Throne Holst Symposium 2026

This years Throne Holst Symposium will be focused around the departments academic area of focus "Healthy ageing". There will also be presentations of new papers and posters by the young scientists. The paper, poster and communication awards will be announced at the end of the symposium.

Registration for the seminar and lunch

Logo for Department of nutrition

Deadline for registration: 04.05.2026

Information about paper and poster awards

  • Deadline for paper: 20.04.2026 (closed)
  • Deadline for poster: 20.04.2026 (closed)

Program

Place: Professorboligen; Stallen, Karl Johans gate 47, Oslo, University of Oslo.

09.10-09.20: Welcome
Head of Department of Nutrition, Professor Stine Marie Ulven

Chair: Stine Marie Ulven

09.20-10:30: Presentation of publications by young scientists (10 minutes each presentation)

  • 09.20-09.30: Markus Dines Knudsen
    Lifestyle Change After Initial Colonoscopy Screening and Incidence of Colorectal Cancer and Major Chronic Diseases
  • 09.30-09.40: Rut Anne Thomassen
    Effect of prebiotics on gastrointestinal symptoms and quality of life in children with intestinal failure: A pilot Study
  • 09.40-09.50: Torunn Melnes
    LDL cholesterol burden in elderly patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: Insights from real-world data
  • 09.50-10.00: Julie Lengle
    Nutritionally adequate, healthy, and climate-friendly diets following the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023: an optimization study for Norway
  • 10.00-10.10: Atanaska Ivanova Doncheva
    Elevated adipose inflammation, but reduced hepatic triacylglycerol storage in diet-induced obese Plin4 −/− mice
  • 10.10-10.20: Thorbjørn B. Skammelsrud
    Breastfeeding duration and maternal weight change through adulthood in a population-based cohort study
  • 10.20-10.30: Biljana Meshkovska
    Voices of youth: youth participation in the COCREATE project

Info about poster presentation and audience award

10.30-11.00: Coffee break

Chair: Lene Frost Andersen

11.00-12.00: Anne-Marie Minihane, University of East Anglia, UK
Omega-3 fatty acids and cognitive health: more than just a fishy tale

12.00-12.30: Lunch

12.30-13.30: Poster session

Chair: Lene Frost Andersen

13:30-14.15: Tormod Fladby, Akershus University/University of Oslo, NO
Novel biomarkers, risk factor and genetics in Alzheimer disease

14.15-14.45: Coffee break

14.45-15.15: Helene Knævelsud, University of Oslo, NO
Autophagy in healthy ageing

15.15-15.45: Cathrine Borchsenius, Bærum kommune
Matomsorg og ernæring i Bærum kommune (in Norwegian)

15:45-16:00: Presentation of paper and poster awards to young scientists, presentation of the communication award. 
Closing remarks

18.00 Dinner at Vaaghals

With presentation of the communication award.
- Special invitation will be sent by e-mail

Published Mar. 17, 2026 9:30 AM - Last modified Apr. 29, 2026 2:12 PM