UROP Project

food contaminants, nutrition, food components, gut microbiota, health

Research Mentor: qsun@fsu.edu Quancai Sun,
Department, College, Affiliation: Florida state University, Education, Health, and Human Sciences
Contact Email: qsun@fsu.edu
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from mentor): Ms Jie Lin
Research Assistant Supervisor Email: lj23g@fsu.edu
Faculty Collaborators:
Faculty Collaborators Email:

Looking for Research Assistants: No
Number of Research Assistants: 1
Relevant Majors: majors related to life science, nutrition, medicine, computer science, and bioinformatics
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Yes
Remote or In-person: In-person
Approximate Weekly Hours: 6-10,
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link: Not participating in the Roundtable

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: NA