Programme

Wednesday 8th July

9.30-10.15
Introduction to PROP Taster Status: variability in human bitter taste response to thiourea compounds
Caterina Dinnella, University of Florence

10.30- 11.15
Influences of TAS2R38 haplotypes and PROP phenotypes on intensity responses to oral stimuli
Caterina Dinnella, University of Florence

11.30-12.15
How to assess phenotype markers of oral acuity: PROP Taster status and fungiform papillae density
Caterina Dinnella and Lapo Pierguidi, University of Florence

12.15-12.30
Discussion
Thursday 9th July
 
9.30-10.45
Electrophysiological recordings from the human tongue as a direct and objective evaluation of responsiveness to taste stimuli
Iole Tomassini Barbarossa and  Melania Melis, University of Cagliari

11.00 -12.15
Individual variation in texture perception
Caterina Dinnella

12.15-12.30
Discussion

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