Dr. Luisa Ostertag

I am involved in several dietary human intervention trials, mainly focussing on the acute and chronic impacts of flavonoid-rich foods and/ or supplements on heart health and metabolic disorders.

"Development of second generation antioxidant ingredients for food and beverages from marine sources" in collaboration with Aquapharm Biodiscovery Ltd., Oban; The University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness; and Campden BRI on a grant provided by the Technology Strategy Board In vitro platelet assays (light transmission aggregometry, FACS) - screening for bioactive compounds Method optimization and validation for platelet assays Volunteer recruitment Supervising and teaching students

"The impact of dietary polyphenols on human platelets - integrating functional and nutrigenomic analyses" In vitro platelet assays (light transmission aggregometry, FACS) - screening for bioactive compounds Designing and running a human intervention study Platelet proteomics Targeted metabolomics (plasma and platelets) Systematic literature review Supervising and teaching students

Quantitative and qualitative LC-MS/MS analysis of biofluid samples for phytochemicals from cocoa HPLC analysis of phytochemical contents in chocolate samples

"The impact of dietary polyphenols on human platelets - integrating functional and nutrigenomic analyses"

Dissertation: “Hedgehog in Trichinella spiralis – a novel protein for nematodes”