Lipid Biochemistry, Technology, Applications and Analysis – PhD course

Learn lipid biochemistry, nutrition, biotechnology and analytical methods through lectures and laboratory work. This includes lipid processing, lipophilic vitamins & contaminants and lipid oxidation.

The objective of the course is to introduce the participants to practical applications in lipid biochemistry, lipid nutrition, biotechnology and advanced lipid analytical methods through lectures and laboratory experiments. The following areas will be covered: modification of lipids and lipid processing, lipid metabolism, lipid oxidation and antioxidants, and different lipid analytical methods including methods for analysis of lipophilic contaminants and vitamins.

The course will include 2 ½ days seminar covering advanced lipid biochemistry, technology, applications and analysis as well as an introduction to lipid related chemical contaminants and compounds introduced during processing. Principles for risk-assessment and setting of maximum residue-levels will also be introduced. The presentations will be given by the course organisers as well as invited guest speakers from universities and industry.

The course will also include experimental work in 4 modules on:

1) Lipid modification,

2) Lipid applications and oxidation,

3) Lipophilic vitamins and

4) Lipophilic contaminants.

For the lipid modification module, enzymatic processing of structured lipids in enzyme reactors will be conducted. For the lipid application and oxidation module, the possibilities of using omega-3 PUFA in selected food systems will be exemplified including evaluation of oxidative stability. Head-space GC/MS will be conducted to evaluate the volatiles. For the vitamin exercise you will get hands on experience in sample preparation and analysis of vitamin D as well as opportunity to try data analysis of data from LC-MS analysis of vitamin D. For the analysis of lipid contaminants, principles on extraction and detection (e.g. GC-MS) techniques will be illustrated.

Each participant will be asked to select one experimental module among the four topics mentioned above. Moreover, the participants will have to understand the theory related to the experimental module. The theory will be presented to the rest of the participants on the last day of the course. Finally, the course will also include a seminar from the participants, who will present their own PhD studies.

NB!
For 1 of the exercises of this courses the students will carry out the exercise in Århus, (1 1/2 day)