Human Microbiome: Nutrition and Health Fundamentals
Discover how gut microbiome affects health, nutrition, and disease. Learn about microbiota's role in digestive health and overall wellbeing.
Discover how gut microbiome affects health, nutrition, and disease. Learn about microbiota's role in digestive health and overall wellbeing.
This comprehensive course explores the fascinating world of the human microbiome and its crucial role in health and disease. Students learn about the trillions of microorganisms that comprise our microbiome and their impact on gut function, nutrition, and overall health. The curriculum covers microbiome development from early life through aging, the relationship between diet and gut health, and the connection to conditions like IBS, obesity, and diabetes. Participants gain practical knowledge about maintaining gut health through diet and lifestyle choices, while learning to distinguish scientific facts from popular myths about microbiota.
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What you'll learn
Understand the human microbiome's role in maintaining normal gut function
Explore how microbiota impact health and disease development
Analyze the relationship between diet, genes, and microbiota
Evaluate microbial therapies and diagnostic approaches
Apply microbiome knowledge in healthcare and nutrition practice
Assess the impact of microbiota on aging and disease prevention
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There are 6 modules in this course
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the human microbiome and its relationship with health and nutrition. Through six structured modules, students explore microbiome composition, development, and function. The curriculum covers crucial topics including early life microbiota development, aging-related changes, diet-microbiome interactions, and therapeutic applications. The course emphasizes practical applications for healthcare professionals while providing scientific foundations for understanding gut health and its impact on various health conditions.
The human microbiome
Module 1
Early life microbiota development
Module 2
Microbiota and Ageing
Module 3
Microbiota diet and disease
Module 4
Microbial therapies and diagnostics
Module 5
Applicability and societal impact
Module 6
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Pioneering Microbiome Researcher and Gut Health Expert
Clara Belzer is a Professor at the Laboratory of Microbiology at Wageningen University, where she leads groundbreaking research on the intestinal microbiome and its role in human health. After completing her PhD at Erasmus University Medical Center and postdoctoral work at Harvard Medical School, she established herself as a leading authority on microbiome research. Her work focuses on understanding how intestinal microbes interact with host-produced glycans in mucus and milk, with particular emphasis on beneficial microbes like Akkermansia muciniphila. She heads the "Microbes Mucus and Milk" research group, investigating microbial degradation pathways, microbe-microbe interactions, and host-microbe adaptations. Her research has revealed crucial insights into how human milk oligosaccharides support beneficial gut bacteria and how mucosal microbes influence immune and metabolic health. Her contributions to the field have earned her recognition among the top 1% most-cited researchers since 2020 by Clarivate Analytics. She has published over 100 papers in prestigious journals including Nature Medicine and PNAS, and developed a popular MOOC on "Nutrition and Health: Human Microbiome" that has attracted over 67,000 enrollments. Her current projects include investigating early-life microbiota development, immune fitness, and the therapeutic potential of prebiotics in children's health
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