News Blog - 2019
December 11 , 2019
Joae performs in the musical Twisted
Joae Kwhak, undergraduate student in the Bode lab, reveals her other talents and performs as one of the stars in the muscial Twisted, and, of course, the lab had to go see it for ourselves. - What a character; what a voice!
December 3 , 2019
Manuscript accepted in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
84. Pekmez CT, Wange Larsson M, Vendelbo Lind M, Vazquez Manjarrez N, Yonemitsu C, Larnkjær A, Bode L, Mølgaard C, Michaelsen KF, Dragsted LO (2019) Breastmilk lipids and oligosaccharides influence branched short chain fatty acid concentrations in infants with excessive weight gain. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research (Accepted)
November 21, 2019
Bode Lab celebrated another successful year with the now traditional fondue dinner
November 6, 2019
Lars serves on National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee
Lars serves on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee "Scanning for New Evidence on the Nutrient Content of Human Milk".
The final product will be designed to serve as a template for use in informing the development of future dietary reference intake values for infants from birth through 12 months of age. - Desperately needed and wonderful to see that different agencies are interested in this space.
November 6, 2019
Lars gives HMO webinar
November 4, 2019
Lars speaks at SCANN conference and at 1st UC San Diego Human Milk Research Symposium
October 27, 2019
Lars speaks at American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference
October 11, 2019
Lars speaks at Brazilian Pediatric Society Conference in Porto Alegre, Brazil
October 10, 2019
Lars speaks at EMBA congress in Turin, Italy
October 4, 2019
"What's Next for Human Breast Milk?" - Special Issue on 2019 Top Doctors in San Diego Magazine
"What's Next for Human Breast Milk" - an article written by Josh Baxt highlighting some of the human milk studies conducted at UC San Diego appeared in a Special Issue on 2019 Top Doctors in San Diego Magazine.
Click Here to read the full story.
September 27, 2019
Lars speaks at Italian National Society for Neonatology Congress in Catania, Sicily
September 25, 2019
Lars speaks at NNIW94
August 13, 2019
Manuscript accepted for publication in Current Trends in Immunology
July 22, 2019
Manuscript accepted for publication in Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition
July 4, 2019
Manuscript accepted for publication in Frontiers Pediatrics
July 3, 2019
Dr. Katja Becker elected DFG President
Congratulations to our colleague and collaborator Dr. Katja Becker for being elected DFG President - the German NIH equivalent and Europe's largest funding agency!
Katja has been our collaborator on the malaria project for over 10 years - generating NIH R21 and R01 funding and almost a dozen publications.
July 1, 2019
Bode Lab celebrates 10 Years Anniversary
On July 1, 2009, we moved from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla to the UC San Diego's Hillcrest campus to start a new lab dedicated to discovering human milk oligosaccharide biosynthesis and functions. - Today marks the 10th Anniversary!
In the meantime, we moved to the most vibrant facility on the UC San Diego main campus in La Jolla, published dozens of papers and presented our work at conferences and symposia around the world...
The best part of the past 10 years? - Working with amazing people, seeing them develop and launch their own careers!
June 6, 2019
Manuscript accepted for publication in Maternal & Child Nutrition
June 6, 2019
Lars speaks at ESPGHAN in Glasgow, Scotland
May 31, 2019
Lars speaks at Academy of Neonatal Nursing Conference in Palm Springs
May 22, 2019
Lars speaks at 2019 Perinatal Symposium, Tri-City Medical Center
May 17, 2019
Milk Gang celebrates our UC San Diego Graduates
Congratulations to Ann Abraham, Melinda Chang, and Ivy Nguyen for graduating from UC San Diego! All three of them have been working on our lab and will continue to work with us throughout and after the summer.
We're very proud of you and lucky to have you as part of the Milk Gang!
April 29, 2019
Lars speaks at Vice Chancellor's Spring Symposium
The Kids are Going to Be Alright
Lars speaks at the 2019 Vice Chancellor's Spring Symposium about the "Power of Human Breast Milk - For Babies and Adults", a panel moderated by Science Magazine Staff Writer Jon Cohen.
Watch the video below!
April 29, 2019
UCSD launches MOMI Biome, a new partnership that focuses on human milk and the microbiome
Breastfeeding is a primary driver in shaping the infant microbiome with immediate and long-term consequences for health and development. But what components in human milk help shape the infant microbiome and how exactly does it work? Can we harness the power of human milk and use it as a template to develop new therapeutics for adults that suffer from debilitating and life-threatening diseases that involve a disturbed and dysfunctional microbiome? – No better place to find out than UC San Diego!
The Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence (MOMI CORE) and the Center for Microbiome Innovation (CMI), two renowned research centers at UC San Diego, are joining forces to take a deeper look at how human milk and the microbiome are connected and how the generated knowledge can be leveraged to improve health and fight diseases in an impactful way.
Click Here to read the full UC San Diego Health press release.
April 27, 2019
Lars promoted from Associate to full Professor
April 22, 2019
Bode Lab Field Trip to the San Diego Safari Park & Frozen Zoo
April 18, 2019
Walking down HMO memory lane
The recent breakthrough developments in human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) discovery, application and commercialization are based on decades of tedious, fundamental research by an interdisciplinary group of people who believed in the power of HMOs way before it became a “cool thing”. One of them, Dr. Clemens Kunz just retired a few months ago from the Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen, Germany. Clemens was a student of Dr. Heinz Egge, who himself was a student of Dr. Richard Kuhn, who together with Dr. Paul György and others discovered HMOs.
I [Lars] joined Clemens’ group in Giessen in October 2000 and remember those days in the old villa in the Wilhelmstrasse like it was yesterday. Clemens has been a true inspiration and an excellent mentor throughout the years – and a kind and humble man – and I’m sure he’ll continue to contribute to HMO research during his “retirement”.
Following the historic string of mentors and trainees, the Bode lab is committed to keeping the legacy alive and pushing the frontiers of HMOs in years to come! What an exciting time to be working in this field thanks to those who came before us...
April 15, 2019
Meet our Collaborators - New section added to website
We work at the forefront of HMO research, but we can't do it alone. In fact, we have been very fortunate to team up researchers and clinicians from around the world who are considered some of the best in their respective disciplines.
We have created a brand-new website section to highlight some of these exciting and productive collaborations. We have started with some of the national and international cohorts we are involved in and will soon add sections on individual labs.
We strive to work with the world's experts who can apply their unique expertise to HMO research. Email to explore potential collaborations.
April 15, 2019
Manuscript accepted for publication in Frontiers in Nutrition
April 8, 2019
Elephant project highlighted in Washington Post
Our collaboration with the San Diego Safari Park on elephant milk has been highlighted in the Washington Post.
Click Here to read the full article.
April 7, 2019
Manuscript accepted for publication in American Journal of Physical Anthropology
April 4, 2019
Therapeutics Discovery highlighted in the news
Our therapeutics discovery work has been highlighted in several national news outlets over the past few days.
Click Here to watch just one example.
March 27, 2019
Manuscript accepted for publication in Frontiers in Nutrition
March 19, 2019
Lars speaks at International Pediatric Association Congress (IPA 2019) in Panama City
February 8, 2019
Lars speaks at Nutrition & Growth in Valencia, Spain
February 13, 2019
Manuscript published in Cell Host & Microbe
February 13, 2019
Lars presents CHAMPS webinar
Invited by Dr. Anne Meerwood, Lars presents a webinar for CHAMPS (Communities and Hospitals Advancing Maternity Practices) in collaboration with the Mississippi State Department of Health, Wednesday, February 13, 12-1pm (Central time).
February 12, 2019
Lars joins ISRHML 2020 Scientific Organizing Committee
The 20th Conference of the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation (ISRHML), co-chaired by Dr. Berthold Koletzko and Dr. Magnus Domelloef, will be held in beautiful Stockholm, Sweden, in August 2020.
Stay tuned for more information on program, venue, and more...
February 7, 2019
Lars gives CHRIM & DEVOTION Research Rounds
February 5, 2019
Lars participates in Breastfeeding and the Origins of Health workshop
February 2, 2019
Lars speaks at San Diego Glycobiology Symposium
Lars provides an update on Human Milk Oligosaccharide research at the annual San Diego Glycobiology Symposium organized by UC San Diego's Glycobiology Research and Training Center (GRTC).
January 29, 2019
Bode lab and San Diego Zoo Safari Park work together on Elephant Milk Study
January 22, 2019
Manuscript published in JAMA Pediatrics
"Although HMO composition is largely genetically determined, maternal probiotic supplementation during late stages of pregnancy may change the HMO composition in human milk."
Read the full article Here.
January 21, 2019
Manuscript accepted in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Our manuscript "Interrogation of Milk-driven Changes to the Proteome of Intestinal Epithelial Cells by Integrated Proteomics and Glycomics", a collaboration with Dr. Rita Hickey's lab in Ireland, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
January 15, 2019
Lars speaks at Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center
Invited by Dr. Laxmi Yeruva, Lars provides a lecture on "Human Milk Oligosaccharides: Prebiotics and Beyond" at the Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Arkansas Children's Research Institute in Little Rock, Arkansas.
January 11, 2019
Manuscript accepted for publication in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Our manuscript "Bovine colostrum-driven Modulation of Intestinal Epithelial Cells for increased Commensal Colonisation", a collaboration with Dr. Rita Hickey's lab in Ireland, has been accepted for publication in the journal Applied Mircobiology and Biotechnology.
January 9, 2019
Manuscript accepted for publication in Malaria Journal
Our mauscript "Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase 6-phosphogluconolactonase: Characterization of the Plasmodium vivax enzyme and inhibitor studies", a collaboration with Dr. Katja Becker's group in Giessen, Germany, and Dr. Anthony Pinkerton at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla, has been accepted for publication in Malaria Journal.
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