我们就是我们吃的东西。营养基因组学是饮食基因之间相互作用的研究，可以告诉我们饮食对基因的影响，因此可以为健康饮食提供科学依据。脂肪生成是从碳水化合物生产脂肪酸的过程，目前正在分子水平上进行研究。最终，获得的结果将提供数据，以建立定制的饮食和治疗和预防肥胖，高脂血症，动脉粥样硬化和胰岛素抵抗的治疗药物靶标。在另一个项目中，我们使用基于酵母的分析系统来监控食品和饮料对基因组稳定性的影响，已知这是结肠癌的一个促成因素。
We are what we eat. Nutrigenomics, the study of diet-gene interaction, can tell us about the effect our diet has on our genes and therefore provides scientific evidence for a healthy diet. Lipogenesis, the process by which fatty acids are produced from carbohydrates, is being studied at the molecular level. Ultimately the results obtained will provide data for creating tailor-made diets and therapeutic drug targets for the treatment and prevention of obesity, hyperlipidaemia, atherosclerosis and insulin resistance. In another project we use a yeast-based assay system to monitor the effect of food and beverages on genome stability which is known to be a contributory factor to colon cancer.