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The Sweet Reality of Eating Nutritious Fruits
June 23, 2016 • This time of year, fresh fruits abound. No matter whether the fruit you eat is fresh, canned, frozen, or dried, all of the varieties offer a plethora of flavors, colors and, most importantly, health benefits.
Faculty and Research Opportunities
June 22, 2016 • The UNC Nutrition Research Institute offers opportunities for faculty and researchers to refine or expand a nutrition-related research program. The Institute is particularly interested in research related to nutrigenomics, metabolomics, epigenetics, clinical nutrition and/or energy expenditure.
Learn more about Faculty Fellows and Visiting Scholars.
Sweet Potato Slaw
June 21, 2016 • Sweet Potato Slaw by Chef Aubrey Mast of the NC State Plants for Human Health Institute.
Employee Ice Cream Social
Join the morale committee on Thursday, July 14 for an Ice Cream Social. A special Ice Cream Truck will be coming to the NRI with FREE ice cream for all NRI employees! Registration required. Thursday, July 14, 2 - 3:30 PM [gravityform id="18" title="false"...
June 2016
Cracking the connection between goes and diet could lead to future heart disease treatments Understanding the complex interplay of heredity, diet and microbes may one day lead to diets that prevent and treat cardiovascular disease. According to a recent scientific...
NRI presents inaugural short course for nutrition specialists
May 23, 2016 • The UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) holds its first short course in Nutrigenetics, Nutrigenomics and Precision Nutrition, May 23 – 26. This workshop-style educational course features 16 expert-led presentations on an array of topics including “Nutrition and Epigenetics” and “MicroRNA and Metabolic Profiling.” State-of-the-art practice is an important component of the short course. In hands-on sessions participants will learn to analyze and interpret genetic data using PLINK, Harvard’s open-source, whole-genome association analysis software toolset.
Cracking the connection between genes and diet could lead to future heart disease treatments
May 19, 2016 • Understanding the complex interplay of heredity, diet and microbes may one day lead to diets that prevent and treat cardiovascular disease.
According to a new scientific statement published Tuesday by the American Heart Association, cracking the connection between genes and diet could lead to future heart disease treatments.
Genomes Studying Basics
Genomics is a major discipline in genetics that applies recombinant DNA, DNA sequencing methods, and bioinformatics to sequence, assemble and assess the function and structure of genomes (the complete set of DNA within a single cell of an organism). Advances in...