PhD Position in In Vitro Formation of N-Nitrosamines During Digestion - DTU Food

Official occupation: ph.d., naturvidenskab og teknik. Employment conditions: Almindelige vilkår. Employer CVR: 30060946.

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Public Sector, Education & Impact (employer-sector evidence). Are you interested in chemical food safety, human health, and understanding how dietary exposures contribute to chronic disease? Do you want to work at the interface of analytical chemistry, in vitro digestion models, the gut microbiome, and epidemiology to address major public health challenges?

We are offering a PhD position at the Technical University of Denmark focusing on the formation and health impacts of N-nitrosamines in food systems. The project is part of an ambitious international research initiative investigating both endogenous (formed in the body) and exogenous (present in foods) N-nitrosamines and their role in chronic disease development.

Recent research has demonstrated that N-nitrosamines can form during both food processing and digestion, and that their formation is strongly influenced by dietary composition and gastrointestinal conditions.

In this PhD project, you will apply and extend the INFOGEST digestion model to systematically investigate the mechanisms governing endogenous N-nitrosamine formation across different dietary sources and physiological conditions1 …