Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module should be able to: Understand the concept of genetic variability and risk of diet related disease. Appreciate how nutrients interact and modulate nutrient sensitive transcription factors. Understand how nutrients may affect post-translational modification of proteins with functional consequences on metabolism. Comprehend the cellular, tissue and organ specific effects of foods and nutrients ? linking the cell with whole body metabolism, health and disease state.
Indicative Module Content:
Principles of molecular nutrition
Genes & Nutrition
Nutrient regulation of gene & protein expression - transcriptomics and proteomics
Metabolomic and lipidomics approaches in human nutrition
Novel markers of nutrition & health – Nutritional Systems Biology
Epigenetics
Nutrigenomics & Health Throughout the Life-cycle
Cellular basis of Metabolic Health & Disease