(Chemical) Bonding is what makes life possible

- Expertise in Metabolic Syndrome and its consequences - Proven experience in induction of metabolic syndrome in animal model (fructose) - Knowledge and practice with apparent permeability model (Ussing chambers) - Knowledge in intestinal histology and microbiota (in vivo) - Proven practice with in vitro and in vivo models - Knowledge and practice with nutrient transport, especially fructose and glucose and their intestinal transporters - Knowledge and practice with bioactive compounds (polyphenols), especially involved in the intestinal transport of sugars - Knowledge and practice with sweet taste receptors, their influence on intestinal transport of sugars - Knowledge with oxidative stress induction upon intestinal sugar transport.