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SENSOMICS: from sensory active molecules to culinary authenticity
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BIOACTIVES: from natural product chemistry to biological function
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NUTRITIONAL METABOLOMICS: from metabolite profiling to biomarker discovery
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PHYTOMETABOLOMICS: from plant stress to metabolic response
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WATER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING: engineering the molecule of life
The chair of Food Chemistry and Molecular Sensory Science at the Technische Universität München (TUM) comprises international research teams with the following focus areas:
- SENSOMICS | Structural decoding and functional reconstruction of chemosensory signatures of foods and beverages.
- BIOACTIVES | Activity-guided discovery of bioactive natural products in foods und complex biological systems.
- NUTRITIONAL METABOLOMICS | Human metabolism of biofunctional food ingredients using metabolomics profiling and molecular definition of nutritive biomarker profiles.
- PHYTOMETABOLOMICS | Molecular and functional mapping of the metabolic response of food plants on abiotic and biotic stress conditions.
- WATER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING | Process development for water treatment and infrastructure- and process-oriented management of energy and material flow in the food and beverage industry.
Since its inception in 2007, the group is headed by Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Hofmann who is President of the Technical University of Munich since 2019. Provisional head of the chair is Prof. Dr. Corinna Dawid, who is also co-director of the Bavarian Center for Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry (BayBioMS).
Toolbox
State-of-the-art methods of instrumental analysis, human psychophysics, metabolomics, and bioinformatics are combined with a decade of professional experience to form a platform of knowledge and competency with international reputation.
Education
Food Chemistry is a highly interdisciplinary field of chemistry which on the basis of fundamental molecular knowledge delivers key competences to address challenges in the fields of nutrition, food toxicology, food microbiology, and food technology.
Publications
Florian Utz, Andrea Spaccasassi, Johanna Kreissl, Timo D. Stark, Caren Tanger, Ulrich Kulozik, Thomas Hofmann, Corinna Dawid. Sensomics-Assisted Aroma Decoding of Pea Protein Isolates (Pisum sativum L.). Foods 2022, 11(3), 412 doi.org/10.3390/foods11030412.
Veronika Walser, Markus Kranzler, Corinna Dawid, Monika Ehling-Schulz, Timo D. Stark, Thomas F. Hofmann. Bacillus cereus Toxin Repertoire: Diversity of (Iso)cereulide(s). Molecules 2022, 27(3), 872. doi.org/10.3390/molecules27030872.
Debatosh Das, Michael Paries, Karen Hobecker, Michael Gigl, Corinna Dawid, Hon-Ming Lam, Jianhua Zhang, Moxian Chen, Caroline Gutjahr. Phosphate starvation response transcription factors enable arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis. Nature Communications 2022, 13, 477. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27976-8.