Staff Profile

Dr Juliet Ansell
Science Group Leader, Food & Nutrition
Food Innovation

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Dr Juliet Ansell

Qualifications

BSc, King's College London, United Kingdom
DPhil, Oxford University, United Kingdom

Research Interests & Activities

Food and nutrition research which focuses on human digestive health using in vitro and animal models as well as human clinical trials. In particular I am interested in the interactions between food and host and the role that microbes play in biochemical and physiological development and maintenance of a healthy, large bowel.

International Collaboration

Institute for Food Research (IFR), UK
Prof. Martin Wickham, Head of Nutrition, Leatherhead Food Research
Prof. Glenn Gibson, Head of Food Microbial Sciences, Reading University, UK

Honours & Awards

Royal Society of New Zealand Bilateral Research Activities Project (BRAP) multi-year grant
Crop & Food Research Scholarship for NZIM Executive Management Course

Invited conference presentations:
1st UK international Functional Food Conference, 25th – 26th November 2010, “ Interactions between macro- and micronutrients in the diet: implications for gut health”, J. Sutherland (nee. Ansell), G. Paturi, C. Butts, J. Monro, T. Mandimika, S. Mishra, N. Joyce, R. Butler, K. Bentley-Hewitt, S. Parkar.

VitaFoods Europe, 10-12th May Geneva 2011: “Whole kiwifruit confer gut health and immune benefits both directly and indirectly through prebiotic effects”, J. Ansell, J. Monro, S. Hurst, I. Sims, T. Pernthaner, L.Drummond.

Key Publications

Paturi G., Butts C.A., Monro J.A., Hedderley D., Stoklosinski H., Roy N.C., Ansell J., 2011. Evaluation of gastrointestinal transit in rats fed dietary fibres differing in their susceptibility to large intestine fermentation. Journal of Functional Foods, In press.

Paturi, G; Mandimika, T; Butts, C; Monro, J; Shuotun, Z; Roy, N. C; McNabb, W. C; Ansell, J, (2011) “Influence of dietary blueberry and broccoli on cecal microbiota activity and colon morphology in mdr1a-/- mice, a model of inflammatory bowel diseases. Nutrition (The International Journal of Applied and Basic Nutritional Sciences), In press. DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2011.07.018.

Paturi, G; Mandimika, T; Butts, C; Monro, J; Nones, K; Martell, S; Butler, R; Sutherland, J (nee Ansell), (2010) “Cecal and colonic responses in rats fed 5% or 30% corn oil diets containing either 7.5% broccoli dietary fiber or microcrystalline cellulose”. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry,68 (10): 6510-6515

Wallace A, S Eady, M C Miles, H Martin, A McLachlan, M Rodier, J Willis, R Scott & Sutherland, J (nee Ansell), (2010) “Demonstration of the safety of UMF™ 20+ Manuka honey in a human clinical trial with healthy humans; investigating the effects on allergic response,  gastro-intestinal microflora homeostasis and quantification of advanced glycation end products. British Journal of Nutrition, 103: 1023-1028.

Lindsay SW, Ansell J, Selman C, Cox V, Hamilton K & Walraven GEL (2000) Effect of pregnancy on exposure to malaria mosquitoes. The Lancet, 355: 1972.