Nathalie Juge

Research Leader

Research Area: Integrated Biology of GI Tract

Contact Details:

Institute of Food Research,
Norwich Research Park,
Colney, Norwich,
NR4 7UA
UK
nathalie.juge@bbsrc.ac.uk

Research interests

• Research area: the role of mucus in intestinal host-bacteria homeostasis
• Special interests:  structure-function studies of (1) bacterial adhesins involved in mucus regognition and protein-glycan interactions (2) glycosidases involved in oligo- and polysaccharides and mucus-degradation (3) the colonic mucus layer (expression, thickness, glycosylation) during ageing or gut-related diseases
• Member of the editorial advisory board of current enzyme inhibition
• Representative on the management committee of Cost action 928 on "the control and exploitation of enzymes for added-value food production (2006-2010)
• Participating Investigator of the Consortium for Functional Glycomics
• Steering Committee member of Glycosciences in Norwich- GlycoNOW
• Scientific organisor of the Royal Society Chemistry Carbohydrate Group Meeting- Sugars in Norwich, 15-16 Sept 2009, IFR, Norwich and the 5th European Symposium on Enzymes in Grain Processing held in Norwich 31 March-2nd April 2008.