Netherlands Nutrigenomics Centre:
Towards Evidence-based Nutrition
The effects of nutrition on health and disease cannot be
fathomed without a profound understanding of how nutrients act at a
molecular and genetic level. The mission of the Netherlands
Nutrigenomics Centre (NNC) is to elucidate the influence of food
components, such as dietary fatty acids, on metabolic health and
plasticity. The NNC is built around the chair Nutrition, Metabolism
and Genomics of the Wageningen University and linked to the TI Food
and Nutrition. Research by the NNC focuses on the organ-specific
identification of dietary signals and nutrient sensor systems in
mouse model systems and human studies. NNC is involved
in various projects around the intestines, liver or white adipose
tissue, as well as in a range of interactions with other national
and international research groups.