Human and Animal Physiology
HAP aims to improve metabolic health of humans and animals by molecular physiological research and academic training in nutritional targeting of metabolic capacity and flexibility.
Chair holder
Research
Our research aims for nutritional improvement of diet-related (e.g. obesity, diabetes, negative energy balance) and age-related (e.g. fatigue, Alzheimer’s disease) metabolic health problems. These health problems are characterized by inadequate metabolic capacity and flexibility, with a central role for mitochondrial functioning. Impaired metabolic health poses an increasing burden on society. Foods may help to relieve this burden. To do this it is necessary to know the mechanisms underlying metabolic capacity and flexibility and how metabolic capacity and flexibility is best targeted by nutrition. We address this through quality research and training in order to contribute essentially to sustainable long term strategies to improve human and animal health.
News
HAP participated in a collaborative study which was published in the 2017 August issue of Cell metabolism.
Publications
Researchers at Human and Animal Physiology publish regularly in international, peer reviewed scientific journals.
Our latest publications
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Skeletal muscle Nr4a1 hypomethylation and gene induction reduce insulin sensitivity in sedentary maternal high-fat offspring
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A constraint-based model analysis of enterocyte mitochondrial adaptation to dietary interventions of lipid type and lipid load
Frontiers in Physiology 9 (2018). - ISSN 1664-042X
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Maternal circulating vitamin status and colostrum vitamin composition in healthy lactating women—A systematic approach
Nutrients 10 (2018)6. - ISSN 2072-6643