Thai Tastes X Metabolomics

Thai Tastes X Metabolomics -- Zoom

20-Nov-2021

DuriOmics: model for orchards

Thailand is the biggest exporter in the market.
China is the biggest buyer, however, the country has opened for other countries to export durian.
The team collected from the blooming period to become the fruits.
They also take advantage of fruit waste to make any valuable products.
They also do genome sequencing of 30 cultivars of durian.
They are interested in circular economy plus synthetic biology for producing the high value compounds.
They also want to develop biomarkers for breeding the durians.

Nam-dok-mai wine: during fermentation and storage

They want to make wine because they want to add up the value of nam dok mai mango as some may know the mangoes have a short shelf life.

Nutriomics-Flavouromics-Odouromics -- fermented fish

Fermented fish vs cholangiocarcinoma
Time for fish fermentation affects the sterilization, esp. OV (Opisthorchis viverrini) -- this microorganism is the causative of cholangiocarcinoma (if people don’t cook fermented fish)

They want to examine the cell viability of selective foodborne pathogens.

Gut-microbe interaction: supplementary fiber drive the changes of human plasma metabolites

There is the study of gut microbiomes in children -- in rural areas and capital areas. More diversity has been found in rural areas.
So far, they are still unable to measure short chain fatty acids in the plasma/serum. The method is being developed.

Metabolic profiling in Ma-muang-bao during the storage

This kind of research reminded me of the work which was previously done by my friend while I was an undergrad student. Back to that period, the faculty did not have sophisticated tools like in this day. My friend worked on Num-Prick-Noom -- they wanted to fix the better taste over time after the container had been opened.

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