Is the Omega-6 to Omega-3 Ratio Useful or Not?

Session Chair(s)

• PC

  Philip Calder, PhD, DPhil (he/him/his)

  Professor of Nutritional Immunology
  Faculty of Medicine
  University of Southampton
  Southampton, United Kingdom
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  Marie-Caroline Michalski, PhD, Eng. (she/her/hers)

  Research Director
  CarMeN laboratory
  INRAE, CarMeN Laboratory
  Pierre Benite, Rhone-Alpes, France

Presentations:

• 1:35 PM – 1:52 PM EDT

  Omega-6 to omega-3 ratio: help or hinderance?
  

  Presenting Author: Philip Calder, PhD, DPhil (he/him/his) – University of Southampton
• 1:52 PM – 2:09 PM EDT

  Adipose tissue inflammation and altered lipid signaling in obesity, and the effects of long chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation.
  

  Presenting Author: Helena Fisk, PhD – University of Southampton

  Co-Author: Robert Ayres – NHS

  Co-Author: Caroline Childs – University of Southampton

  Co-Author: Paul Noakes – University of Notre Dame Australia

  Co-Author: Ondrej Kuda – Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences

  Co-Author: Jan Kopecký – Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences

  Co-Author: Elie Antoun – The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Oxford Institute

  Co-Author: Karen Lillycrop – University of Southampton
• 2:09 PM – 2:26 PM EDT

  Delta-6 desaturase conversion of ALA into EPA/DHA has comparable effects on adipocyte size as the direct consumption of EPA/DHA in a model of diet-induced obesity
  

  Presenting Author: James N. Smorenburg (he/him/his) – University of Guelph

  Co-Author: Katarzyna Hodun – University of Bialystok

  Co-Author: Chenxuan Wang – University of Guelph

  Co-Author: Kyle R D Wells – Dalhousie University

  Co-Author: Keith Brunt – Dalhousie University

  Co-Author: Adrian Chabowski – University of Bialystok

  Co-Author: David M. Mutch – University of Guelph
• 2:26 PM – 2:43 PM EDT

  Menhaden oil but not flaxseed oil reduces hepatic lipogenic gene expression independent of delta-6 desaturase activity
  

  Presenting Author: Blair W. MacLeod – University of Guelph

  Co-Author: Chenxuan Wang – University of Guelph

  Co-Author: Ewa Harasim-Symbor – Medical University of Bialystok

  Co-Author: Adrian Chabowski – University of Bialystok

  Co-Author: David M. Mutch – University of Guelph
• 2:43 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

  Geographic and climate based variation in essential fatty acid content of Canadian canola.
  

  Presenting Author: Michael R. Bukowski, PhD – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Sarah Goslee (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Véronique J. Barthet, PhD (she/her/hers) – Canadian Grain Commission