Grant: Canada Research Chairs
University of Alberta
$100,000.00
Plant Protein, Structure Function and Nutraceutical Delivery
FY 2023-24
Summary
The Chairholder's research will integrate molecular strategy and emerging food technologies to address challenges towards the development of sustainable plant protein supplies from Canadian crop resources. Building on the established spectroscopic and nanoscopic techniques, the research will develop new functional building elements from plant proteins, and elucidate how these basic building elements assemble into higher-order structures with new or improved functionalities, and how they break down in the gut. The generated knowledge will be applied to develop high protein foods of desirable sensory and nutritive quality and efficient delivery systems of bioactive molecules to improve human health and well-being.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2019-00243
Name nom
Chen, Lingyun
Department département
Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science - University of Alberta
Organization id
9
Institution établissement
University of Alberta
Province en
Alberta
Province fr
Alberta
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2023
Competition year année de concours
2019
Award amount
100000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
DISCOVERY RESEARCH
Group fr
RECHERCHE AXÉE SUR LA DÉCOUVERTE
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
10000
Research subject group en
The field of research available
Research subject group fr
The field of research available
Research subject en
Le domaine de recherche disponible
Research subject fr
Le domaine de recherche disponible
Field of research list codes
RDF40402
Field of research list names en
Food sciences (including food engineering)
Field of research list names fr
Sciences de l'alimentation (y compris le génie de l'alimentation)
Application title
Plant Protein, Structure Function and Nutraceutical Delivery
Keyword
Plant protein
structure-function properties
protein networks
delivery system
functional foods
Application summary
The Chairholder's research will integrate molecular strategy and emerging food technologies to address challenges towards the development of sustainable plant protein supplies from Canadian crop resources. Building on the established spectroscopic and nanoscopic techniques, the research will develop new functional building elements from plant proteins, and elucidate how these basic building elements assemble into higher-order structures with new or improved functionalities, and how they break down in the gut. The generated knowledge will be applied to develop high protein foods of desirable sensory and nutritive quality and efficient delivery systems of bioactive molecules to improve human health and well-being.
