Selected Invited Presentations

Antioxidant properties of glycosylated flavonols. BIT’s 4th Annual World Congress of Industrial Biotechnology – 2011 (iBio2011),  Dalian, China (April 25-30, 2011).

Antioxidant capacity and PUFA oxidation inhibition properties of berry extracts. The 6th International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (PacifiChem2010), Honolulu, Hawaii. USA. (December 15-20, 2010).

Value-added processing and bioproducts of fruit crops. The Southern Labrador Development Corporation, Labrador, NL. (July 29, 2010).

Antioxidant protection of omega-3 fatty acids by bioactive apple flavonoids. The 7th Annual Conference of Natural Health Product Research Society of Canada (NHPRS), Halifax, NS Pharmaceutical Biology 48S1: 16-17. (May 23 – 26, 2010).

Apple-derived antioxidants and value-added food products. The 146th Annual Meeting of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers’ Association. Kentville, NS. (Jan. 28, 2010).

Flavonoids from fruits for human health promotion. Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. (April 23, 2009)

Dietary quercetin glycosides: A review of current understanding of metabolism and antioxidant action. International Conference and Exhibition on Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods - 2008, Taichung, Taiwan. (November 14-17, 2008)

Distribution and antioxidant properties of apple flavonols. Plant Canada 2007, Saskatoon, Saskatheuwan. (June 10-14, 2007)

“Harvesting Polyphenolics”: Tree Fruit Bio-product Research Program. Friday at 3 seminar series, NSAC, Truro, NS. (March 9, 2007).

Apples: Current trends in post-harvest and value-added research. Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia (February 19, 2007).

An apple a day: scientific evidence for health benefits. Healthy You Health and Wellness Show. Exhibition Park. Halifax, NS. (September 16, 2006).

Tree fruit bio-products: Opportunities in science and innovation through Renewal. Annual workshop of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Renewal Working Group. Prince George Hotel. Halifax, NS. (April 26, 2006).

Is orchard waste a valuable bio-resource? The Spring Workshop of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers’ Association. Waterville, NS. (April 18, 2006).

Tree fruit research in Japan. The 142nd Annual Meeting of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers’ Association. Kentville, NS. (Jan. 18, 2006).

Apples: Are they a source for value-added opportunities? Horticulture Congress 2005 – Health Wealth & Horticulture. Moncton, New Brunswick. (November 28, 2005).

Apple phytochemicals: Structure and functionality. Faculty of Pharmacology Sciences, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan. (November 08, 2005).

Bio-products from tree fruits: Research at NSAC, Canada. National Agriculture and Bio-oriented Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. (October 31, 2005).

Opportunities for value-added apple products. The 141st Annual Meeting of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers’ Association. Kentville, NS. (November 30, 2004).

Value-added opportunities in fruit crops. New Food Product Development Workshop, AAFC. Charlottetown, PEI. (February 3, 2004).

Using change for success: Fruit-based bio-product research. The 140th Annual Meeting of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers’ Association. Kentville, NS. (December 03, 2003).

Medicinal plant research at the University of Guelph. The Annual Meeting of the Saskatchewan Herb and Spice Association, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. (June 17, 2003).

Climacteric fruit ripening. The 10th Gordon Research Conference, South Hadley, Massassuchets, US (August 7, 2002).

To wine or not to wine - that is the question: Making sense of antioxidant claims and tests. Leading Edge 2001, Laboratory Services – University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario. (August 21, 2001).

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