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PHYTOCHEMICAL, PHARMACOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL EVIDENCE

Scientific eSymposium

Online | November 13, 2024, 09:00 – 16:15 h (CET)

organized by
Herbal Medicinal Products Platform Austria (HMPPA)
Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA)
sponsored by
Germania Pharmazeutika GesmbH, Austria
Gebro Pharma GmbH

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invitation  |  speakers  |  registration

Final Program
(to be announced)
  Registration by Email to
office@hmppa.at
 
Scientific Committee

Hermann Stuppner, President HMPPA
Christian Gruber, Vice-President, HMPPA
Chlodwig Franz, Vice-President, HMPPA
Rudolf Bauer, Vice-President, HMPPA
Simone Moser, HMPPA
Michael Heinrich, President GA

Organizing Committee

Hermann Stuppner, President HMPPA
Christian Gruber, Vice-President, HMPPA
Chlodwig Franz, Vice-President, HMPPA
Rudolf Bauer, Vice-President, HMPPA
Simone Moser, HMPPA
Elisabeth Gstrein, HMPPA

INVITATION

On behalf of the Herbal Medicinal Products Platform Austria (HMPPA) and the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA), the Organizing and Scientific Committees are pleased to invite you to join the scientific eSymposium „SAFFRON – PHYTOCHEMICAL,  PHARMACOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL EVIDENCE“ and register for FREE!
This event will be held virtually.
The eSymposium will provide new insights and most recent research data on Crocus sativus and its medicinal uses for human health.

SPEAKERS Confirmed speakers listed in alphabetical order. This list will be updated continuously

Suhrid BANSKOTA, PhD
Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Geoffrey BROADHEAD
„Saffron for Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Current Clinical Evidence“
The University of Sydney, Save Sight Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Dr. Giovanni GIULIANO
„Crocin biosynthesis in saffron and other medicinal plants“
ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy

Prof. Dr. Tony HEITKAM
„The Crocus Chronicles: Deconding the Triploid Puzzle of Clonal Saffron Crocus“
RWTH Aachen University, Chair of Molecular Botany, Institute of Biology I, Aachen, Germany

Prof. Dr.Dr. Andreas HENSEL
University of Münster, Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytochemistry, Münster, Germany 

Mag. Bernhard KAAR
Saffron manufactory, Dürnstein, Austria

Prof. Simon LEE MING-YUEN
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Dr. Adrian LOPRESTI
Clinical Research Australia, 38 Arnisdale Rd. Cuncraig WA 6023, Australia

Saliou NGOM
Senior Principal Scientist & Platform Leader, L’Oréal, Paris, France

Assoc. Prof. Carlo TUBEROSO
Crocus sativus floral by-products: from waste to new source of bioactive compounds“
Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell’ambiente, University of Cagliari – 09042 Monserrato CA
Italy

This list will be updated continuously.

REGISTRATION

Registration for this virtual eSymposium is free and open to all interested attendees.
To register for the event please send an Email to office@hmppa.at including your first and last name, your email-address, organization and country. The link to enter the online room will be sent to your email address which you have provided in your email. We look forward to seeing you at the sessions.

LANGUAGE

All presentations will be held in English.

SPONSORS

The members of the Organizing Committee gratefully acknowledge the support of this scientific eSymposium by the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA) as well as Germania Pharmazeutika GesmbH and Gebro Pharma GmbH.

ORGANIZATION AND CONTACT

This scientific symposium is organized by the Herbal Medicinal Products Platform Austria (HMPPA) in collaboration with the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA).

If you have any queries regarding the symposium please contact office@hmppa.at

HMPPA: https://www.hmppa.at/

GA: https://www.ga-online.org/