FASEB Summer Research Conference

Recently returned from this conference in Lucca, Italy. Here is the link

There were several interesting talks and posters on betaine, including:

Betaine: An important methyl donor in the liver
Kusum Kharbanda, Omaha VA Medical Center / UNMC, USA

Dietary glycine betaine vs supplementation: chronic effects on betaine and homocysteine concentrations in healthy male subjects
Jane Elmslie, Canterbury Health Laboratories, NZ

The quantification and effect of diet on tissue betaine accumulation - the major store of one-carbon units
Sandy Slow, Canterbury Health Laboratories, NZ

Dietary patterns, food groups and nutrients as predictors of plasma choline and betaine in middle age and elderly men and women: the Horlander Health Study
Svetlana Konstantinova, University of Bergen, Norway

Metabolism and fate of betaine methyl groups in rat hepatocytes
Jason Treberg, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada