UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #726

Research Mentor Information
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Primary Research Mentor Name: Quancai Sun
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When potential research assistants are reaching out via email, what is your preferred honorific?: qsun@fsu.edu
Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): qsun@fsu.edu
Position Title: Faculty
FSU College (if applicable): Education, Health, and Human Sciences
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation: Florida state University
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Additional Research Mentor(s)
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Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from above): Jie Lin
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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): lj23g@fsu.edu
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Overall Project Details
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Title of the Project: The influence of food contaminants /food components on gut microbiota and human health
Project Keywords: food contaminants, nutrition, food components, gut microbiota, health
Are you currently looking for research assistants?: No
Number of Research Assistants Needed : 1
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s):
majors related to life science, nutrition, medicine, computer science, and bioinformatics

Project Location:: On FSU Main Campus
If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation?: Yes
Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s):: In-person
Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work?: 6-10
Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work?: During business hours
Overall Research Project Description:
My expertise focuses on the mechanistic study of phytochemicals in the prevention of chronic diseases as well as food contaminants in the development of obesity, T2D, and colon inflammation. For this purpose, I use interdisciplinary approaches from food biochemistry, molecular biology, and omics to study:

1. Phytochemicals and their beneficial influence on human health
2. Dietary proteins/peptides and their beneficial influence on gut microbiota and colon health
3. Food contaminants and their potential influence on gut microbiota, colon health, as well as obesity.

Research Tasks:
mice handling, data collection, analysis, literature review

Skills that research assistant(s) may need::
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Mentoring Philosophy:
I will Identify mentees’ goals and needs, develop a relationship founded on mutual respect, share my own experience, support each other to make joint achievements. Hope the mentee will be able to make achievements, pubish papers with their names after the training.

Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable):: https://healthandhumansciences.fsu.edu/departments/nip/faculty-staff/quancai-sun/
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Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable?: No
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UROP Program Elements
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Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication: Yes
UROP Performance Evaluation: Yes
Materials Grant: Yes
UROP Poster Presentation: Yes

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Year: 2024
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