Biomarkers and Nutritional & Food Metabolomics Research Group

The Biomarkers and Nutritional & Food Metabolomics research group is part of the Department of Nutrition, Food Sciences and Gastronomy from the University of Barcelona. We are also part of the CIBER Frailty and Healthy Aging (CIBERFES), Fun-C-Food Consolider Project, Food-Omics Network, and INSA-UB. Our scientific activity is mainly focused in dietary and nutritional assessment as the major determinants of human health. This activity has comprised the understanding of qualitative and quantitative links between dietary patterns, nutritional phenotype and risk factors for diet-related chronic diseases. The main goals of our research are: - Applying intensively LC-MS driven untargeted and targeted metabolomics analysis to understand how new dietary biomarkers identified modulate diet-disease risk associations using pathway and network approaches. - The identification of robust “metabolic signatures of eating habits” for a range of foods of high public health significance. - To define and develop new methodological strategies for the biomarker discovery. - The development of an in-house human metabolome database and bioinformatic and biostatistics tools for the interpretation and identification of new biomarkers. Keywords: Biomarkers, Exposome, Precision Nutrition, Healthy Aging, Metabolomics, Food, Innovation, Dietary Assessment, Dietary Exposure, Dietary Pattern, Metabotype, Phytochemicals, Microbiome, Health, Personalized Nutrition