Professor Graham Finlayson
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I am a psychobiologist specializing in the role of food choice and food reward in human appetite. The principles of my approach are to examine the relationship between food and eating behaviour in the context of the whole person and to recognise that individual variability in response to food is crucial to understanding appetite control; it is not one size fits all. Eating behaviour is the product of a psychobiological system with influences across diverse scientific domains from genes to the environment rather than processes operating in isolation.
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I'm a keen snowboarder
Professor Barbara Knox
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My research interests are concerned with understanding food related behaviour and span consumer food choice (including sensory factors), nutrient/food mediated psychological functions and attitudes toward food and eating. Most recently, my interests have focussed on understanding the public perspective and consumer response to personalised nutrition. I was part of the EU Food4Me project team which employed a triangulated design to understand public perceptions and attitudes toward personalised nutrition as well as psychological response to the personalised nutrition internet–based intervention. The research results, therefore, are relevant to dietary health promotion and to the food and health industry.
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When not doing research, I can be found in the kitchen, catering for my sons, Conor and Rory, or roaming the north Antrim coast with my dog, Rex.
Jim Kaput
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Maintaining health and delaying disease onset result from complex interactions between genetic makeup, behavior, socioeconomic, and environmental factors. Our multidisciplinary, international teams have been developing a more holistic approach to research summarized as systems nutrition. We use standard and emerging computational methods to integrate and analyze physiological data with measures of diet intake and physical activity while accounting for the built environment and genetic makeup.
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I might qualify for the Tour de France but I would likely stop too often to take photos of scenery, competitors, and onlookers.
Prof. Byung-Kwan Cho
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My main research has focused on the systems and synthetic biology of microorganisms, in particular on the understanding of microbial transcriptional and translational regulatory networks at a genome-scale. Currently, we are trying to understand the probiotic traits of microbiome related with aging process by using high-throughput sequencing technologies and engineer them for better functions.
Dr. Mun Su Rhee
Roger Ying
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My main business is providing regulatory consulting service to the ChemLinked cosmetic site. Chemlinked is a global based online regulatory intelligence website and it shares Asia pacific news, expert’s insights, regulatory database and search tools, and consulting services to our members. We help clients monitoring the news update and research the regulatory solution to expedite markets access. I have worked in this consulting service for more than five years and helped many brands entering China or Asia markets successfully.
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Just become a new father and have a sweet baby girl. I used to be a traveler and visited lots of place to see the wonder with my own eyes. But now, my most energy is dedicated to help my wife to rise the child. It is quite busy and lack of sleep, but it worth it. Because I see the most beautiful wonder just in front of my eyes every day now.
Anindya Dasgupta
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My current role in Unilever is to generate scientific insights and develop technologies that maintain, balance and under conditions of dysbiosis, rebalance the human microbiome through topically applied products. In this role, I also engage and forge global collaborations with leading academic scientists, SMEs and suppliers to help in understanding and alleviating conditions such as acne, atopic dermatitis, gingivitis etc. Till date we have launched several products globally under brands that span Unilever’s skin, oral and deodarants businesses.
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I am blessed with a wonderful family of my wife and 10 year old daughter. We are all fond of travelling across the globe, seeing places, meeting people and trying their cuisine. I myself is also an avid football lover with passionate supporter of FC Barcelona!
Patrice Malard
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