School of Medicine

Dr Emilie Combet Aspray

  • Lecturer in Nutrition (Human Nutrition)

telephone: 01412010768
email: Emilie.CombetAspray@glasgow.ac.uk



Profile

Emilie graduated from the Université Claude Bernard in Lyon, France (DUT Biological Sciences, 2000) and Coventry University as an ERASMUS direct entrant (BSc. Biological Sciences, 2001). She gained her PhD (2005) in Biological Sciences after training at Warwick University’s Horticulture Research Centre in collaboration with Coventry University, working mainly on lipid oxidative pathways and flavour biosynthesis. Her first post-doctoral position at the University of Glasgow focused on the interplay between dietary nitrate and antioxidants in the formation of nitrosamines in the stomach; she then worked as a research associate on a project investigating urinary phenolic acids as biomarkers of disease and fruits and vegetables consumption. She recently joined Human Nutrition at Glasgow to expand her research and contribute to the curriculum.

Research

Emilie’s research interests currently focus on the impact of dietary phytochemical in health and disease, oxidative and nitrosative stresses in relation to human nutrition and inflammation as well as the role of gender, ageing and nutrition in inflammation, immune senescence and tumour development. She contributes to the Gut, Food and Metabolism Research Group and the Diet and Chronic Disease Translational Research Group .

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Number of items: 12.

2013

Vlassopoulos, A., Lean, M.E.J., and Combet Aspray, E. (2013) Role of oxidative stress in physiological albumin glycation: a neglected interaction. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 60 . pp. 318-324. ISSN 0891-5849 (doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.03.010)

Lean, M.I.F.A., Lean, M.E.J., Yajnik, C.S., Bhat, D., Joshi, S.M., Raut, D.A., Lubree, H.G., and Combet, E. (2013) Iodine status during pregnancy in India and related neonatal and infant outcomes. Public Health Nutrition . ISSN 1368-9800 (In Press)

Mullen, W., Nemzer, B., Stalmach, A., Sidrah, A., and Combet, E. (2013) The polyphenolic and hydroxycinnamate contents of whole coffee fruits from China, India and Mexico. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry . ISSN 0021-8561 (doi:10.1021/jf4003126) (In Press)

2012

Edwards, C., Garcia, A., and Combet, E. (2012) Colonic metabolism of bioactive molecules; potential impact of dietary fiber. In: Cho, S. and Almeida, N. (eds.) Dietary Fiber and Health. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 209-234. ISBN 9781439899298

2011

Combet, E., Lean, M.E.J., Boyle, J.G., Crozier, A., and Davidson, D.F. (2011) Dietary flavonols contribute to false-positive elevation of homovanillic acid, a marker of catecholamine-secreting tumours. Clinica Chimica Acta, 412 (1-2). pp. 165-169. ISSN 0009-8981 (doi:10.1016/j.cca.2010.09.037)

Mullen, W., Nemzer, B., Ou, B., Stalmach, A., Hunter, J., Clifford, M.N., and Combet, E. (2011) The antioxidant and chlorogenic acid profiles of whole coffee fruits are influenced by the extraction procedures. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 59 (8). pp. 3754-3762. ISSN 0021-8561 (doi:10.1021/jf200122m)

2010

Combet, E., El Mesmari, A., Preston, T., Crozier, A., and McColl, K.E.L. (2010) Dietary phenolic acids and ascorbic acid: influence on acid-catalyzed nitrosative chemistry in the presence and absence of lipids. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 48 (6). pp. 763-771. ISSN 0891-5849 (doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2009.12.011)

Combet, E., Preston, T., and McColl, K. (2010) Development of an in vitro system combining aqueous and lipid phases as a tool to understand gastric nitrosation. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 24 (5). pp. 529-534. ISSN 0951-4198 (doi:10.1002/rcm.4388)

Larbi, A., Cabreiro, F., Zelba, H., Marthandan, S., Combet, E., Friguet, B., Petropoulos, I., Barnett, Y., and Pawelec, G. (2010) Reduced oxygen tension results in reduced human T cell proliferation and increased intracellular oxidative damage and susceptibility to apoptosis upon activation. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 48 (1). pp. 26-34. ISSN 0891-5849 (doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2009.09.025)

2009

Combet, E., Henderson, J., Eastwood, D.C., and Burton, K.S. (2009) Influence of Sporophore Development, Damage, Storage, and Tissue Specificity on the Enzymic Formation of Volatiles in Mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 57 (9). pp. 3709-3717. ISSN 0021-8561

Larbi, A., Combet Aspray, E., Pawelec, G., and Fulop, T. (2009) Effect of intrinsic and extrinsic lipids on T-cell signalling. In: Fulop, T. (ed.) Handbook on Immunosenescence. Springer, p. 1437. ISBN 9781402090622

2007

Combet, E., Paterson, S., Iijima, K., Winter, J., Mullen, W., Crozier, A., Preston, T., and McColl, K.E.L. (2007) Fat transforms ascorbic acid from inhibiting to promoting acid-catalysed N-nitrosation. Gut, 56 . pp. 1678-1684. ISSN 0017-5749 (doi:10.1136/gut.2007.128587)

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Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

  • Unravelling the impact of dietary iodine exposure on brain structures and cognition in the elderly: a study on a large Scottish cohort
    Heriot Watt University
    2013 - 2013
     
  • Bioavailability of Olive Oil phenolics and impact of high olive oil consumption on proteomic markers
    University of Lisbon
    2012 - 2013
     
  • Seaweed as a dietary supplement to address iodine deficiency in UK females: a feasibility study
    Technology Strategy Board (TSB)
    2012 - 2012
     
  • 'Nutritional Care of People Affected by Cancer' Education Programme Evaluation
    MacMillan Cancer Support
    2010 - 2011
     
  • A novel benchtop model to simultaneously study the impact of dietary polyphenols on colonic microbiota and enterocytes
    Royal Society
    2010 - 2011
     
  • Inter-individual variations in the colonic metabolism of flavonols
    Tenovus-Scotland
    2010 - 2012
     
  • Prevalence of low and marginal iodine status in women of child-bearing age and influence of goitrogen-rich food intake
    Yorkhill Children's Foundation
    2010 - 2011