Nutrition: from molecules to health

Summary

The course addresses methods/technologies to study how nutrition affects biological and pathophysiological processes. It provides an overview of molecular phenotyping of individuals and key aspects to perform clinical investigations, covers nutrigenomics, genetics, micronutrients, microbiota.

Content

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

• Define the basics of nutrition and its impact on human health
• Manage principles of of macronutrient absorption and metabolism
• Demonstrate knowledge about current omics technologies
• Develop a molecular understanding of the role of nutrition in health
• Define The basics of nutrition and its impact on human health
• Develop Good knowledge of macro- and micronutrient absorption and metabolism
• Develop knowledge about current omics technologies and their utility and limitations for human nutrition and health research
• Develop a molecular understanding of the role of nutrition in health
• Define the basics of nutrition and its impact on human health
• Demonstrate knowledge about current omics technologies and their utility and limitations for human nutrition and health research
• Demonstrate an understanding of several molecular mechanisms of nutrients on health
• Demonstrate a good knowledge of the application of clinical trials to nutrition studies
• Have an understanding of molecular mechanisms of nutrients on health
• Demonstrate knowledge about current technologies and their utility and limitations for human nutrition and health research
• Have a good knowledge of the application of clinical trials to nutrition studies

Transversal skills

• Access and evaluate appropriate sources of information.
• Demonstrate the capacity for critical thinking
• Summarize an article or a technical report.
• Set objectives and design an action plan to reach those objectives.

Teaching methods

Lectures and exercises (attendance to lectures and exercises is mandatory)

Expected student activities

Reading, analysis, presentation of a scientific article in the field of nutrition.

Preparation of a mini grant proposal.

Assessment methods

Presentation of one scientific article, quality of the mini grant

Supervision

Resources

Moodle Link

• https://go.epfl.ch/BIO-441