DEPARTMENT OF NuTRITION AND HEALTH SCIENCES

DEpartment OF Nutrition
and Health Sciences
The Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences is one of LaSalle Beauvais’ five teaching and research
departments. The Department comprises academic staff and engineers and every year also hosts many
post-doctoral researchers, doctoral students and interns. The Department carries out multidisciplinary
teaching and research activities and is involved in technology transfer and industrial application in the
field of nutrition, food and health. The Department has acquired specific expertise in scientific research
with a scope ranging from the genome to the cell and from pre-clinical trials to clinical research.
The work of the Department is supported on regional, national and international levels by a network of
privileged partners who come from institutions, research or development bodies, and industry.
EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS
AND ACHIEVEMENTS
11 ACADEMIC STAFF MEMBERS
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Specific areas of expertise
• Nutrition, health and food
• Physiology of the major functions
• Digestive physiology and pharmacology and food safety
• Toxicology and risk analysis
• Immunology and immunonutrition
• Biotechnology and molecular diagnostics
• Molecular biology
• Nutritional genomics and applied bioinformatics
• Microbiology
• Analytical chemistry
• Statistics for epidemiology
• Human nutrition pre-clinical and clinical trials
Associated scientific and technological facilities
The department uses state-of-the-art scientific infrastructures for
its research, and in particular the Analytical Chemistry, Microbiology,
Cell and Molecular Biology, Pre-clinical Food Assessment, and
Culinary Practice facilities.
• VECTRAL Project (*): The effect of using butyric acid in animal
feed
• PIB Project: The effect of prebiotics on the composition and
activity of intestinal microbial flora in healthy subjects: assessment
of digestive tolerance
• GOS Project: The role of oligosaccharides in preventing obesity
• ANTI TACH Project (*): Multifunctional nanostructured coatings
• SPIRULINA Project (**): The importance of spirulina on ocular
ability in quails, which can be susceptible to nutritional imbalance
• NUTRIOSE Project: Study of the effect of the soluble fibre
Nutriose on stimulating digestive immunity and preventing TNBSinduced colitis in piglets
• ETAMIN Project (***): The effect of heat treatments of food on
the modulation of colonic inflammatory response
• FEROR Project: The impact of moderate iron excess on
immune function and inflammatory response in the intestine:
role of the intestinal ecosystem
ModSysBio Programme: Modelling Biological Systems. Modelling
genetic and metabolic networks of monocarbons and impact on
the transmethylation of DNA
• Developing a natural model of intrauterine growth
retardation to research foetal and perinatal programming
• Developing a model of inflammatory colitis in piglets
(*): Collaborative project with EUREKA/ANR (French National Research Agency)
(**): ALGOHUB European project; ICARE European project
(***): Picardy regional project
DEpartment OF Nutrition and Health Sciences
Academic partners
American University of Beirut (Lebanon), Audencia, Rouen Faculty
of Medicine, National Institute of Agronomy, Tunis (Tunisia), Institut
Pasteur Tunis, Béthune University Institute for Technology (IUT),
Evreux University Institute for Technology (IUT), UCLA Medical
Center (Harbor, USA), University of Lomé (Togo), BOKU University
(Vienna), University of Lille 1, University of Picardy Jules Verne
(UPJV), Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (Lebanon), Saint Joseph
University (Lebanon), Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC)
Hospitals
University Hospitals of Amiens and Rouen, Beauvais Hospital
Institutions and Associations
French Agency for Environmental and Occupational Health Safety
(AFSSET), Association Jérôme Lejeune, Committee of the Oise
Cancer League, Regional Council of Picardy, Oise Mutual Benefit
Society (MSA Oise), OSEO
Research bodies
French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks
(INERIS), French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA),
French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM),
Institut Pasteur Lille
Competitive clusters:
Céréales Vallée, Industries and Agro-Resources (IAR), Nutrition
Health Longevity (NSL)
WE PROUDLY WORK WITH
Ajinomoto*, BioEps*, Bonduelle, Candia, Cosucra*, Institut Klorane,
Laboratoire Fournier, Lessafre, Olygose, Orafti*, Pierre Fabre,
Roquette, SEB, Solabia, Techna, ULICE, Witaxos
*: overseas
Contacts /
Hassan YOUNES – Head of Department
Tel +33 (0)3 44 06 76 08
Fax +33 (0)3 44 06 25 26
Email [email protected]
Department Assistants’ Office:
Tel +33 (0)3 44 06 75 91 or +33 (0)3 44 06 25 40
www.lasalle-beauvais.fr
Please contact us if you would like any information about continuing education.
Continuing education organisation accreditation number: 22600012460
LaSalle Beauvais is a not-for-profit organization created under the 1901 Act - ISAB founded in 1854 – IGAL founded in 1875 – Merger of ISAB and IGAL in 2006 to
become LaSalle Beauvais – 2009: Reaccreditation for the maximum period (6 years) by the Commission of the Engineering Title (CTI) for the programMEs in
Agriculture, Food and Health Sciences and Geology. Accreditation by the CTI for the 3-year Engineering Apprenticeship programMEs in Agriculture and
Food and Health Sciences. The Apprenticeship programMEs are part of the 5 year engineering training.
Non contractual document, for information only - May 2011
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