The 20^th ICC Conference 2022 will be organised together with BOKU (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna) as hybrid event in Vienna from July 5-7, 2022. 

The deadline for submitting abstracts has been extended and you can submit your abstracts for the ICC2022 online until 19th April 2022. We would be delighted if you take the opportunity to participate in the extension and make numerous contributions!

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05 April 2022

The Harald Perten Prize is intended to recognize and reward outstanding achievements in science, research, teaching or transmission of knowledge which serve the cereal sciences and technology, primarily recognizing practical applications in the areas of starch, gluten and enzymes.

In full accordance with these demands this year's Harald Perten Prize is awarded to Katharina Scherf, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany, and will be officially announced at the ICC2022 Conference in July 2022.

Prof. Dr. Katharina Scherf is heading the Department of Bioactive and Functional Food Chemistry, Institute of Applied Biosciences (KIT). Together with her team, she studies the complex interplay between structure, functionality and bioactivity of food biopolymers and uses these fundamental insights to improve food security, quality and safety.

Since 2012 her main interest has been laid on the functional properties of gluten and the effect of enzymes on gluten and bread. Additionally, her specific efforts have been focused on analytical, immunological, and biochemical aspects of celiac disease, non-celiac gluten sensitivity and wheat allergy. Having studied food chemistry, Katharina Scherf obtained her PhD degree from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and was a research group leader at the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the TUM.

Her research was awarded with several prestigious scientific prizes, including the Research Award of the German Coeliac Society (2019 and 2014), the Young Scientist Research Award of the Cereals & Grains Association (2018) and the Gerhard-Billek-Prize of the German Chemical Society (2015).

Katharina Scherf is an exceptional scientist having brought her research to an impressive internationally esteemed level and, thus, is a worthy recipient of the Harald Perten Prize 2022.

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23 March 2022

The 8^th International Conference on Dietary Fibre 2022, organised by the Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry of the KU Leuven (BE) and ICC, will be held in Leuven (BE) on 16-18 October 2022.

DF2022 is entitled “Towards Unlocking the Full Potential of Fibre for Food, Function and Global Health” and aims at finding answers to challenging and topical questions, like:

• Is all undigested food DF?
• Which novel tools can help unravel DF structure-function relationships in silico and in vivo?
• What role can DF play in animal protein replacement strategies?
• Can DF-plant protein interactions be leveraged to improve functionality in food systems?
• Can food fermentation be used to enhance the functional and nutritional properties of DF?
• Do purified DF and DF in an intact plant matrix exert different functionalities and health benefits?
• Can DF properties be directed to optimise the composition of the gut microbiome?

The conference addresses scientists and representatives of the industry and academia from all over the world, bringing together experts of different areas of dietary fibre research, including food (bio)chemistry, (bio)physics, technology, processing, fermentation, quality and human and animal health.

Online registration as well as abstract submission will open soon!

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22 March 2022

The 20^th ICC Conference 2022 will be organised together with BOKU (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna) as hybrid event in Vienna from July 5-7, 2022. 

The call for abstracts is now open (until 4 April) as well as the early bird registration! 

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03 February 2022