Event Archive

2023

May

• Rowett Seminar

  16 May 2023, 10:00 - 11:00

  The physiological impact of extra virgin olive oil intake in metabolic diseases

• ASO Scotland Webinar: Whole systems approach to obesity management

  15 May 2023, 18:00 - 19:30

  For the ASO Scotland Network Webinar we have a range of speakers presenting about whole systems approach to obesity management. This will be in the format of short presentations followed by a Q&A/discussion amongst attendees. We would like to embrace the new way of networking with this online Zoom event. https://aso.org.uk/event/aso-scotland-webinar-whole-systems-approach-obesity-management-may-2023

• Rowett Seminar

  02 May 2023, 14:00 - 15:00

  Prof. Sumantra (Shumone) Ray giving a seminar entitled "NNEdPro Global Institute and the Mobile Teaching Kitchen International Initiative: Envisioning a future of nutrition and health equity."

April

• Metabolism Talk & Rowett Tour

  27 April 2023, 18:00 - 20:00

  We hope you will join us for this exclusive alumni event, taking place at the Rowett Institute at Foresterhill.

• Rowett Seminar

  18 April 2023, 14:00 - 15:00

  Arctic in Peril - Integrated Wildlife Health Surveillance for Conservation, Food Security and Community Health

March

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  TechFEST Family Open Day

  26 March 2023, 09:30 - 12:30

  Open event for families

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  Rowett Seminars

  07 March 2023, 14:00 - 15:00

  "We call it soul food": Inuit food sovereignty, country food, and nutrition in Nunavut, Canada

• Rowett Institute Industry Afternoon

  03 March 2023, 12:00 - 17:00

  https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-rowett-institute/t-jzrvaeg

2022

September

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  Doors Open Day

  10 September 2022, 10:30 - 16:00

  Visit the Rowett as part of the city's free heritage event

2020

February

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  Brain mechanisms of liking & wanting food rewards

  11 February 2020, 13:15 - 14:00

  Seminar Abstract: The pleasure of tasty foods, and the desire to eat them, arise in our brains – not simply in the foods themselves.  This talk will describe how a brain network of small hedonic hotspots generate intense ‘liking’ for food, and how larger brain mesolimbic systems generate ‘wanting’ to...