Food contaminants and residue analysis laboratory - LABERCA
Director - Professor Bruno LE BIZEC
Contact : bruno.lebizec(at)oniris-nantes.fr or laberca(at)oniris-nantes.fr
Key words
Food safety / Chemical hazards / Risk analysis / Body burden / Metabolomics / Persistent organic pollutants / Migrants / Endocrine disrupting substances / Anabolic substances
Research thematics
Study of transfer and biotransformation of chemical contaminants from environment to human through the food chain
- Study of the metabolism of chemical hazards in humans and animals
- Study of the behavior and fate of contaminants through the food chain<//span>
Study of the biological signature characterising the effects caused by exposure to a chemical hazards
- Studies of contamination profiles (relative proportions of different chemical pollutants)
- Studies of metabolic profiling (targeted and quantitative measures of a set of endogenous metabolites)
- Metabolomic studies (non-targeted chemical phenotypes, i.e. metabolic profiles/fingerprints)
Use of metabolites and biomarkers for characterization of human exposure to chemical contaminants
- Hazard identification and characterization
- Assessment of food exposure
- Determination of internal exposure (body burden)
- Contribution to the risk characterization
- Support to public authorities
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