Fields of Research

Pharmaceutical sciences
Medical bacteriology
Nutritional science
Gastroenterology and hepatology
Genetic immunology
Respiratory diseases
Metabolic medicine
Geriatrics and gerontology
Food properties (incl. characteristics and health benefits)
Cell metabolism

Research Objectives

Clinical health
Expanding knowledge in the biomedical and clinical sciences
Other health
Prevention of human diseases and conditions
Expanding knowledge in the health sciences
Plant extracts

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

Lactobacillus acidophilus DDS-1 modulates the gut microbiota and improves metabolic profiles in aging mice; Nutrients
A human origin strain Lactobacillus acidophilus DDS-1 exhibits superior in vitro probiotic efficacy in comparison to plant or dairy origin probiotics; International Journal of Medical Sciences
Idebenone Protects against Acute Murine Colitis via Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Mechanisms; International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Idebenone protects against spontaneous chronic murine colitis by alleviating endoplasmic reticulum stress and inflammatory response; Biomedicines
Lactobacillus acidophilus DDS-1 modulates intestinal-specific microbiota, short-chain fatty acid and immunological profiles in aging mice; Nutrients
MCC950, a specific small molecule inhibitor of NLRP3 inflammasome attenuates colonic inflammation in spontaneous colitis mice; Scientific Reports
Microbiota modulating nutritional approaches to countering the effects of viral respiratory infections including SARS-CoV-2 through promoting metabolic and immune fitness with probiotics and plant bioactives; Microorganisms
Modulating the microbiome and immune responses using whole plant fibre in synbiotic combination with fibre-digesting probiotic attenuates chronic colonic inflammation in spontaneous colitic mice model of IBD; Nutrients
Preparation for the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease using a Whole Plant Fibre Extract from Sugar Cane
Probiotic Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856 spores exhibit excellent in-vitro functional efficacy in simulated gastric survival, mucosal adhesion and immunomodulation; Journal of Functional Foods
Short-chain naphthoquinone protects against both acute and spontaneous chronic murine colitis by alleviating inflammatory responses; Frontiers in Pharmacology
Survival, adhesion and immunomodulatory efficacy of spore-forming probiotic Bacillus coagulans; Australian Society for Microbiology National Scientific Meeting, Hobart 2017
Synbiotic supplementation containing whole plant sugar cane Fibre and probiotic spores potentiates protective synergistic effects in mouse model of IBD; Nutrients
Synbiotic supplementation with prebiotic green banana resistant starch and probiotic Bacillus coagulans spores ameliorates gut inflammation in mouse model of inflammatory bowel diseases; European Journal of Nutrition
Therapeutic interventions for gut dysbiosis and related disorders in the elderly: Antibiotics, probiotics or faecal microbiota transplantation?; Beneficial Microbes

Research Projects

Research Candidate Supervision