The UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain (CMB) Summit Series is an annual workshop designed to bring top scholars to UC Davis to discuss an important, emerging aspect of minds and brains. "Nutrition and the Developing Mind" takes place on October 15 and 16, and explores the relationship between early nutrition and neurodevelopment. Schedule and event details can be found on the Center for Mind and Brain website. Keynote speakers include: Michael Georgieff, MD - Early Nutrition and the Brain: Should we be concerned?, John Colombo, Ph. D - LCPUFA Supplemental and Developmental Outcomes, and Martha Neuringer, Ph. D - Nutrients for the Developing Eye and Brain: Insights from Monkey Models.

The conference also features many UC Davis scientists, including FFHI researchers:

• Bruce German - Director, Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology, Foods for Health Institute
• Carl Keen - Professor, Department of Nutrition, Foods for Health Institute
• Bo Lonnerdal - Professor, Department of Nutrition, Foods for Health Institute
• David Mills - Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology, Foods for Health Institute
• Jennifer Smilowitz - Associate Director, Department of Food Science and Technology, Foods for Health Institute
• Carolyn Slupsky - Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology, Foods for Health Institute
• Mark Underwood - Chief of Pediatric Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, UCDMC, Foods for Health Institute

Foods for Health Institute researchers will speak on topics such as, lactation, breast milk and development;diagnostics of cognition and nutrition and their relation; and clinical trials and neurodevelopment. Register here for the conference.