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Yemisi  Latunde-Dada

Dr Yemisi Latunde-Dada

Senior Lecturer

Research interests

  • Nutrition

Biography

Dr Yemisi Latunde-Dada is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nutritional Sciences. Her research interests focus on iron nutrition, metabolism and molecular biology. Specifically, as a member of the Metal Metabolism Research Group, she was involved in the characterisation of iron metabolism genes and proteins in the mammalian system. The group has contributed immensely to the global understanding of iron transport and metabolism. Three key genes Dcytb, coding for a ferric reductase, Ireg1, for a basolateral iron transporter, and HCP1 for a haem carrier protein were isolated and their protein products characterized and functionally analysed. Her interest in iron metabolism research includes studies on the anaemia of chronic kidney disease and evaluation of iron and cancer interactions. Her research has also been on the bioavailability of iron nano-compounds and amino acid iron chelates in cell culture and animal studies. She is a member of a collaborative group currently studying the bioavailability of iron and zinc from wheat in human subjects. She has recently commenced studies on ferroptosis, a form of programmed cell death akin to apoptosis, that is induced by iron and lipid peroxidation. She is an Editor for the Nutrient Journal and a Review Editor for Frontiers in Pharmacology. She is a Registered Nutritionist, and a member of the Nutrition Society, the American Society for Nutrition, the Biochemical Society, the European Iron Club and the International BIOIRON Society.

    Research

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    Physiological Oxygen Laboratory

    Cardiovascular - Physiological Oxygen Laboratory

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    Innovation for Safe and Sustainable Food, Nutrition and Health

    This Research Interest Group on Innovation for Safe and Sustainable Food, Nutrition and Health provides a unique opportunity for the King’s research community to address the challenges of sustainable food development.

    Nutrition 101
    Phytochemicals

    Phytochemicals are plant secondary metabolites. Currently, more than 10000 different types of phytochemicals have been identified, and many still remain unknown.

    MYM Food Sustainability
    Bioaccesibility & bioavailability of nutrients and bioactives

    Iron deficiency (ID) and iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) are global problems that affect more than 2 billion people accounting for 0.8 million deaths annually worldwide. Consequently, sustainable food-based approaches are being advocated to increase the intake of foods with high iron content and bioavailability.

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    Mineral nutrition and metabolism

    Since trace elements are involved in virtually all biological processes, biometals research is relevant and can be applied across the areas of biomedical and health research.

      Research

      heart 2
      Physiological Oxygen Laboratory

      Cardiovascular - Physiological Oxygen Laboratory

      bread-hero
      Innovation for Safe and Sustainable Food, Nutrition and Health

      This Research Interest Group on Innovation for Safe and Sustainable Food, Nutrition and Health provides a unique opportunity for the King’s research community to address the challenges of sustainable food development.

      Nutrition 101
      Phytochemicals

      Phytochemicals are plant secondary metabolites. Currently, more than 10000 different types of phytochemicals have been identified, and many still remain unknown.

      MYM Food Sustainability
      Bioaccesibility & bioavailability of nutrients and bioactives

      Iron deficiency (ID) and iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) are global problems that affect more than 2 billion people accounting for 0.8 million deaths annually worldwide. Consequently, sustainable food-based approaches are being advocated to increase the intake of foods with high iron content and bioavailability.

      gut and metabolic health 1903x558
      Mineral nutrition and metabolism

      Since trace elements are involved in virtually all biological processes, biometals research is relevant and can be applied across the areas of biomedical and health research.