Ferdinand von Meyenn: Katalogdaten im Frühjahrssemester 2021 |
| Name | Herr Prof. Dr. Ferdinand von Meyenn |
| Namensvarianten | Ferdinand von Meyenn |
| Lehrgebiet | Ernährung und Metabolische Epigenetik |
| Adresse | Ernährung u. Metabol. Epigenetik ETH Zürich, SLA C 6 Schorenstrasse 16 8603 Schwerzenbach SWITZERLAND |
| Telefon | +41 44 655 74 05 |
| ferdinand.vonmeyenn@hest.ethz.ch | |
| URL | http://www.epigenetics.ethz.ch |
| Departement | Gesundheitswissenschaften und Technologie |
| Beziehung | Assistenzprofessor (Tenure Track) |
| Nummer | Titel | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 376-0304-00L | Colloquium in Translational Science (Spring Semester) | 1 KP | 1K | N. Cesarovic, A. Alimonti, C. Ewald, V. Falk, J. Goldhahn, K. Maniura, M. Ristow, R. M. Rossi, S. Schürle-Finke, G. Shivashankar, E. Vayena, V. Vogel, F. von Meyenn | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | Current topics in translational medicine presented by speakers from academia and industry. | ||||
| Lernziel | Getting insight into actual areas and problems of translational medicine. | ||||
| Inhalt | Timely and concise presentations of postgraduate students, post-docs, senior scientists, professors, as well as external guests from both academics and industry will present topics of their interest related to translational medicine. | ||||
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | No compulsory prerequisites, but student should have basic knowledge about biomedical research. | ||||
| 752-6002-00L | Advanced Topics in Nutritional Science | 3 KP | 2V | J. Rigutto, J. Baumgartner, J. M. Sych, F. von Meyenn | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | The course gives an introduction to selected topics relevant to human nutrition science. Topics covered include dietary recommendations and nutrient requirements for adults, under- and overnutrition, special dietary patterns including throughout the life stages, the microbiome, fatty acids in nutrition, and nutri-(epi)genomics. | ||||
| Lernziel | The course gives a brief introduction into different specialities within human nutrition. The learning objectives of this course are to improve student understanding of: 1) dietary recommendations and nutrient requirements at different stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy and lactation, childhood and adolescence, adults and elderly, and for sports persons; 2) the influence of undernutrition and overnutrition, as well as specific dietary patterns (e.g. vegetarianism, veganism, fasting, weight loss diets) on health; 3) the metabolism of specific nutrients (e.g. vitamins, minerals and fatty acids) and their effect on health; 4) nutri-(epi)genomics and the interactions between genes and the environment with respect to nutrition and health; 5) the microbiome and its modulation by nutritional factors. | ||||
| Skript | The teaching slides used in the lectures will be made available each week on Moodle. | ||||
| Literatur | Any reading recommendations will be given per lecture. | ||||
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | None. This course builds upon the knowledge gained in the module Introduction to Nutritional Science, given in the Autumn Semester (752-6001-00 L), however, prior attendance of Introduction to Nutritional Science is not a prerequisite for this module. | ||||