pborel

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Job title: 
Research Director
Eurocaroten role: 
Management Committee Substitute
First name: 
Patrick
Last name: 
Borel
Short research description: 

I lead a team that works on carotenoid bioavailability. We are interested in several factors that modulate carotenoid bioaccessibility, carotenoid absorption, carotenoid metabolism, carotenoid transport and carotenoid distribution in various tissues. The factors studied are very various, starting by the effect of the food matrix in which the carotenoid are absorbed to the effect of genetic variations of the individual on their ability to absorb and convert provitamin A carotenoids to vitamin A. We use several models from an in vitro digestion model to clinical studies through studies in trangenic mice.

Techniques routinely used: 
measurement of carotenoids in food, animal and human samples, in vitro digestion experiments to measure carotenoid bioaccessibility, caco-2 cell experiments to measure carotenoid uptake by intestinal cell, supplementation and postprandial studies in roden
Instrumentation/Facilities: 
HPLC, cell culture, animal housing facility, center for clinical investigation
Country: 
France
City: 
Marseille
Institution: 
INRA (National Institute for Agrocultural Research)
Department: 
Human nutrition
Address: 

NORT Laboratory, Faculty of medicine, 27 boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France

Zip Code: 
13385
Phone: 
(00 33) 4 91 32 42 77
Matrix: 
Foods
Gender: 
Male
WG option 1: 
WG3
WG option 2: 
WG2
Scientific approach: 
Fundamental
Areas: 
Analysis
Biochemistry
Biology
Health
Nutrition
Other keywords: 
Bioavailability
Biological Actions
Functional Foods
Systems Biology
STMS hosting: 
No
Meetings hosting: 
No

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