Henrik Munch Roager

Henrik Munch Roager

Adjunkt

ORCID: 0000-0002-2504-8313

Scopus Author ID: 56016170800  /  57192066846

I lead the Microbiome & Metabolomics research group, investigating how our diet shapes the gut microbiome, how gut microbes digest our food, and how the resulting small diet-derived molecules (metabolites) interact with our physiology in health and disease. Our work involves multiple disciplines including nutrition, chemistry, microbiology and bioinformatics. We conduct human dietary intervention studies and cohort studies, and profile the metabolome (collection of all small molecules) in stool, blood and urine using targeted and untargeted liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS) based metabolomics. Furthermore, we collaborate with leading microbiome researchers around Europe and experts in immunology and intestinal host receptors to elucidate host-microbial cross-talk. 

Master Thesis Opportunities

We are often looking for highly motivated masters students to perform their thesis or project work in our group. Please reach out to me and hear more.  

Primære forskningsområder

My research on diet-microbiota interactions combines the fields of metabolomics, gut microbiota and human nutrition using human interventions and cohort studies with a strong focus on identifying diet- and microbial-derived metabolites and investigating how these influence health and disease. 
 
Current research projects:
  • Towards Personalized Dietary Recommendations Based on the Interaction between Diet, Microbiome and Abiotic Conditions in the Gut (PRIMA)
  • Microbiome-Metabolome Interactions in the TwinsUK and KORA cohorts (DINAMIC)
  • Interactions between diet and gut microbia and the potential of modulating these interactions for the prevention of metabolic dysfunction and cardiovascular complications in humans (DINAMIC)
  • Bifidobacteria and the development of the immune system early in life (BIFIDO)
  • Microbial tryptophan metabolites in health and disease
  • A personal microbiome-dependent glucose response (MIGLUCOSE)
  • Effects of moderate alcohol intake on the gut microbial composition and activity
  • Microbial enterotypes in personalized nutrition and obesity management

Previous research projects:

  • Mediteranean diet, the microbiome and metabolome (DINAMIC)
  • The effects of a low-gluten diet on the microbiome in healthy adults (3G center)
  • The effects of a wholegrain-rich diet on the microbiome in healthy adults (3G center)
  • Colonic transit time and the gut microbial composition, diversity and metabolism (3G center)
  • Neonatal Gut Community Pertubation by Antibiotics
  • Faecal transplantation of obesity-associated microbes
  • The effects of gluten (gliadin) on the gut microbiome and host physiology (3G center)
  • Effects of glyphosate on the gut microbial composition and metabolism

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