The Institute of Nutritional Sciences (140) consists of the four departments of Molecular Nutritional Science (140a), Biofunctionality of Food (140b), Biochemistry of Nutrition (140c) and Microbiome and Applied Bioinformatics (140d).
The teaching and research focus of the Institute therefore includes the areas of general nutritional science and the biofunctionality and bioavailability of micronutrients and secondary plant substances, as well as the biochemical, pharmacological and physiological processes involved, including aspects of the investigation of the composition, function and modulation of the microbiome. The aim is to provide students with relevant basic knowledge and established laboratory methods as well as current research topics and state-of-the-art techniques.
