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COVID-19 UPDATE: NRI BUILDING CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC.
BUILDING ACCESS The University of North Carolina building at 500 Laureate Way is CLOSED to the public until further notice. Access to the building is limited to employees via security badge only. EVENTS All live events sponsored by the NRI are suspended for the time...
Symposium Abstract Diversity Scholarship Confirmation
Thank you for registering for the Precision Nutrition and Brain Health Symposium and submitting a scholarship application. The Scholarship Committee will contact you regarding your application. If you have any questions regarding your abstract submission and...
February AFL Program Recap: “Food and Nutrition Myths That Never Go Away: Time to Debunk Them”
February 26, 2020 – If you missed February’s Appetite for Life Presentation by Cecilia Kwan, PhD, RD, you can catch up. Click through to this post and watch the entire program on video. The live presentation took place at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College in Kannapolis on Thursday, February 19, 2020.
March 2020
Precision (Personalized) Nutrition: Understanding Metabolic Heterogeneity February 28, 2020 –People differ in their requirements for and responses to nutrients and bioactive molecules in the diet. Many inputs contribute to metabolic heterogeneity (including variations...
Precision (Personalized) Nutrition: Understanding Metabolic Heterogeneity
February 24, 2020 -People differ in their requirements for and responses to nutrients and bioactive molecules in the diet. Many inputs contribute to metabolic heterogeneity (including variations in genetics, epigenetics, microbiome, lifestyle, diet intake, and environmental exposure).
January AFL Program Recap: “Genes and Individual Response to Nutrients in Bone Health”
January 22, 2020 – If you missed January’s Appetite for Life presentation by Saroja Voruganti, PhD, you can catch up. Click through to this post and watch the entire program on video. The live presentation took place at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College in Kannapolis on Thursday, January 16, 2020.
Herman Freeman III
Research Technician, Sumner LabMr. Freeman joined the NRI as a research technician in the Sumner Lab in October 2019. He is learning the foundations of, and expanding his knowledge of, metabolomics research and how it is applied in fields today. He works...
Effect of Egg Ingestion on trimethylamine-N-oxide Production in Humans: A Randomized, Controlled, Dose-Response Study
Carolyn A Miller 1, Karen D Corbin 1, Kerry-Ann da Costa 1, Shucha Zhang 1, Xueqing Zhao 1, Joseph A Galanko 1, Tondra Blevins 1, Brian J Bennett 1, Annalouise O’Connor 1, Steven H Zeisel 1
Microbiota-Dependent Metabolite Trimethylamine N-Oxide and Coronary Artery Calcium in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study (CARDIA)
Katie A Meyer 1, Thomas Z Benton 2, Brian J Bennett 3, David R Jacobs Jr 4, Donald M Lloyd-Jones 5, Myron D Gross 6, J Jeffrey Carr 7, Penny Gordon-Larsen 8, Steven H Zeisel 9