Internship in Nutritional Sciences (Master students only)

Within the Department of Precision Health, Dr. Torsten Bohn, Head of the Nutrition & Health Research Group (NUTRIHEALTH), aims, in collaboration with his team, to explore the world of carotenoids and dietary fibers. An important focus is the role of dietary fibers on the bioaccessibility and bioavailability of carotenoids. The project aims to investigate the bioaccessibility of carotenoids by applying in vitro digestion techniques to various food matrices. This will be followed by an analysis of carotenoid uptake using CaCo-2 cell culture models to better understand their absorption and potential bioavailability. 

For a project related to NutriHealth , we are offering a 6-month paid Master (2)-Student internship in our premises.

The main tasks of the Master Student will be to work on in vitro digestion, recovery of carotenoids, measurement of physio-chemical properties of the digesta. In the frame of this work, the Master student will benefit from the expertise of Dr. Torsten Bohn in nutrition and health, and Dr. Farhad Vahid in nutrition sciences and food chemistry. 

Key Accountabilities

• Literature review on step count analysis.
• Perform data management. 
• Select and compute step-based physical activity metrics.
• Perform descriptive statistics.
• Apply longitudinal analysis (i.e., Cox proportional hazard regression models).
• Discuss results within the group & other researchers. 
• Participate in project meetings & give presentations.

Key Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Master (2) in Food chemistry, Clinical Nutrition, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Nutrition sciences or comparable;
• Previous experience in in vitro experiments, chromatography or related fields; 
• Good knowledge and hands-on experience in the laboratory;
• Good writing skills in English;
• Excellent project and time management; 
• Bring professionalism, discipline and proactivity to work in a multi-disciplinary team.

What we offer

• Students have the opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary & international scientific environment, benefiting from diverse exchanges with other students and scientists in and across the department;
• An environment allowing further training in a variety of health-related domains, fostering the acquisition of horizontal skills around presentation & communication skills, scientific English, protocol development, data evaluation, and training in Nutrition.
• A close link to lab’ experiments, data analysis and scientific data analysis. 

Gender Equality

The LIH is an equal opportunities employer. We are fully committed to removing any discriminatory barrier related to gender, and not only, in recruitment and career progression of our staff. The LIH is attentive to gender representation among its leadership staff and aims to eliminate obstacles to the recruitment and promotion of female leaders and their career development.