Event Information:

• Mon

  23

  Sep

  2019

  Buckwheat lecture in Sweden by Professor Ivan Kreft

  1300-1500Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala

  NJF welcomes Prof Kreft to have a lecture on buckwheat research in Europe.

  The lecture will be held in English at the SLU campus in Uppsala.

  NJF members are welcome to participate without fee. Non-members will be invoiced 250 SEK for participation.

  Please contact Fredrik.Fogelberg@ri.se for more information.

  Prof. Dr. Ivan Kreft, Dipl. Eng. Agr.

  Scientist

  The research interest of Prof. Ivan Kreft Kreft are the genetic, physiological, and other basics of quality and nutritional value of grains of buckwheat, barley, spelt, wheat, maize, beans and pumpkins, in particular the content and distribution of flavonoids (including rutin) and other secondary plant metabolites, selenium, zinc, protein, starch and fibre, as well as ultrastructural characteristics of seeds. His research and teaching experience includes visiting professorships in Japan (Food Science Dep. at Kyoto University, and Faculty of Nutrition of Kobe-Gakuin University) and China (Shanxi University in Taiyuan). He has authored numerous scientific papers in journals such as Journal of Experimental Botany, the New Phytologist, the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Food Chemistry, the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology, and Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. The scientific research findings of I. Kreft were incorporated in the development of novel high-quality food products in Slovenia, Denmark and Japan.