Early milk and microbiota to stimulate later immunity- NEOMUNE
PROJECT IS COMPLETED
Project period: 2013 – 2018
Neomune will provide fundamental knowledge on how diet (milk and milk supplement) and early microbial colonization influence infant cognitive function and immune system and development.
Shortly after birth, infants must adapt to milk intake and tolerate colonization by billions of microbes along all body surfaces, including the gut. Together, the first diet and gut microbiota stimulate immunity, cognitive function and digestive development, with long term influence on health.
Through infant studies and by using piglets and mice as models NEOMUNE will investigate how early diet and exposure to microorganisms influence the immune system, cognitive function and digestive development.
NEOMUNE is a biological and technological research platform aiming to understand basic mechanisms, improve clinical care, and to identify new diet products for newborn infants.
Translation of scientific results into sustainable solutions for infants is an important aspect of NEOMUNE. This will be achieved through close collaboration between universities, hospitals and industry worldwide.
How diet and bacterial colonization best support maturation for term, preterm and low birth weight infants remains unknown.
We hypothesize that diet and gut microbiota interventions during the first weeks of life promote immunity, gut and brain maturation, both short and long term.
Public institutions
- University of Copenhagen
- University of Aarhus
- University of Giessen
- Technical University of Denmark
- Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou
- Copenhagen University Hospital
- Odense University Hospital
- VU Medical Center Amsterdam
- Hospitals in different countries
Industry partnerships
Department project group
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lukasz Krych | Associate Professor - Promotion Programme | +4535332664 |
Funded by:
NEOMUNE has received 5 year funding from the Danish Council for Strategic Research. However, the council has been closed down and strategic research is now a part of Innovation Fund Denmark.
Funding: DKK 4,700,000
Project: Early milk and microbiota to stimulate later immunity- NEOMUNE
Period: July 2013 - June 2018
Contact
Dennis S. Nielsen
Associate Professor
Microbiology and Fermentation