jessicahegeman

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Job title: 
Scientific reseacher, Academic lecturer
Eurocaroten role: 
Management Committee
First name: 
Jessica
Last name: 
Hegeman
Short research description: 

Dr. Hegeman is scientific researcher at Human and Animal Physiology (HAP), Wageningen University, the Netherlands. HAP has extensive expertise in performing controlled dietary intervention studies to improve diet-and age-related metabolic healths problems. These dietary intervention studies are performed in humans, animals and/or cells. HAP is particularly recognized for the physiological, metabolic, functional genomic, biochemical/molecular and histological analysis of such studies. The research of Dr. Hegeman is focussed on the effects of nutritional intervention strategies on the balance of reactive oxygen species and antioxidant defence systems in situations of metabolic health and decline.

Techniques routinely used: 
Dietary interventions in humans, animals and cells; Physiological, metabolic, functional genomic, biochemical/molecular and histological analyses
Instrumentation/Facilities: 
Indirect calorimetry (rodents), Body composition (rodents), Sea horse (cells), EVOS (cells)
Country: 
Netherlands
City: 
Wageningen
Institution: 
Wageningen University
Department: 
Human and Animal Physiology
Address: 

De Elst 1, PO Box 338

Zip Code: 
6700 AH
Phone: 
+31 317 484699
Matrix: 
Foods
Gender: 
Female
WG option 1: 
WG3
WG option 2: 
WG3
Scientific approach: 
Fundamental
Areas: 
Biochemistry
Biology
Health
Nutrition
Other keywords: 
Biological Actions
Functional Foods
Systems Biology
STMS hosting: 
Yes
Meetings hosting: 
Yes

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