wapenaar, H. G. Gooszen, L. M. A. Akkermans, C. Wijmenga (Utrecht) "Genetic variants of Myosin IXB and PARD3 predispose to acute pancreatitis"


• Marleen T J van Ampting, Arjan J Schonewille, Carolien Vink, Robert-Jan M. Brummer, Roelof van der Meer, Ingeborg M J Bovee-Oudenhoven (Wageningen) "Intestinal barrier function in response to abundant or depleted mucosal glutathione in Salmonella-infected rats"

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