Mara van Trijp

Mara van Trijp is a researcher at Wageningen University's Nutrition, Metabolism and Genomics department. Her work focuses on human gut microbiome research, dietary interventions, and metabolic interactions, particularly involving prebiotic oligosaccharides and small intestinal health.

• Active in multidisciplinary collaborations with expertise in microbiome analysis
• Key projects: TAPIR (dietary lipids and microbiome), SmartAge (gut health in aging)

Research Themes:

• Prebiotic fermentation kinetics in the human gut
• Dietary lipid impacts on intestinal microbiota
• Metabolomic profiling of gut-brain axis interactions
• Standardization of faecal sampling methodologies

Collaboration Networks:

• Collaborations across immunology, pharmacology, and food science domains
• International research partnerships in gut microbiome studies