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10768
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278

Overview

Ben van Ommen is affiliated with the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable focus areas in Physiology, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's research mainly covers key topics such as:

  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies

Frequent co-authors associated with Ben van Ommen include:

  • Suzan Wopereis
  • Hanno Pijl
  • Jarlei Fiamoncini
  • E. Louise Thomas
  • Thomas E. Gundersen

Their recent publications consist of the following papers:

  • "An altered microbiota pattern precedes Type 2 diabetes mellitus development: From the CORDIOPREV study," 2021, Journal of Advanced Research
  • "The Effect of a Lifestyle Intervention on Type 2 Diabetes Pathophysiology and Remission: The Stevenshof Pilot Study," 2021, Nutrients
  • "Effects of a 13-Week Personalized Lifestyle Intervention Based on the Diabetes Subtype for People with Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes," 2022, Biomedicines
  • "Plasma Metabolic Signatures of Healthy Overweight Subjects Challenged With an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test," 2022, Frontiers in Nutrition
  • "A microbiota-based predictive model for type 2 diabetes remission induced by dietary intervention: From the CORDIOPREV study," 2021, Clinical and Translational Medicine

Publishing venues where Ben van Ommen has contributed multiple works include the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Journal of Advanced Research, Nutrients, Biomedicines, and Frontiers in Nutrition.

Best Publications

  • Large-scale human metabolomics studies: a strategy for data (pre-) processing and validation.

    Sabina Bijlsma;Ivana Bobeldijk;Elwin R Verheij;Raymond Ramaker

  • Mass-spectrometry-based metabolomics: limitations and recommendations for future progress with particular focus on nutrition research

    Augustin Scalbert;Lorraine Brennan;Oliver Fiehn;Thomas Hankemeier

  • The metabolomics standards initiative (MSI)

    Oliver Fiehn;Don Robertson;Jules Griffin;Mariet vab der Werf

  • METABOLOMICS IN HUMAN NUTRITION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

    Michael J Gibney;Marianne Walsh;Lorraine Brennan;Helen M Roche

  • The Metabolomics Standards Initiative

    Susanna Assunta Sansone;Teresa Fan;Royston Goodacre;Julian L. Griffin

  • Lifestyle recommendations for the prevention and management of metabolic syndrome: an international panel recommendation

    Pablo Pérez-Martínez;Dimitri P. Mikhailidis;Vasilios G. Athyros;Mónica Bullo

  • Effect of personalized nutrition on health-related behaviour change: evidence from the Food4me European randomized controlled trial

    Carlos Celis-Morales;Katherine M. Livingstone;Cyril F. M. Marsaux;Anna L. Macready

  • Nutrigenomics: exploiting systems biology in the nutrition and health arena.

    Ben van Ommen;Rob Stierum

  • An antiinflammatory dietary mix modulates inflammation and oxidative and metabolic stress in overweight men: a nutrigenomics approach

    Gertruud Cm Bakker;Marjan J van Erk;Linette Pellis;Suzan Wopereis

  • Atherosclerosis and liver inflammation induced by increased dietary cholesterol intake: a combined transcriptomics and metabolomics analysis

    Robert Kleemann;Lars Verschuren;Marjan J van Erk;Yuri Nikolsky

  • Inflammation and Nutritional Science for Programs/Policies and Interpretation of Research Evidence (INSPIRE)

    Daniel J Raiten;Fayrouz A Sakr Ashour;A Catharine Ross;Simin N Meydani

  • Inhibition of rat and human glutathione S-transferase isoenzymes by ethacrynic acid and its glutathione conjugate

    Jan H.T.M. Ploemen;Ben van Ommen;Peter J. van Bladeren

  • The case for strategic international alliances to harness nutritional genomics for public and personal health

    Jim Kaput;Jose M. Ordovas;Lynnette Ferguson;Ben van Ommen

  • Proteome analysis reveals novel proteins associated with proliferation and differentiation of the colorectal cancer cell line Caco-2.

    Rob Stierum;Marco Gaspari;Yvonne Dommels;Taoufik Ouatas

  • Challenging homeostasis to define biomarkers for nutrition related health

    Ben van Ommen;Jaap Keijer;Sandra G. Heil;Jim Kaput

  • The role of cyclooxygenase in n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid mediated effects on cell proliferation, PGE2 synthesis and cytotoxicity in human colorectal carcinoma cell lines

    Yvonne E.M. Dommels;Merel M.G. Haring;Nynke G.M. Keestra;Gerrit M. Alink

  • Time-Resolved and Tissue-Specific Systems Analysis of the Pathogenesis of Insulin Resistance

    Robert Kleemann;Marjan van Erk;Lars Verschuren;Anita M. van den Hoek

  • Nutrigenomics: The impact of biomics technology on nutrition research

    Irène Corthésy-Theulaz;Johan T. den Dunnen;Pascal Ferré;Jan M.W. Geurts

  • Plasma metabolomics and proteomics profiling after a postprandial challenge reveal subtle diet effects on human metabolic status

    Linette Pellis;Marjan J. van Erk;Ben van Ommen;Gertruud C. M. Bakker

  • Nutritional systems biology modeling : From molecular mechanisms to physiology

    Albert A. de Graaf;Andreas P. Freidig;Baukje De Roos;Neema Jamshidi

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose M. Ordovas
Jose M. Ordovas Tufts University
Peter J. van Bladeren
Peter J. van Bladeren Nestlé (Switzerland)
Robert Kleemann
Robert Kleemann Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
Hannelore Daniel
Hannelore Daniel Technical University of Munich
Jose Lopez-Miranda
Jose Lopez-Miranda Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Michael J. Gibney
Michael J. Gibney University College Dublin
Christian A. Drevon
Christian A. Drevon University of Oslo
John C. Mathers
John C. Mathers Newcastle University
Age K. Smilde
Age K. Smilde University of Amsterdam
Michael Müller
Michael Müller University of East Anglia

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