Emmanuelle Reboul

Emmanuelle REBOUL is a Director of Research at INRAE (French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment). She leads the “Micronutrients and Metabolic Diseases” team with Jean-François Landrier at the “Centre Cardiovasculaire et Nutritionnel” in Marseille, France.

Emmanuelle Reboul graduated from Agrosup Dijon, France, in 2002 with an engineering degree in nutrition and food science. During her master’s and doctoral thesis at the INSERM (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research) “Human Nutrition and Lipids” laboratory in Marseille, she studied the intestinal absorption of carotenoids, vitamin A and vitamin E. She then joined Dr. R.S. Molday’s group in 2006 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, to work on the molecular functioning of ATP transporters. Returning to Marseille at the end of 2008 as a permanent INRAE researcher, she is currently focusing on intestinal absorption and membrane transport of fat-soluble micronutrients (vitamins A, D, E, K and carotenoids). Part of her research is also devoted to assessing the impact of more sustainable diets on micronutrient bioavailability.

Emmanuelle.Reboul@univ-amu.fr

https://c2vn.univ-amu.fr/equipes/equipe-1-micronutrition-humaine/

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4576-1992

Jean-Charles Martin

Dr. Jean-Charles Martin is research director at the Human food department of the National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE). He is located in the joint research unit C2VN at Aix-Marseille Université where he is leading the mass spectrometry metabolomics and lipidomics platform BIOMET.

Dr. JC Martin’s research primarily focuses on the impact of dietary lipids on human health. For the past 20 years, he has employed metabolomics to explore how environmental factors, particularly nutrition, influence health, disease, and overall well-being. He has led and participated in two major research programs investigating the influence of agricultural practices and agronomic traits on the quality of bioactives in oilseed rape, and their subsequent health implications for consumers. His work has demonstrated that common agronomic variations can significantly alter the balance of bioactives (mainly (poly)phenols and glucosinolates) in oilseed rape, potentially modulating their health benefits. Extending these findings, he has also studied farm animals as intermediaries in the food chain, linking oilseed rape with human consumers through a One Health approach. In this context, he focuses on newly identified bioactives (“neobiotics”) produced by the biotransformation of plant molecules in both animals and humans, including their microbiota.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-charles-martin-85b0bb50/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jean-Charles-Martin

https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=LgDzZcgAAAAJ&hl=fr

Patrick Borel

Patrick Borel is a research director at INRAE (French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment). He works in the “micronutrients and metabolic diseases” team within the cardiovascular and nutrition center (C2VN) at the Timone Faculty of Medicine in Marseille (France). After a PhD devoted to the study of the effect of dietary fiber on lipid absorption carried out in a laboratory at INSERM (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research), he was recruited at INRAE to study the bioavailability and metabolism of fat-soluble vitamins and carotenoids. For about fifteen years, he led a research team whose objective was to study the bioavailability and health effects of these compounds. He is thus co-author of more than a hundred articles on the factors that modulate the bioavailability of these compounds, starting from the effect of the food matrix in which they are ingested, to the effect of genetic variations that can explain the interindividual variability of their bioavailability and their concentration in adipose tissue. He is currently interested in the effect of epigenetic variations on the bioavailability and concentration of these compounds in adipose tissue and he has recently developed a new theme on edible insects as a new sustainable food source for these compounds.

Charles Desmarchelier

Dr. Charles Desmarchelier is an Associate Professor in Human Nutrition at the Center for CardioVascular and Nutrition Research (C2VN, Aix-Marseille University / INSERM / INRAE, France). He holds an engineering degree in Nutrition (2006, AgroParisTech), a PhD in Nutrition (2010, Technical University of Munich), and a PharmD (2021, Aix-Marseille University). His research focuses on the dietary and genetic factors that influence intestinal absorption, postprandial metabolism, and the status of lipids and lipid micronutrients. Dr. Desmarchelier is particularly interested in how genetics and nutrition affect lipid metabolism, with an emphasis on the metabolism of fat-soluble vitamins and carotenoids. His work has demonstrated how combinations of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) contribute to the interindividual variability in the bioavailability of these molecules.

Lourdes Mounien

Dr. Loudes Mounien is an Assistant Professor in Physiology and Neurosciences at the University of Aix-Marseille (France). He has a Ph.D in Neuroscience (2006) at the University of Rouen (France). 

Dr. Lourdes Mounien focuses on the regulation of energy metabolism, particularly the communication between organs in the context of food intake control, energy expenditure, and glucose homeostasis. Specifically, he is interested in extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from adipose tissue and their effects on target organs and cells (brain, liver, macrophages…). Through various approaches (lipidomics, molecular and cellular biology…), he investigates the role of vitamin D, known for its anti-inflammatory effects, on the microRNA content and lipid and protein composition of EVs, as well as their functional effects on target cells. Finally, in collaboration with members of his group, he also conducts research on the effect of maternal vitamin D deficiency on the development and neuroinflammation of brain structures such as the hypothalamus or hippocampus, which are essential for central control of energy homeostasis.

Christine Morand

Dr Christine Morand studied Biochemistry and Cellular Biology and she received her PhD at the Blaise Pascal University in Clermont-Ferrand, France, in 1991. She is full research director at INRAe, the French National  institute for research on agriculture, food and environment.

She is working in the INRAe-Human Nutrition Unit of Clermont-Ferrand, where she leads a research group focusing on plant food bioactives and vascular health.

She has a long lasting experience in the field of Nutrition & Health, focusing her research on dietary polyphenols, their bioavailability, metabolism and their role of in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases (from clinical to mechanistic studies). Over the last years she has expressed a special interest for a better understanding of the interindividual variability in response to the consumption of plant food bioactives (coordination of the European scientific network COST-POSITIVe). Currently, she is the Chief Editor of the journal Food and Function (Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK).

Torsten Bohn

Dr. Torsten Bohn is Unit Leader of the Nutrition and Health Research Group at the Department of Precision Health at the Luxembourg Institute of Health. He holds a degree in Food Chemistry from the University of Frankfurt/Main (1997) and a PhD in Human Nutrition obtained at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (2002).

The research focus of Dr. Bohn rests on micronutrients and secondary plant metabolites, their metabolism and their health benefits, with a focus on inflammation and oxidative stress, as well as dietary patterns and their relation to disease and obesity – he is currently in charge of the EU consortium HealthyW8. One of his specialties is related to food digestion (e.g. he was a member of the INFOGEST COST action) and questions of bioavailability, especially related to carotenoids. Dr. Bohn also teaches as Adjunct Associate Professor at Luxembourg University, and is member of the Nutri-Score Scientific Committee as well as of the EFSA Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) panel. He also is editor-in-chief of the Int J Vitam Nutr Res.

Jan Frank

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Dr. Jan Frank is Professor of Food Biofunctionality at the Institute of Nutritional Sciences of the University of Hohenheim. He holds a diploma in Nutrition from Bonn University (2000), a PhD in Food Science from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (2004), and received postdoctoral training at the Universities of Kiel and Hohenheim. He was a visiting scientist at the Linus Pauling Institute (USA), the University of Reading (UK) and the University of Surrey (UK). Dr. Frank was appointed Professor of Human Metabolomics at the Institute of Nutritional and Food Sciences at the University of Bonn in 2012 and Full Professor of Food Biofunctionality at the Institute of Nutritional Sciences in 2013. In 2018 he was elected Vice Dean and in 2023 Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Hohenheim. He is the president of the Society of Nutrition and Food Science (www.snfs.org), editor-in-chief of NFS Journal (IF 4.1), associate editor of Nutrition, and member of the editorial boards of The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, PharmaNutrition, and Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 

His research interests lie in factors that determine the absorption, metabolism, and elimination of phytochemicals and vitamin E congeners, including the lesser known tocomonoenols, and the development and examination of novel strategies to overcome the low intrinsic oral bioavailability of phytochemicals. Dr. Frank and his team also investigate the biological functions of vitamin E congeners and their long-chain metabolites, and the involvement of the α-tocopherol transfer protein in mediating them.

M. Luisa Bonet

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Dr. M. Luisa Bonet is a Full Professor in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Department of Fundamental Biology and Health Sciences of the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) (Spain). Member of the UIB “Nutrigenomics, Biomarkers and Risk Evaluation” (NuBE) research group, CIBER Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), the Balearic Islands Health Research Institute (IdISBa), and the Balearic Islands Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IAIB). Director of the Master in Nutrigenomics and Personalized Nutrition of the UIB.

Dr. Bonet’s background is in molecular nutrition, nutrigenomics, and the physiopathology of obesity. Her main research lines relate to cellular and biochemical mechanisms regulating body weight and adiposity in mammals, their interactions with nutrients and food bioactive (e.g., vitamin A, carotenoids, glycosaminoglycans, resveratrol, nicotinamide riboside), and the impact of early life nutrition in the long-term programming of body composition and metabolic health. The role of vitamin A and carotenoids in this context has been a main focus of her research since 1996. Her work has been pioneering in demonstrating the anti-obesity action of vitamin A as retinoic acid and beta-carotene-derived retinoids. Other works of hers relate to the role of cell cycle regulatory proteins (e.g., the retinoblastoma protein) in metabolic control and the use of blood cells to identify transcript-based biomarkers of metabolic health. Founder member of Alimentomica, a technology-based UIB spin-off company born in 2011 for research on and development of new components, technologies, and innovations to improve diet and health. Editor-in-chief of the “Nutrigenomics and Nutrigenetics” section of the journal Nutrients.

Didier Dupont

Dr. Didier DUPONT is a Research Director at INRAE in Rennes, France. He holds a PhD in Life and Health Sciences (1995) and obtained his authorization to steer researches (HDR) in 2004.

He works on the mechanisms of food disintegration in the gastrointestinal tract and its consequences on human health. More precisely, he studies the effect of the structure of the food matrix on the bioaccessibility and bioavailability of bioactives and nutrients, with a particular focus on specific populations such as infants or the elderly. To investigate food digestion, he has developed a wide range of in vitro (static and dynamic), in vivo (multi-canulated and catheterized pigs, minipigs, piglets) and in silico models of digestion. He is the scientific coordinator of INFOGEST, an international network on food digestion with 800 experts from 60 countries (2011-present).

Johannes von Lintig

Silvia Balslew Page – William J. Reinhart MD Professor of Ophthalmologic Diseases

Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA

Dr. von Lintig earned his PhD from the University of Freiburg, Germany (1993), and specializes in the metabolism and functions of carotenoids and retinoid derivatives in vision. His research has uncovered the first genes involved in carotenoid metabolism in animals, including key enzymes and transport proteins related to vitamin A production from carotenoids. His lab has developed essential animal models, tools, and techniques widely used to explore the link between carotenoid metabolism and blinding diseases. Dr. von Lintig’s contributions are reflected in over 130 publications, and his work has had a lasting impact on carotenoid research.

Email: jxv99@case.edu

Institutional webpage: https://case.edu/medicine/pharmacology/people/johannes-von-lintig

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Johannes-Lintig

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=F392_VwAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2079-2143

Web of Science: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/AEQ-2069-2022

Carine Le Bourvellec

Dr. Carine Le Bourvellec is a Research Director at the Join Research Unit Safety and Quality of Processed Fruits and Vegetables at INRAE Avignon. She has a Master degree and a Ph.D in Biology (2000 and 2003) at the University of Rennes.

Dr. Carine Le Bourvellec research focuses on the destructuration and re-organization of molecular assemblages in fruit and vegetables that occur during processing and storage. These processes modify plant-based food quality i.e., content and composition of sugars, organic acids, carotenoids, polyphenols, volatile compounds, cell walls, and generated process-induced compounds. She has acquired a large knowledge and experience on the mechanism of interactions between polyphenol and cell walls and on the structural and environmental parameters that drive these interactions. This has profound consequences on the extractability and bioavailability of the polyphenols, on the functional characteristics of extracted polysaccharides, and on the human gut microbiota fermentation kinetics of dietary fibers and polyphenols.

Cristian Del Bo’

Cristian Del Bo’ is Associate Professor of Human Nutrition at the Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), at the University of Milan. He has a Master degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition and a PhD in Experimental and Clinical Nutrition (2007 and 2014), at the University of Milan. Prof. Del Bo’ has been a research fellow at the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition of the University of Maine (Orono, ME). In addition, he conducted an internship at the Antioxidants Research Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (Boston, MA), and at the Department of Public Health of the University of Copenhagen, (Copenhagen, DK).

Prof Del Bo’s research activity focuses on the evaluation of the role of bioactives (mainly polyphenols, carotenoids and glucosinolates) and bioactive-rich foods in the modulation of metabolic and functional markers. He performed several preclinical and clinical studies investigating the role of bioactives in the modulation of vascular function, lipid metabolism, oxidative stress and inflammation, also in relation to gut microbiota and intestinal permeability.

Prof. Del Bo’ is Secretary of the Italian Society of Human Nutrition (SINU), Associate Editor for the journal Frontiers in Nutrition section Nutritional Epidemiology, and member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Nutrients, and Member of the Advisory Board for the journal Food & Function.

Katia Petroni

Katia Petroni is Associate Professor of Genetics in the Department of Biosciences at the University of Milan, Italy, where she teaches Genetics, Molecular genetics, Nutrigenomics and Nutrigenetics. She graduated in Biological Sciences and obtained her Specialisation on Applied Genetics at the University of Milan in 1998. In the same year, she started her research career as Assistant Professor in the Department of BioSciences, where in 2016 she became Associate Professor of Genetics.

Since the beginning of her academic life, she has studied flavonoid and anthocyanin biosynthesis in plants. In the last 20 years, her research has focused on the determination of the protective role of anthocyanins on health. Her scientific interests are currently focused on understanding the role of polyphenols (particularly anthocyanins) in preventing chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and obesity. To this purpose, she contributed to develop model foods enriched in anthocyanins and used them in nutrigenomic studies in cell-based systems, in preclinical studies and, thanks to the collaboration with other groups, in clinical trials, to determine their health-promoting activities and recently their bioavailability.