The University of British Columbia
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Congratulations to Dr Fernanda Mujica-Coopman, for an excellent PhD completion!
Our heartfelt congratulations to Fernanda for an outstanding PhD defense with great discussions and a comprehensive PhD thesis with novel contributions. With sincere thanks for her hard work and team spirit, we hope her suitcase is filled with many good memories from a productive time in Vancouver and wish her the very best for her […]
Flash talk and posters online – view our latest research outcomes at the virtual Nutrition 2020 Conference (free registration)
With one distinguished abstract selected for flash talk and in total 5 accepted abstracts, our team will be well represented at the upcoming NUTRITION 2020 Conference, the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN), held online on June 01 – 04, 2020. Join (for free) the Vitamins and Minerals RIS Forum, a live […]
Outstanding poster presentations at the European Nutrition Conference 2019 by Larisse and Amy!
Congratulations to both Larisse Melo, MSc student, and Amy Tan, PhD student, for representing our team at the 13th European Nutrition Conference FENS 2019 “Malnutrition in an Obese World”! Larisse shared first outcomes of her MSc project on the development and testing of a novel yoghurt product. Amy presented on our international research project DERiVE, […]
DERiVE Project: Developing accessible riboflavin biomarkers for use in population surveys globally
The DERIVE Project is working on the DEvelopment of Riboflavin biomarkers to relate dietary sources with status, gene-nutrient Interactions and Validated health Effects in adult cohorts. This video highlights an international collaboration between UK, Ireland and Canada to find an accessible B2 biomarker for use in global surveys. The Canadian collaborator is led by the Human Nutrition and Vitamin Metabolism […]