Biobased Ingredients

The professorship Biomolecules and Health focuses on the molecular processes involved in health and disease, particularly the impact of biobased molecules on living systems. These living systems include everything from microbial communities to human cell lines and humanised 3D models. This professorship is led by professor Fin Milder. The aim of the professorship is to achieve a healthier and more sustainable society.

This professorship focuses on the use of existing technologies and the development of new technologies around data science, with a focus the life sciences. It focuses on the research lines Knowledge mining and Knowledge mapping. With the development of new artificial intelligence techniques to quickly and efficiently collect, process, model and analyse scientific data, the Data Sciences for Life Sciences & Health research area contributes to the development of cost-effective and high-quality food and pharmaceutical agents based on biobased ingredients.

The Healthy Food & Nutrition professorship conducts practice-oriented research in the field of sustainable food products for healthy lifestyles. It differs from the other professorships by focusing on personalised product development. This includes the composition, texture and availability of new macro- and micronutrients, for example plant proteins, slowly digestible bran and fibre. This learning task has been set up in collaboration with Van Hall Larenstein.