Suyun Choi’s review on phytic acid, covering its hydrolysis, transport, and metabolism through a nutrigenetic and nutrigenomic lens, is published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Research.

Evelyn Nathania gave an oral presentation on the PPCDC-associated genetic variant’s role in zinc regulation.

Sangyong presented on the role of sodium-myo-inositol transporter 1 in zinc accumulation at the International Society of Zinc Biology meeting in Merida, Mexico.

Carolina Logrono presented at the Allied Health Sciences Honors Student Research Forum on a PPCDC SNP and its effect on zinc homeostasis and gene expression in HepG2 cells.

Sangyong has joined the editorial board of Nutrition Reviews.

Lori Huang has joined the lab as a 4+1 student in Nutritional Sciences.

Funding from the UConn Health Pepper Center supports work on zinc-associated SNPs and zinc deficiency susceptibility in aging populations, drawing on UK Biobank analysis and molecular genetics.

New USDA funding supports our work on the inhibitory effects of myo-inositol on zinc balance and absorption.

Closing out her Bridging the Gap summer, Carolina Logrono presented on the dose-dependent effects of zinc supplementation on tissue mineral content and homeostasis in C57BL/6J mice.

Sangyong presented on intestinal zinc homeostasis under dietary zinc variation in mice at the American Society for Nutrition Annual Meeting.