Christine Feinle-Bisset

University of Adelaide
 
Professor Christine Feinle-Bisset is a research fellow at the University of Adelaide Medical School, President of the Australasian Neurogastroenterology and Motility Association (Australia) and a member of the Rome V Committee on Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction (US). 

Christine’s research is clinical and relates to the impact of nutrients on appetite, gastrointestinal motor and hormone function and perception, in health, obesity and functional dyspepsia. Her deep knowledge of nutrient digestion in the human gastrointestinal tract will be critical in Plants for Space’ program 2.2 to characterise the digestibility of novel plant-based foods and food extracts, generated in programs 1 and 2. This work will have a strong focus on the identification of novel food products that have a high nutritional value, with a focus on optimising digestibility and, thus, metabolic availability to ensure benefits of these products for consumers both on Earth, as well as for optimal nutrition in Space environments

“I could not go to Space without a loaf of home-made wholemeal bread, my hiking boots and Bach’s Französische Suiten played by Andras Schiff”