Molecular Nutrition and Toxicology
Become a specialist in the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms of nutrition in the body and the effects they could have on human health
Would you like to discover everything about proteins, genomics, immunology, bioinformatics and the toxicity of food components? Does it seem attractive to you to look into nutrition on a molecular and cellular level, and would you like to learn more about techniques to measure this? Then the specialisation ‘Molecular Nutrition and Toxicology’ might be a good choice for you.
In this specialisation, you will follow the courses Introduction to Bioinformatics, Nutritional Physiology, and Practical Tools in Molecular Nutrition Research. Additionally, you can choose from other courses like Human and Veterinary Immunology, Energy for Life, and Food Related Allergies and Intolerances.
During your MSc thesis, you can delve deeper into a topic at one of the following six chair groups:
- Cell Biology and Immunology
- Human and Animal Physiology
- Host-Microbe Interactomics
- Nutrition, Metabolism & Genomics
- Nutritional Biology
- Toxicology
Thesis examples
Some examples of MSc thesis topics that you could work on within the specialisation ‘Molecular Nutrition and Toxicology’ are:
- The influence of nutrition on the mucosal barrier (Cell Biology and Immunology)
- Supportive effects of cow’s milk on human immune function (Cell Biology and Immunology)
- The effect of aging and hypoxia on muscle mitochondrial function (Human and Animal Physiology)
- Effects of early life nutrition on inflammation later in life (Human and Animal Physiology)
- Effects of pesticides on the human microbiome (Host-Microbe Interactomics)
- Analysis of microbial data and antimicrobial resistance genes in cancer types (Host-Microbe Interactomics)
- The impact of habitual plant-based meat consumption on cardiometabolic and intestinal health (Nutrition, Metabolism & Genomics)
- The effect of interaction among lipids on the growth of children over time (Nutrition, Metabolism & Genomics)
- Developing a laboratory method for the quantification of neurotransmitters and metabolites (Nutritional Biology)
- Inflammatory pathways involved in the gut-brain axis and muscle loss during cancer (Nutritional Biology)
- Risk assessment of herbal food supplements and teas (Toxicology)
- The role of the gut microbiota in the toxicity and risk assessment of food-borne chemicals (Toxicology)