Professor Lynne Cobiac
PhD, MBA(Adv), Post Grad Dip Nut & Diet
Telephone: +61 8 8204 4645
Fax: +61 8 8204 6406
lynne.cobiac@flinders.edu.au
Biography
Professor Lynne Cobiac commenced her Chair appointment and Head, Dept of Nutrition and Dietetics in the School of Medicine in January 2007. After completing her BSc at the University of Adelaide , Lynne completed both her Post Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics as well as her PhD into the role of eating fish and taking fish oil on cardiovascular risk factors in humans through the School of Medicine , Flinders University . Since then Lynne has also completed an Advanced MBA at Adelaide University and was awarded a prize in marketing.
Prior to taking up the current position at Flinders Lynne spent 20 years at CSIRO in a variety of roles ranging from research dietitian, research scientist, project leader, business manager as well as business development manager and research leader for a range of food, nutrition and diagnostic-related projects focusing on the prevention of the key chronic diseases of Australia namely colorectal cancer (and conversely the promotion of gut health), Alzheimer's disease, and cardiovascular disease as part of CSIRO's Preventative Health National Research Flagship. Lynne played a key role in the establishment of the Preventative Health Flagship. Her previous research interests took her into a wide variety of research areas including consumer science, iron deficiency, cross-cultural differences in nutritional intakes, particularly in the Asia Pacific region, as well as research in ageing, and gastrointestinal health. Lynne has also worked in a variety of clinical dietetic positions in both Adelaide and Sydney .
Awards
1995 Nutrition Society Research Award
1995 Australian Nutrition Trust Travelling Scholarship
1999 Dietetics Association of Australia National Service Award
2001 University of Adelaide Medal for Marketing Principles (MBA)
Teaching Interests
Nutritional biochemistry, research methodology, functional food development,
Professional Experience
2007 Head, Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, Flinders University
2002-06 Business Manager & Research Leader, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Preventative Health National Research Flagship
2000-02 Business and Project Manager, Starplus Technology, CSIRO Health Sciences and Nutrition, Australia
1995-99 Scientific Editor, Australian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics
1991-01 Senior Research Nutritionist / Scientist, CSIRO Human Nutrition, Adelaide
1987-89 Consultant Dietitian Private Practice, Adelaide
1986-89 Experimental Scientist CSIRO Human Nutrition, Adelaide
1986 Clinical Dietitian, North Gosford Private Hospital, NSW
1985-86 Consultant Dietitian, Sydney
1984-85 Clinical Dietitian, Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney
1983-84 Clinical Dietitian, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Community Activity
Member of the national dietetic professional organisation Dietitians Association of Australia
Reviewer for Nutrition and Dietetics
Advisory Group Member for Nutrition, Obesity, Lifestyle and Environmental studies (see www.noblestudy.com.au)
Scientific and Organising Committee for Nutrigenomics Asia Pacific 2008 Conference
Past scientific editor for Australian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics
Research interests
Lynne is currently a member of the Executive for the Cancer Control Alliance, a Flinders University Area of Research Focus (ARF), a member of the Aboriginal Health and the Clinical Change to Health Care ARFs.
- Nutrigenomics in order to understand why some people need more or less of particular nutrients and/or other food derived bioactives and how this may impact on predisposition towards particular lifestyle-related and chronic diseases
- Role of nutrition in promoting healthy ageing
- Role of nutrition and a range of food components as potentially protective factors against the development of chronic diseases such as Alzheimer's diseases, colorectal cancer, cardiovascular diseases
- Food, nutrition, behaviours, attitudes and obesity predisposition
- Dietary intake assessment methodology
Current research projects
With the increase in overweight and obesity, it is important to determine the current nutritional intakes and physical activity patterns of Australia 's children. Lynne is a co-investigator on a $3m project collaborative project with CSIRO and the University of South Australia conducting a national survey of 4000 children's nutrition and physical activity patterns funded by the Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Food and Grocery Council, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (see http://www.kidseatkidsplay.com.au/).
Lynne has an ongoing collaboration with CSIRO's Preventative Health National Research Flagship (see www.csiro.au) and with Graeme Young, Professor of Gastroenterology, Flinders University , focusing on the delivery of short chain fatty acids to the colon to determine the effects on colorectal cancer risk and on gut health.
The Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing is a unique cohort of elderly participants who have been followed since 1992. Nutritional intake as a potential determinant of healthy or successful ageing and quality of life is under investigation.
As a member of the Nutrition, Obesity, Lifestyle and Environment (NOBLE) collaboration, Lynne is involved in obesity-related research.
Publications and Presentations
Refereed Journal and other refereed Articles
Jureidini KF, Hogg RJ, Van Renen M, Southwood T, Henning PH, Cobiac L, Daniels L, Harris S. (1990) Evaluation of long-term aggressive dietary management of chronic renal failure in children. Paediatric Nephrology 4:1-10
Daniels LA, Cobiac L, Jureidini KF. (1990) A low protein, low phosphorus protocol for the nutritional management of chronic renal failure in children. Australian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics 47; 3 : 63-9
Cobiac L, Howe PRC, Nestel PJ (1990) Dietary fish oil supplementation improves the plasma lipid profile in healthy elderly subjects. Proceedings of Australian Nutrition Society ; 15: 25
Cobiac L, Clifton PM, Abbey M, Belling B, Nestel PJ (1991) Lipid, lipoprotein, and hemostatic effects of fish vs fish-oil n-3 fatty acids in mildly hyperlipidemic males. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition; 53 ; 1210-1216
Cobiac L, McArthur R, Nestel PJ (1990) Can eating baked beans lower cholesterol? European Journal of Clinical Nutrition : 44; 819-822
Howe PRC, Cobiac L, Smith RM. (1991) Lack of effect of short-term changes in sodium intake on blood pressure in adolescent schoolchildren. Journal of Hypertension; 9; 181-186
Cobiac L, Nestel PJ, Wing LMH, Howe PRC. (1991) Effects of dietary sodium restriction and fish oil supplements on blood pressure in the elderly. Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology: 18; 265-268
Cobiac L, Howe PRC, Nestel PJ, Wing LMH. (1992) Fish oil and sodium restriction lowers blood pressure in the elderly. Journal of Hypertension; 10:87-92.
Cobiac L, Baghurst KI (1993) Iron status and dietary iron intakes of Australians. Food Australia ;April ; S1-S25.
Cobiac L, Syrette JA, Andrews GR (1993) What elderly South Australians are eating and why. Proceedings of the Second Intercontinental Multi disciplinary Conference on Food Choice, Adelaide , Australia
Howe PRC, Lungershaussen YKL , Cobiac L, Dandy G, Nestel PJ. (1994) Effect of sodium restriction and fish oil supplementation on blood pressure and thrombotic risk factors in patients treated with ACE inhibitors Journal of Human Hypertension; 8(1): 43-9.
Cobiac L. (1994) Lactose: A review of intakes and of importance to health of Australians and New Zealanders. Food Australia 1994; 46 (7); S1-S28.
Cobiac L. (1994) Dietary lactose intakes and estimated prevalence of maldigestion in Australia and New Zealand . Proc Nutr Soc Aust 1994; 18:191.
Cobiac L, Syrette J. (1995) What is the nutritional status of Older Australians? Proc Nutr Soc Aust 1995; 19:139-145.
Cobiac L, Syrette JA (1996) Some determinants of food choices in the elderly; A survey of elderly South Australians. In: Worsley A (editor) Multi disciplinary Approaches to Food Choice ISBN 0 86396 307 2.
Cobiac L, Owens P, Syrette J. (1996) Insulin-like growth factors, insulin and cardiovascular disease risk factors. Proc Nutr Soc Aust 1996:140.
Cobiac L. (1996) Report of an international workshop. Feast and Famine: food and nutrition policies in the Australasian region . Aust J Nutr Diet 1996: 53;178-181.
Cobiac L. (1997) Nutrition in Indonesia in ( Easton K, Bell G, Ng F) Exporting Food to Indonesia . A guide for Australian small to medium enterprises. Pp23-26 CSIRO. ISBN 0 643 06019 7
Finucane P, Giles LC, Withers RT, Silagy C, Sedgwick A, Hamdorf PA, Halbert JA, Cobiac L, Clark MS, Andrews GR. (1997) Exercise profile and subsequent mortality in an elderly Australian population. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 1997;21:155-8.
Cobiac L (1997) (Editorial). Aust J Nutr Diet 1997;42 (2 Suppl): S3
Cobiac L (1997) The history of the Journal. Aust J Nutr Diet 1997;42 (2 Suppl): S3-S6.
Cobiac L, Dreosti I, Baghurst K. (1998) Australia 's RDIs - is it time for a change? written for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, Canberra.ISBN 0 642 36740 X Commonwealth of Australia 1998
Cobiac L, Topping D. (1998). Potential roles for dietary fibre and fibre equivalents in the aetiology of disease in Encyclopaedia of Human Nutrition, Academic Press Ltd
Cobiac L, Dreosti I, Baghurst KI (1998) Nutrient reference intakes . Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of Australia , Vol 22:21-25
Cobiac L (1999) Editorial. Australia 's health today and tomorrow. Aust J Nutr Diet 56:1;5.
Holt SHA, Cobiac L, Beaumont-Smith NE, Easton K, Best DJ (2000) Dietary habits and the perception and liking of sweetness among Australian and Malaysian students: A cross-cultural stud y. Food Quality and Preference 2000;11:299-312.
Savitri Sayogo, A Razak Thaha, Sumedi Sudarsono, Sri Sukmaniah Sudardjat, Riadi Wirawan, Sri S.Margono, Lynne Cobiac (2000). The ferrritin status of female junior high school students and factors related in Tapalang, South Sulawesi , Maj Kedokt Indon 2000;50:21-25.
Savitri Sayogo, Sri Sukmaniah Sudarsjat, Sumedi Sudarsono, Riadi Wirawan, Sri S.Margono, Lynne Cobiac (2000) Iron status of female adolescents in Curug, Tangerang before and after supplementation . Indonesian Medical Journal (2000).
Crotty M, Miller M, Giles L, Daniels L, Bannerman E, Whitehead C, Cobiac L, Andrews G (2001). Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing: Prospective evaluation of anthropometric indices in terms of four-year mortality in community living older adults . The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 5(4), 2001.
Bannerman E, Miller M, Daniels L, Cobiac L, Giles L, Whitehead C, Andrews G, Crotty M (2002). Anthropometric indices predict physical function and mobility in older Australians: the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing .
Lin KG, Cobiac L, Skrzpiec G (2002). Gender differences in eating behaviour and social self-concept among Malaysian University students . Mal J Nutr 8(1):75-98.
Miller M, Crotty M, Giles L, Bannerman E, Whitehead C, Cobiac L, Daniels L, Andrews G (2002). Corrected arm muscle area: An independent predictor of long-term mortality in community-dwelling older adults? J Am Geriatr Soc 50: 1272-1277
Cobiac L, Record S, Leppard P, Syrette J and Flight I (2003). Sugars in the Australian diet: results from the 1995 National Nutrition Survey . Nutrition and Dietetics 60: 152-173.
Droulez V, Anderson S, Cobiac L, Record S, Leppard P, Noakes M, Schrapnel W (2002). An evidence-based approach to the development of food-based dietary recommendations . AJND 2002
Cobiac L, Droulez V, Leppard P, Lewis J (2003) Use of external fat width to describe beef and lamb cuts in food composition tables. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 16: 133-145
Topping D, Cobiac L. (2005) Dietary Fibre: Potential role in the etiology of disease. Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition, Second Edition. Editors Benjamin Caballero, Lindsay Allen, and Andrew Prentice. 2005 Elsevier Ltd ISBN (set) 0-12-150110-8
Balázs H Bajka, David L Topping, Lynne Cobiac, and Julie M Clarke (2006) Butyrylated Starch is Less Susceptible to Enzymic Hydrolysis and Increases Large Bowel Butyrate more than High Amylose Maize Starch in the Rat British J Nutrition 95: 1-8
Ian Hemphill and Lynne Cobiac. The historical and cultural use of herbs and spices. MJA 2006: 185; S5-S6
Lynne Cobiac. Epigenomics and Nutrition in Nutrigenomics - Opportunities in Asia . Forum of Nutrition 2007,Vol 60: 31-41
Balázs H Bajka, David L Topping, Lynne Cobiac and Julie M Clarke. Acylated Resistant Starches and the Influence of Cooking on Amylolysis In Vitro and Short chain Fatty Acids In Vivo, in: Dietary fibre components and functions. Edited by: Hannu Salovaara, Fred Gates and Maija Tenkanen, 2007 In the Press. Letter of acceptance Dec 2006
Bajka BH, Topping DL, Cobiac L, and Clarke JM. Increased luminal butyrate delivered by butyrylated starch does not increase colonocyte proliferation in rats. AJP- GI & Liver Physiology (Submitted August 2007).
Clarke JM, Bird AR, Topping DL, and Cobiac L. Excretion of starch and esterified short chain fatty acids by ileostomists after the ingestion of acylated starches. Australian Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2007 (Accepted June 2007).
May BH, Xue CL, Yang WH, Zhang AL, Owens MD, Head R, Cobiac L, Li CG (PhD), Hugel H (PhD) and Story DF (PhD). Herbal Medicine for Dementia: A Systematic Review (JAGS-0734-PG-Jul-07) Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Submitted August 2007).
Suong N, Williams D, Cobiac L, and Head RJH. Does garlic reduce risk of colorectal cancer - A Systematic Review. Journal of Nutrition 2007: 137; 1-6 (accepted July 2007).
Bajka BH, Topping DL, Cobiac L, and Clarke JM. Butyrylated resistant starches and the influence of cooking on amylosis in vitro and short chain fatty acids in vivo in "Dietary fibre components and functions", edited by H. Salovaara, F. Gates and M. Tenkanen pp171-185 (in press 2007; letter of acceptance Dec 2006) .
Conference Papers, Abstracts and Presentations
1988
Cobiac L, Jureidini KF, Van Renen MJ, Hogg R (oral ) A low protein, low phosphorus diet with keto analogues of essential amino acids for chronic renal failure in children - a 3 year study. New Zealand Dietetic Conference, Christchurch
1990
Howe PRC, Cobiac L. (1990) Fish oil enhances the blood pressure lowering effect of moderate sodium restriction in normotensive elderly subjects. Journal of Hypertension ; 8 (suppl 3) : s33
Cobiac L, Howe PRC, Nestel PJ Fish oil lowers blood pressure in normotensive elderly subjects on a low sodium diet. Second International Conference on the Health Effects of Omega-three Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Seafoods, Washington
Howe PRC and Cobiac L Fish oil enhances the blood pressure lowering effect of moderate sodium restriction in normotensive elderly subjects. Thirteenth Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension, Montreal
Cobiac L, Howe PRC, Nestel PJ. Dietary fish oil supplementation combined with sodium restriction lowers blood pressure in normotensive elderly subjects.Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society for Medical Research (SA Division), Adelaide
Cobiac L, Clifton PM, Abbey M, Belling B, Nestel PJ Different effects of fish and fish oil in hyperlipidaemic men. Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Australian Atherosclerosis Society, Leura NSW
Clifton PM, Cobiac L, Abbey M, Nestel PJ Differing effects of fish and fish oil in hyperlipidemic men. 63rd Scientific Session of American Heart Association, Dallas , Texas
Cobiac L, Howe PRC, Nestel PJ Dietary fish oil supplementation improves the plasma lipid profile in healthy elderly subjects. Australian Nutrition Society, Adelaide
Cobiac L. Different effects of three sources of n-3 fatty acids on two different subject groups. Satellite Workshop on Dietary Fatty Acids, Adelaide
Cobiac L, Nestel PJ, Wing LMH, Howe PRC (poster) Effects of dietary sodium restriction and fish oil supplements on blood pressure in the elderly.12th Scientific Meeting of the High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia, Melbourne.
1991
Cobiac L. Howe PRC, Nestel PJ (1991) Fish oil lowers blood pressure in normotensive elderly subjects on a low sodium diet. World Review of Nutrition & Dietetics [Health Effects of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Seafoods] ; 66 ; 524
1992
Cobiac L, Howe, PC (hot topic presentation). Effects of fish oil supplementation and sodium restriction on blood pressure and thromboxane in hypertensives treated with ACE inhibitors. Third International Congress on Essential Fatty Acids and Eicosanoids, Adelaide 1992
1993
Cobiac L, Syrette JA, Andrews GR. (1993) The nutrient intake and factors affecting food consumption of elderly South Australians aged 70 years and over. Proceedings of XV International Congress on Nutrition, Adelaide , Australia
Cobiac L Convenor & organiser of Research Methods Workshop, 13th National DAA Conference, Adelaide SA 1993
Cobiac L, Syrette JA, Andrews GR (oral presentation). What elderly South Australians are eating and why. Second Intercontinental Multi disciplinary Conference on Food Choice, 1993 Adelaide SA
1994
Cobiac L. Dietary lactose intakes & estimated prevalence of maldigestion in Australia & NZ , 18th Annual Scientific Meeting Nutrition Society of Australia Newcastle 1994
Cobiac L. Fish oils, blood pressure & other coronary heart disease risk factors DAA-SA Update: Challenges, opportunities & change, Adelaide SA 1994
1995
Cobiac L, Baghurst K. Iron Nutrition in Australia Proceedings of 20th International Symposium of Swedish Nutrition Foundation Iron Nutrition in Health and Disease, Stockholm , August 1995; P28.
Worsley A, Cobiac L, Skrzypiec G. Nutrition and meat: reality and consumer perceptions. Meat ‘95 AMLC Annual Conference
Cobiac L. Consumer Perspectives on Biotechnology, South-West Pacific Regional Dietitians' Conference, Brisbane 11-13 May 1995
Cobiac L, Clark D, Syrette J, Brinkman M Exposure to environmental hazards related to age, gender and micronuclei, 4th International Congress of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology, Vienna September 4-8 1995
Cobiac L, Syrette J What is the Nutritional Status of Older Australians?19th Annual Conference Nutrition Society of Australia, Melbourne September 1995. Presented for award of Nutrition Society Research award
Baghurst K, Cobiac L, Syrette J, Kaiser A, Consumer Perspectives on Biotechnology and Food in Australia . First International, Conference on East-West Perspectives on Functional Foods, Singapore September 26-29
Cobiac L Knowing the Asian market. CSIRO Food Industry Conference Adelaide 1995.
Cobiac L Dairy products in the Australasian Region, CSIRO Food Industry Conference, Adelaide 1995
1996
Cobiac L Facilitator for workshop: Feast or Famine: Food and Nutrition Policies in the Asian region. XIIth International Congress of Dietetics, Manila Philippines 18-23 February 1996
Cobiac L Invited facilitator for workshop: International workshop on nutritional problems and strategies in the Australasian region. CSIRO, MRC, ADC Singapore April 1996
Cobiac L. Herbs, spices and marketing CSIRO Food Industry Conference Adelaide 1996
Cobiac L, Owens P, Syrette J. Insulin-like growth factors, insulin and cardiovascular disease risk factors. 20th Annual Conference Nutrition Society of Australia , Melbourne September 1995.
1997
Cobiac L. (Invited) Food worth eating. Australian Pan Pacific and South East Asia Womens Association National Conference Adelaide May 1997
Cobiac L. Workshop presentation on Australian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics. DAA National Conference Hobart May 1997
Cobiac L. Facilitator Workshop on Australia 's RDIs for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services. July Sydney 1998
Cobiac L. (Invited) Nutrition and the elderly in Australia . International Congress on Gerontology August 1997, Adelaide
Cobiac L, Richardson A, Mohr P, Syrette J. Validation of a nutrition screening tool for the elderly in Australia . International Congress on Gerontology August 1997, Adelaide
Cobiac L Lifestyle factors in successful aging: an analysis using the criteria from the MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging. International Congress on Gerontology August 1997, Adelaide
Cobiac L. Facilitator Workshop on RDIs for fibre. CSIRO Food Industry Conference, Adelaide , September 1997
Abbey M, Cobiac L, Dreosti I. Studies of iron deficiency and coronary artery disease in Indonesia ANZAAS Annual Conference September 1997 Adelaide
Cobiac L Facilitator (Invited) Workshop 2 nd International workshop on nutritional problems and strategies in the Asian region: Effective communication and nutrition education strategies, Kuala Lumpur , September 1997
Cobiac L (Invited) 1.Assessment of chronic disease risk. Regional Seminar on Assessment of Nutritional Status of Communities, 12-14 October 1997, Kuala Lumpur (Funded by World Health Organization).
Cobiac L (Invited ) 2.Methodologies in dietary assessment. Regional Seminar on Assessment of Nutritional Status of Communities, 12-14 October 1997, Kuala Lumpur (Funded by World Health Organization).
1998
Cobiac L, Andrews GR. Anthropometric measures in an elderly Australian population, 2 nd International Australasian Pacific Clinical Nutrition Society, Kuching , Malaysia 29 March -1 April
Cobiac L, Dreosti I, Baghurst K. Is it time to revise Australia 's RDIs? Dietitians Association 17 th National Conference 26-29 April 1998, Sydney
Somerset S, Cobiac L (Invited facilitator ) Workshop on scientific writing. Dietitians Association 17 th National Conference 26-29 April 1998, Sydney
Cobiac L (Invited) The nutrient needs of a greying society. AIFST Annual Meeting 26-29 April 1998, Melbourne
Cobiac L (Invited) The changing nutrition scene in Asia . Department of Physiology, University of Adelaide May 24 Adelaide
Cobiac L (Invited). RDAs: Their formulation, application and use, current methods of estimating requirements. Workshop on Harmonization of RDAs in the Southeast Asia Region, July 25-26 1998 , Kuala Lumpur
1999
Somerset S, Cobiac L (Invited facilitator ) Workshop on scientific writing. Dietitians Association 17 th National Conference 26-29 April 1998, Sydney
Cobiac L (Invited) Digest these deficits, NSW Council of the Aging, Sydney 26-27 May
Cobiac L (Invited) Nutrition and aging HINS Conference, Canberra
Cobiac L. (Invited) Nutrition and dietary guidelines on resistant starch CSIRO/Industry Starch Conference
Cobiac L An iron supplement intervention project in female adolescents in Indonesia . CSIRO Conference series, June 10, 1999
Cobiac L (Invited) Role of consumer science in marketing CSIRO Food Industry Conference, Adelaide
Savitri Sayogo, Sri Sukmaniah Sudarsjat, Sumedi Sudarsono, Riadi Wirawan, Sri S.Margono, Lynne Cobiac. Iron and folate status of female adolescents in Curug, Tangerang before and after supplementation. NZ DAA/NutSoc Conference
Cobiac L. Consumer Science in the Australasian region. Institute of Food and Nutrition Research, Norwich UK
2000
Cobiac L (Invited) Australia's RDIs – into the new millenium, Dietary Guidelines for the New Millenium, Smart Foods Centre, Wollongong, NSW, 14 th February 2000
Cobiac L (Invited) Nutrition and Aging CSIRO Food Industry Conference
Cobiac L ( Invited ) Health potential of meat UK , Meat Industry Invitation only workshop
Sowerbutts, S., Luszcz , M.A., Cobiac, L ., Bryan, J., Giles, L., & Andrews, G. (2000). Cross-sectional and longitudinal association of nutrition with cognition in the elderly. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 19, (Supplement), 86 [ISSN 0726 4240]
Miller M, Bannerman E, Crotty M, Daniels L, Cobiac L, Giles L, Whitehead C, Andrews G. The impact of undernutrition on mobility and functional outcomes in older adults. Australian Association of Gerontology . Adelaide , Australia 25-27 October 2000.
Crotty M, Miller M, Giles L, Daniels L, Bannerman E, Whitehead C, Cobiac L, Andrews G. Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing I: Prospective evaluation of anthropometric indices in terms of mortality in community-living older adults. Third European Congress on Nutrition and Health in the Elderly People. Madrid , Spain . 23-25 November 2000.
Miller M, Bannerman E, Crotty M, Daniels L, Giles L, Whitehead C, Cobiac L, Andrews G. Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing II: Prospective evaluation of anthropometric indices in terms of morbidity in community-living older adults. Third European Congress on Nutrition and Health in the Elderly People. Madrid , Spain . 23-25 November 2000.
2004
Clarke JM, Bajka B, Davies DA, Patten G, Cobiac L, Bird AR and Topping DL. Feeding acylated starches increases digesta bulking and short chain fatty acid pools in caeca of rats. Colon Cancer in Murine Models and Humans, Bar Harbor Maine , USA 30 Sept – 3 Oct 2004 .
2005
Augustin MA, and Cobiac L, “Opportunities for the Fats and Oils Industry in the Functional Food Arena”, an invited paper to the PIPOC 2005 (Malaysian Palm Oil Board International Palm Oil Congress), Petaling Jaya, Selangor , Malaysia , September 25-29, 2005
Cobiac L Genetics, Epigenetics and Nutrition Invited speaker International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Southeast Asia Region First International Conference on Nutrigenomics - opportunities in Asia; Singapore . December 2005
2006
Cobiac L “Food and its potential role in the prevention of chronic disease”, Invited speaker paper presentation to DSTO :Feeding the Future Warfighter: Defence Nutrition in 2010 at Bridport , Tasmania , April 27-28, 2006
Bajka B, Topping D, Cobiac L and Clarke J, “Butyrylated starch is less susceptible to enzymic hydrolysis and increases large-bowel butyrate more than high-amylose maize starch in the rat”, Dietary Fibre Conference , Finland, June 13, 2006
Owens M, Yang A, Zhang L, May B, Hugel H, Story D, Cobiac L, Xue C, “Chinese Herbal Medicine for Colorectal Cancer: Traditional and Scientific Evidence”, 3rd International Conference on Healthy Ageing & Longevity, Melbourne, October 13-15, 2006
May B, Yang A, Zhang L, Owens M, Hugel H, Story D, Cobiac L, Xue C, “Chinese Herbal Medicine for Alzheimer's Disease: Traditional and Scientific Evidence”, 3rd International Conference on Healthy Ageing & Longevity, Melbourne, October 13-15, 2006
Julie Clarke, Tony Bird, David Topping, Graeme Young, Lynne Cobiac . Effect of resistant starch, butyrylated starch and tributyrin on colon cancer in rats. Australian Gastroenterology Week, 11-14 October 2006.
Cobiac L. Personalised diets: Biomics vs Gastronomics invited speaker SIAL Conference Paris 22-24 th October 2006.
Cobiac L. Functional ingredients and Nutraceuticals: markets for the future. Let us be ambitious but realistic workshop facilitator SIAL Conference Paris 22-24 th October 2006.
Julie Clarke, Tony Bird, David Topping, Graeme Young, Lynne Cobiac . Effect of resistant starch, butyrylated starch and tributyrin on colon cancer in rats. 4 th International Conference on Gastrointestinal Carcinogenesis, Hawaii 24-26 August 2006.
Gough JM, Hines B, Kerr C, Kongsuwan K, Clarke JM, Cobiac L and Lockett T. Candidate diagnostic biomarkers for early detection of colorectal cancer. ComBio2006, Brisbane Convention Centre, 24-28 September 2006.
Bennett L, Khoo E, Patten G, Rogers P, Cobiac L, Abeywardena M, Head R. Antihypertensive Peptides from Dairy and Plant Sources VIIth International Conference and Exhibition on Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods (WorldNutra), Nevada US, November 5-8, 2006
Clarke J, Bird A, Topping D and Cobiac L, “ Starplus – An Opportunity to Improve Bowel Health by Increasing Colonic Short Chain Fatty Acid levels” , VIIth International Conference and Exhibition on Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods (WorldNutra), Nevada US, November 5-8, 2006.
Suong NT Ngo, Des Williams, Lynne Cobiac, Richard Head. Garlic and colorectal cancer: an evaluation of scientific evidence. Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association Annual Conference, Perspectives on Use of Medication – the individual vs the population. 3-5 Dec 2006, Adelaide