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Tine Rask Licht is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark. Their research is predominantly situated within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions to Molecular Biology, Physiology, Infectious Diseases, Food Science, and Gastroenterology.

Their work encompasses multiple topics related to gut microbiota and health, diet and metabolism studies, and gastrointestinal conditions. Specific research interests include Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, probiotics and fermented foods, gastrointestinal motility and disorders, infant nutrition and health, and nutritional studies and diet.

Recent publications by Licht include:

  • Bifidobacterium species associated with breastfeeding produce aromatic lactic acids in the infant gut (2021, Nature Microbiology)
  • Advancing human gut microbiota research by considering gut transit time (2022, Gut)
  • Determining Gut Microbial Dysbiosis: a Review of Applied Indexes for Assessment of Intestinal Microbiota Imbalances (2021, Applied and Environmental Microbiology)
  • Polymeric carriers for enhanced delivery of probiotics (2020, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews)
  • Dietary fibre directs microbial tryptophan metabolism via metabolic interactions in the gut microbiota (2024, Nature Microbiology)

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Licht include Martin Iain Bahl, Martin Frederik Laursen, Henrik M. Roager, Martin Steen Mortensen, and Anja Boisen.

Their research is regularly published in scientific venues such as Scientific Reports, Nature Microbiology, Environmental Pollution, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Best Publications

  • Microbial tryptophan catabolites in health and disease

    Henrik Munch Roager;Tine Rask Licht

  • Establishment of Intestinal Microbiota during Early Life: a Longitudinal, Explorative Study of a Large Cohort of Danish Infants

    Anders Bergström;Thomas Hjort Skov;Martin Iain Bahl;Henrik Munch Roager

  • A catalog of the mouse gut metagenome

    Liang Xiao;Qiang Feng;Suisha Liang;Si Brask Sonne

  • Bifidobacterium species associated with breastfeeding produce aromatic lactic acids in the infant gut

    Martin F. Laursen;Mikiyasu Sakanaka;Mikiyasu Sakanaka;Nicole von Burg;Urs Mörbe

  • Whole grain-rich diet reduces body weight and systemic low-grade inflammation without inducing major changes of the gut microbiome: a randomised cross-over trial

    Henrik Munch Roager;Josef Korbinian Vogt;Mette Bredal Kristensen;Lea Benedicte Skov Hansen

  • Aberrant intestinal microbiota in individuals with prediabetes.

    Kristine H. Allin;Kristine H. Allin;Valentina Tremaroli;Robert Caesar;Benjamin A. H. Jensen

  • Colonic transit time is related to bacterial metabolism and mucosal turnover in the gut.

    Henrik M. Roager;Lea B. S. Hansen;Martin I. Bahl;Henrik L. Frandsen

  • Advancing human gut microbiota research by considering gut transit time

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  • Freezing fecal samples prior to DNA extraction affects the Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes ratio determined by downstream quantitative PCR analysis

    Martin Iain Bahl;Anders Bergström;Tine Rask Licht

  • Choice of bacterial DNA extraction method from fecal material influences community structure as evaluated by metagenomic analysis.

    Agata Wesolowska-Andersen;Martin Iain Bahl;Vera Carvalho;Karsten Kristiansen

  • Physiological state of Escherichia coli BJ4 growing in the large intestines of streptomycin-treated mice.

    L K Poulsen;T R Licht;C Rang;K A Krogfelt

  • Antibiotic Treatment Affects Intestinal Permeability and Gut Microbial Composition in Wistar Rats Dependent on Antibiotic Class

    Monica Vera Lise Tulstrup;Ellen Gerd Christensen;Vera Carvalho;Caroline Linninge

  • Pre-treatment microbial Prevotella-to-Bacteroides ratio, determines body fat loss success during a 6-month randomized controlled diet intervention

    M F Hjorth;Henrik Munch Roager;T. M. Larsen;S K Poulsen;S K Poulsen

  • Infant Gut Microbiota Development Is Driven by Transition to Family Foods Independent of Maternal Obesity.

    Martin Frederik Laursen;Louise B. B. Andersen;Kim F. Michaelsen;Christian Mølgaard

  • First Foods and Gut Microbes.

    Martin Frederik Laursen;Martin Iain Bahl;Kim F. Michaelsen;Tine Rask Licht

  • Plasmid transfer in the animal intestine and other dynamic bacterial populations: the role of community structure and environment

    Tine Rask Licht;Tine Rask Licht;Bjarke B. Christensen;Karen A. Krogfelt;Søren Molin

  • Microbial enterotypes, inferred by the prevotella-to-bacteroides ratio, remained stable during a 6-month randomized controlled diet intervention with the new nordic diet.

    Henrik Munch Roager;Tine Rask Licht;Sanne Poulsen;Thomas Meinert Larsen

  • Differential bacterial capture and transport preferences facilitate co-growth on dietary xylan in the human gut

    Maria Louise Leth;Morten Ejby;Christopher Workman;David Adrian Ewald

  • A low-gluten diet induces changes in the intestinal microbiome of healthy Danish adults

    Lea B S Hansen;Henrik M Roager;Henrik M Roager;Nadja B Søndertoft;Rikke J Gøbel

  • Transfer of gut microbiota from lean and obese mice to antibiotic-treated mice

    Merete Ellekilde;Ellika Selfjord;Christian S. Larsen;Maja Jakesevic

  • Qualified presumption of safety (QPS): a generic risk assessment approach for biological agents notified to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

    Renata G.K. Leuschner;Tobin P. Robinson;Marta Hugas;Pier Sandro Cocconcelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Iain Bahl
Martin Iain Bahl Technical University of Denmark
Karen A. Krogfelt
Karen A. Krogfelt Statens Serum Institut
Oluf Pedersen
Oluf Pedersen University of Copenhagen
Lars O. Dragsted
Lars O. Dragsted University of Copenhagen
Torben Hansen
Torben Hansen University of Copenhagen
Karsten Kristiansen
Karsten Kristiansen University of Copenhagen
Kim F. Michaelsen
Kim F. Michaelsen University of Copenhagen
Søren Molin
Søren Molin Technical University of Denmark
Anne S. Meyer
Anne S. Meyer Technical University of Denmark
Bjarke Bak Christensen
Bjarke Bak Christensen Technical University of Denmark

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