Projecten - dr. WJC (Wouter) de Bruijn

Current PhD projects (updated 2023):

• Oxidation of green tea phenolics. Junfeng Tan
• Fungal prenyltransferases as tools to produce antimicrobial prenylated phenolics. Pimvisuth Chunkrua
• PRECERPHYT – Food PREservation by coupling of CEReal PHYTochemicals: Size matters! Annemiek van Zadelhoff
• Bio-purification of plant proteins: elimination of off-flavours, anti-nutritional compounds and phytoestrogens. Pauline Damhof
• In-depth characterization of food lipids and phytochemicals with ion mobility mass spectrometry. Carlo de Bruin
• ProTip – Understanding protein-phenolic interactions: Tipping the scales in our favour! Solange Ha
• Enhanching the antimicrobial properties of prenylated stilbenoids and (iso)flavonoids from plant by-products. Frenly Wehantouw

Recently completed PhD projects:

• Discolouration by iron-phenolic interactions – Colourful insights into the mechanisms and proposed solutions for food fortification. Judith Bijlsma, defence date: 14-09-2023.
• Prebiotic potential of green and black tea phenolics – Metabolite and microbiota profiling, and green biorefinery for sustainable production. Zhibin Liu, defence date: 07-04-2021.