EDESIA Conference: Plants, Food and Health across the Lifespan

Thu Mar 26 2026 at 08:30 am to 05:00 pm UTC+00:00

The Assembly House | Norwich

EDESIA: Plants, Food & Health PhD Programme
Publisher/HostEDESIA: Plants, Food & Health PhD Programme
EDESIA Conference: Plants, Food and Health across the Lifespan
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An interdisciplinary PhD programme addressing chronic disease through research. Shifting attention to the importance of a plant-rich diet.
About this Event

The EDESIA PhD Programme welcomes researchers from any stage of their career to listen to top-flight speakers discuss the latest developments in nutrition science. The Programme and Students hope you will join them at this conference.

The EDESIA: Plants, Food and Health PhD programme is funded by The Wellcome Trust to advance major aspects of plant-based nutrition and health, from crop to clinic. The programme draws on the world-class, interdisciplinary research expertise of the Norwich Research Park (University of East Anglia, John Innes Centre, Quadram Institute and Earlham Institute).

We welcome poster submissions and short oral presentations will be selected from these. If you wish to submit a poster please send an abstract (up to 500 words, no specific format) to [email protected] by 30th January 2026, then selections will be made.

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

Dr Jessie Wang, University of Oxford

Dr Curie Kim, ZOE

Dr Idrees Mughal, https://www.schoolofdridz.com/

Prof Dirk van Schaardenburg, University of Amsterdam

Dr Antoneta Granic, Newcastle University

Dr Tamsin Blaxter, University of Oxford

The refreshments will be vegetarian, with vegan and gluten free options available, if you need any other dietary provision or if you have any specific needs please email [email protected] with details.

Enquiries to: [email protected]


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