Wednesday 8th July

10.00-10.30 Registration – welcome refreshment

New perspectives in taste responsiveness research

10.30-10.45
Introduction and agenda
Caterina Dinnella
DAGRI –Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry, University of Florence

10.45-11.45
Perspectives on the Role of PROP Taster Status in Taste and Nutrition (*)
Beverly J. Tepper
Department of Food Science, Rutgers University

11.45-12.00 Break

12.00-13.00
Individual Differences in Sensory Perception of Astringent Fruits and Brassica Leafy Greens: Bridging the Gap Between Health and Consumer Acceptance (*)
Beverly J. Tepper
Department of Food Science, Rutgers University

13.00-13.30 Discussion

13.30-13.45 Lunch break

14.45-15.30
Assessing taste responsiveness in children
Monica Laureati
DeFENS – Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, University of Milan

15.30-15.45 Discussion

15.45-16.30
Electrophysiological recordings from the human tongue as a direct and objective evaluation of responsiveness to taste stimuli
Iole Tomassini Barbarossa
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari

16.30-17.00 Discussion

Thursday 9th July

Beyond the Italian Taste project

9.30-11.10
Beyond Italian Taste I:
Selected contributions of SISS members from Italian Taste project teams

11.10-11.30 Break

11.30-12.30
Beyond Italian Taste 2
Selected contributions of SISS members from Italian Taste project teams

12.30-13.30
Discussion: research perspectives, dissemination activities (to general audience, public bodies and stakeholders) and funding opportunities
Moderators: Caterina Dinnella & Sara Spinelli
DAGRI –Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry, University of Florence

13.30-14.45 Lunch Break

Hands on Assessing Phenotype of oral acuity (*)

Beverly J. Tepper & UniFI SensoryLab team

14.45-15.45
Hands on subject classification by PROP responsiveness

15.45-16.30
Hands on Automated counting of Fungiform Papillae

16.30-16.45 Break

16.45-17.30
Hands on Assessing Oral Tactile acuity

17.30-18.00
Conclusive remarks
Beverly J. Tepper & Caterina Dinnella
Department of Food Science, Rutgers University
DAGRI –Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry, University of Florence

*1 CFU for Unifi PhD Candidates