Seminar: 15th November 2004
Ph.D. Course: 15th – 19th November 2004
Context: When this course was offered for the first time two years ago, it was intended as a single event. However, in answer to requests we now announce the course for a third time. It is arranged by the network on “Fish Physiology, Biochemistry and Food” (FIBP) associated to the Ph.D. training program at the Technical University of Denmark. The objective of FIBP is to promote research in physiological processes in fish muscle that cause or influence post mortem changes, such as rigor mortis, changes in water holding ability, production of free fatty acids and break-down of proteins, in order to reveal its implications for fish processing and product quality. The FIBP network forms part of the Danish Network for Aquaculture and Fisheries Research
Seminar
A one-day seminar with lectures on selected topics in fish (muscle) physiology and biochemistry will be held Monday, 15th November 9:00 at DTU, Building 107 "Oticonsalen".
Seminar programme: Click here to see seminar programme.
Participation: The seminar is open to all.
Deadline for registration to the seminar: 5th November 2004 by e-mail to Christina Gundorff.
Seminar fee: 150 DKK paid by bank transfer to:
Danske Bank, Gentofte Afdeling,
Gentoftegade 50,
DK-2820 Gentofte,
Denmark.
Reg. no.: 4190,
Account 4201970520,
SWIFT address: DABADKKK
Important: Refer to: FF 1539 ’your name’
Ph.D. Course
The course comprises the seminar and 4 days of exercises (from 16th November at 9:00 to 19st November 16:00) on post mortem processes):
- Water pools and their mobility in ice-stored fillets. Correlation to muscle proteins. Changes in the water distribution during chilled storage of cod and salmon are studied by low-field NMR relaxation and (3-way) chemometrics. The amount of bound water is correlated to the amount of muscle protein that can be denatured during heating.
- Accumulation of formaldehyde and dimethylamine during frozen storage. Activity of the TMAO aldolase enzyme. The dependence of formation of formaldehyde during frozen storage on the presence of white muscle TMAO aldolase (TMAOase) is demonstrated.
- Fatty acid composition. Lipid oxidation during frozen storage; effect of storage temperature and exposure to light. The fatty acid profile of rainbow trout is measured. The formation of selected volatile oxidation products during chilled storage is determined, and the effects of vacuum packaging or packaging in nitrogen on oxidation and sensory attributes are determined.
- Proteome analysis of fish muscle. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and image analysis of gels will be carried out. As an example the effect of stress on protein expression will be studied by a comparison between samples from unstressed and stressed fish.
Click here to see a short description of the experimental work.
Participation
The course is preferentially intended for Ph.D. students but open to others in case of vacancy. The number of participants for the entire course (seminar and exercises) is restricted to 12.
Deadline for application to the course: 30th September 2004.
Teachers
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(BioCentrum-DTU)
Place
Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, DTU, Lyngby, Denmark.
Ph.D. course fee
1200 DKK (including the seminar fee, but not the accommodation).
Preregistration
To be included on a mailing list for future announcements, information on accommodation and final registration, please e-mail to Christina Gundorff, Danish Institute for Fisheries Research.
Points: 3 ECTS
Contact:
Flemming Jessen
Danish Institute for Fisheries Research
Dept. of Seafood Research
DTU, Building 221
DK-2800 Lyngby
e-mail: ;
Tel: +45 4425 2549; Fax: +45 4588 4774
*Due to popular demand this course is being held again this year. The original course, "The confocal laser scanning microscope in structural and regulatory studies", falls away.