Precision and personalised nutrition

The aim of this unit is to enable you to explore the molecular mechanisms by which nutrients and other food components affect metabolism and cell function.

The unit focuses on the biochemical role of essential nutrients in metabolism, their role in the aetiology of major chronic diseases with postulated nutritional involvement in disease mechanisms.

This unit will reinforce the concepts of nutritional genomics and epigenetics by presenting relevant examples from recent scientific literature and provide you with the competence to interrogate on-line gene databases to answer real life questions. Additionally, the unit will explore the concept of the gut microbiome and its interaction with the diet.