CCC will organize the CCC Spring Symposium online!
Location: Online
CCC Spring Symposium program
| 09.45 h. | Log in, Registration, bring your own coffee/tea |
| 10.00 h. | Welcome by prof. dr. Henk Schols, and introduction of key-note speaker |
| 10.10 h. | Key-note: dr. Ruud Albers (Nutrileads) – Development of an affordable, sustainable and efficacious plant-based immunomodulatory food ingredient from pectic polysaccharides |
| 10.40 h. | prof. dr. Henk Schols introduces the CarboBiotics program |
| 10.45 h. | Cynthia Klostermann & Luis Silva Lagos – Towards versatile, antibiotic-specific carbohydrate-formulations for decreasing antibiotics-use and side-effects |
| 11.00 h. | Marina Fassarella & Lars Vliex – Carbohydrate-induced resilience of the gut microbiota after exposure to antibiotics |
| 11.15 h. | Break |
| 11.20 h. | Michela Ferrari & Marjolein Oerlemans – Beneficial exopolysaccharides to reduce infection and expedite recovery in humans and pigs of different ages |
| 11.35 h. | Miriam Oost & Adil Ijaz – CARBO-CLICK: CARbohydrate BOosted ControL of Intestinal Immunity in ChicKens |
| 11.50 h. | Martha Endika & David Barnett – Early life effects of human milk oligosaccharides and prebiotics on antibiotic associated gut microbiota changes and health |
| 12.05 h. | Lunch-break/Discussions in breakout rooms (biobased and nutrition topics) |
| 13.30 h. | Reopening and introduction of key-note speaker by prof. dr. Gert-Jan Euverink |
| 13.35 h. | Key-Note: dr. Ed de Jong (Avantium) – Availability and use of carbohydrates in the Biobased Economy |
| 14.05 h. | Introduction of the CarboBased program by prof. dr. Gert-Jan Euverink |
| 14.10 h. | Laura Boetje – Starch-esters from saturated and unsaturated fatty acids |
| 14.25 h. | Onno Broekman – A greener approach to starch oxidation |
| 14.40 h. | Hilda Bax – GH13 Glycogen branching enzymes can adapt the substrate chain length towards their preferences via α-1,4-transglycosylation |
| 14.55 h. | Kees van der Loo – Dehydrated N-acetylglucosamine as a precursor for novel library scaffolds |
| 15.10 h. | Rudy Rabbinge Award for the best speaker |
| 15.20 h. | Closing Remarks (CCC) |



