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    Monika Pischetsrieder

    Prof. Dr. Monika Pischetsrieder

    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65592
    • Email: monika.pischetsrieder@fau.de
    • Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/chair-of-food-chemistry/
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    Curriculum vitae Monika Pischetsrieder

    Christine Meißner

    Christine Meißner, M.A.

    Secretary/Office for Student Affairs - Food Chemistry
    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65593
    • Email: christine.meissner@fau.de
    • Website: https://www.chemie.nat.fau.de/department/lehrstuehle/lebensmittelchemie/
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    Christine Meißner

    Christine Meißner, M.A.

    Secretary/Office for Student Affairs - Food Chemistry
    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65593
    • Email: christine.meissner@fau.de
    • Website: https://www.chemie.nat.fau.de/department/lehrstuehle/lebensmittelchemie/
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    Sevim Dalabasmaz

    Dr. rer. nat. Sevim Dalabasmaz

    Project coordinator, Independent researcher
    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65390
    • Email: sevim.dalabasmaz@fau.de
    • Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/chair-of-food-chemistry/
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    Sabrina Gensberger-Reigl

    Dr. rer. nat. Sabrina Gensberger-Reigl

    Akad. Oberrätin
    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65600
    • Email: sabrina.gensberger@fau.de
    • Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/chair-of-food-chemistry/
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    Wolfgang Utz

    Dr. Wolfgang Utz

    Akad. Direktor
    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65599
    • Email: wolfgang.utz@fau.de
    • Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/chair-of-food-chemistry/
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    Hannah Zenker

    Dr. Hannah Zenker

    Junior group leader of Food Safety and Quality Group
    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str.10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65604
    • Email: hannah.zenker@fau.de
    • Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/chair-of-food-chemistry/
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    Following her Food Chemistry studies at  Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Hannah Zenker obtained her PhD degree from Wageningen University & Research in October 2020, where she worked in the Food Quality and Design Group of Prof. Vincenzo Fogliano. During her PhD she investigated the effect of heating on the immunogenicity and digestion of cow’s milk proteins together with Prof. Harry Wichers, Prof. Kasper Hettinga, and Dr. Malgozarta Teodorowicz.

    After her PhD studies, she conducted a 6-month postdoctoral project on protein glycation and oxidation of plant-based meat analogues together with Prof. Anja Janssen, Prof. Julia Keppler, and Prof Guido Bosch at Wageningen University & Research.

    Having obtained personal funding from the scholarship program ”Promotion of Equal Opportunities for Women in Research and Teaching’ (FFL)”, she moved to the Chair of Food Chemistry at FAU as a postdoctoral researcher and worked on the role of Maillard Reaction-induced modifications of digestion-derived peptides on the activation of dendritic cells.

    In December 2024, she started as a Junior group leader of the Food Safety and Quality Group at the Chair of Food Chemistry.

    Research focus

    Hannah Zenker’s research focuses on the immunomodulation of food proteinaceous compounds and food processing-induced modifications. Her research combines the identification of native and processing-induced structural motifs that affect the sensitization of immune cells to food proteins with digestibility evaluation. Next to this, her interest expands towards the effect of early allergen exposure via human breast milk on allergic sensitization.

    Her vision is to establish untargeted analytical approaches to identify immunomodulatory structures both before and after gastrointestinal digestion to substantially improve the allergy risk assessment of novel food proteins.

    Identification of sequential epitopes from food allergens

    In a recently funded project, the immunopeptidome of food allergens will be characterized. Next to the basic analytical characterization, the effect of food processing on the immunopeptidome will be investigated and correlated to the effect on allergic sensitization.

    Characterization of gastrointestinal digests from food allergens

    The main route of food allergen exposure is via the gastrointestinal tract. The molecules present at the different time points of gastrointestinal digestion and the different physiological conditions throughout adolescence are not fully characterized. Hence, analytical methods are established to obtain a comprehensive picture of the gastrointestinal digests of food allergens with the focus on protein and peptides analysis via LC-MS and LC-MS/MS approaches.

    Food allergens in human breast milk

    Funded by the women’s faculty price of FAU Faculty of Sciences, a new research line was started that focuses on the exposure of infants to food allergens via human breast milk. A central aspect is the identification of the form in which food allergens are present in human breast milk and in which form they encounter the mucosal immune system of the infant.

    Vom Darm zur Muttermilch – Molekulare Struktur von Lebensmittelallergenen in der Muttermilch

    Die Nachwuchsgruppe für Lebensmittelsicherheit -und qualität sucht ab sofort Probandinnen jeden Alters, die aktuell stillen.

    Was ist das Ziel?

    Inhaltsstoffe von Lebensmitteln, die wir während der Stillzeit essen, können in die Muttermilch übergehen. Das kennen wir von Alkohol. Ähnlich kann es aber auch bei Lebensmittelallergenen sein. Das muss nicht zwingend schlecht sein. Es kann deinem Baby möglicherweise sogar helfen Toleranz gegen Lebensmittelproteine zu entwickeln, die oft auch als Allergene wirken können.

    Wir wollen wissen, wie diese Allergene in der Muttermilch vorliegen und was mit ihnen passiert, wenn Säuglinge sie über die Muttermilch aufnehmen. Denn Lebensmittelallergene sind sehr oft Proteine, die bei ihrem Weg durch unseren Körper umgewandelt werden können.

    Wenn wir das gut verstehen können wir auch besser begreifen, ob und warum eine Exposition mit Lebensmittelallergenen die Immunantwort des Säuglings beeinflussen kann.

    Was wird gemacht?

    1. Wir laden dich zu einer Online-Sitzung ein.
    2. Vor der Online-Sitzung bekommst du von uns einen kurzen Fragebogen.
    3. Eine Woche vor dem Studientag verzichtest du auf Erdnüsse und Lebensmittel, in denen Erdnüsse enthalten sind.
    4. Am Studientag kommst du zu uns und gibst eine Muttermilchprobe ab. Alternativ kannst du die Milch auch zu Hause abpumpen und die Milch von uns abholen lassen.
    5. Wir bitten dich 25 g Erdnüsse zu essen.
    6. Nach einer Stunde und drei Stunden gibst du eine weitere Muttermilchprobe ab.

    Grafik über den Verlauf der StudienteilnahmeWie viel Zeit solltest du einplanen?

    • Die Online-Sitzung dauert ca. 15 Minuten.
    • Der Besuch bei uns dauert ca. 4 Stunden.

    Wer kann teilnehmen?

    Stillende, deren Kind 3-10 Monate alt ist.

    Gibt es Ausschlusskriterien?

    • Stillende, die eine Allergie auf Erdnüsse haben, sind von der Studie ausgeschlossen.
    • Auch dein Kind sollte keine allergische Reaktion gezeigt haben, wenn du in der Stillzeit Erdnüsse gegessen hast.

    Gibt es eine Vergütung?

    Wir übernehmen die Anfahrtskosten von deinem Wohnort zum Ort der Studie. Maximal aber 50 €.

    Wo findet es statt?

    Lehrstuhl für Lebensmittelchemie
    Friedrich-Alexander Universität in Erlangen
    Nikolaus-Fiebiger Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen

    Wer leitet die Studie?

    Die Studie wird von Dr. Hannah Zenker geleitet. Dr. Zenker leitet seit Dezember 2024 die Nachwuchsgruppe für Lebensmittelsicherheit und -qualität. Sie hat selbst zwei Kinder und beschäftigt sich bereits seit Beginn ihrer wissenschaftlichen Karriere mit Lebensmittelallergien.

    Noch Fragen?

    Schreib uns gerne eine E-Mail an hannah.zenker@fau.de

    2025

    • Gensberger-Reigl S., Zenker H.:
      Detection of intact bovine milk proteins after simulated gastrointestinal infant digestion using UHPLC − HRMS
      In: Food Chemistry 465 (2025), Article No.: 142034
      ISSN: 0308-8146
      DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.142034

    2024

    • Liu J., Gensberger-Reigl S., Zenker H., Schichtl TM., Utz W., Pischetsrieder M.:
      Regioselective analysis of heat-induced conformational changes of β-lactoglobulin by quantitative liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis of chemical labeling kinetics
      In: Food Chemistry 460 (2024), Article No.: 140716
      ISSN: 0308-8146
      DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.140716

    2022

    • Noriega DB., Zenker H., Croes CA., Ewaz A., Ruinemans-Koerts J., Savelkoul HFJ., Van Neerven RJJ., Teodorowicz M.:
      Receptor Mediated Effects of Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) on Innate and Adaptative Immunity: Relevance for Food Allergy
      In: Nutrients 14 (2022)
      ISSN: 2072-6643
      DOI: 10.3390/nu14020371
    • Wehrmaker AM., Zenker H., De Groot W., Sanders M., Van Der Goot AJ., Janssen AEM., Keppler J., Bosch G.:
      Amino Acid Modifications During the Production (Shearing, Sterilization) of Plant-Based Meat Analogues: An Explorative Study Using Pet Food Production as an Example
      In: ACS Food Science & Technology (2022)
      ISSN: 2692-1944
      DOI: 10.1021/acsfoodscitech.2c00242

    2021

    • Teodorowicz M., Zenker HE., Ewaz A., Tsallis T., Mauser A., Gensberger-Reigl S., de Jong NW., Hettinga KA., Wichers HJ., van Neerven RJ., Savelkoul HF.:
      Enhanced Uptake of Processed Bovine β-Lactoglobulin by Antigen Presenting Cells: Identification of Receptors and Implications for Allergenicity
      In: Molecular Nutrition & Food Research (2021)
      ISSN: 1613-4125
      DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.202000834
    • Zenker HE., Teodorowicz M., Wichers HJ., Hettinga KA.:
      No glycation required: Interference of casein in age receptor binding tests
      In: Foods 10 (2021), Article No.: 1836
      ISSN: 2304-8158
      DOI: 10.3390/foods10081836

    2020

    • Zenker HE., Raupbach J., Boeren S., Wichers HJ., Hettinga KA.:
      The effect of low vs. high temperature dry heating on solubility and digestibility of cow's milk protein
      In: Food Hydrocolloids 109 (2020), Article No.: 106098
      ISSN: 0268-005X
      DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2020.106098
    • Zenker HE., Teodorowicz M., Ewaz A., Joost van Neerven RJ., Savelkoul HF., De Jong NW., Wichers HJ., Hettinga KA.:
      Binding of cml-modified as well as heat-glycated β-lactoglobulin to receptors for ages is determined by charge and hydrophobicity
      In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 (2020), p. 1-16
      ISSN: 1422-0067
      DOI: 10.3390/ijms21124567
    • Zenker HE., Van Lieshout GA., Van Gool MP., Bragt MC., Hettinga KA.:
      Lysine blockage of milk proteins in infant formula impairs overall protein digestibility and peptide release
      In: Food and Function 11 (2020), p. 358-369
      ISSN: 2042-6496
      DOI: 10.1039/c9fo02097g
    • Zenker HE., Wichers HJ., Tomassen MM., Boeren S., De Jong NW., Hettinga KA.:
      Peptide release after simulated infant in vitro digestion of dry heated cow’s milk protein and transport of potentially immunoreactive peptides across the caco-2 cell monolayer
      In: Nutrients 12 (2020), p. 1-24
      ISSN: 2072-6643
      DOI: 10.3390/nu12082483

    2019

    • Zenker HE., Ewaz A., Deng Y., Savelkoul HF., Van Neerven RJ., De Jong N., Wichers HJ., Hettinga KA., Teodorowicz M.:
      Differential effects of dry vs. Wet heating of β-lactoglobulin on formation of sRAGE binding ligands and sIgE epitope recognition
      In: Nutrients 11 (2019), Article No.: 1432
      ISSN: 2072-6643
      DOI: 10.3390/nu11061432

    Within our project related to immunomodulation by food we already collaborate with several national and international researchers from different disciplines. We are always happy to start new collaborations.

    Dr. Jhih-Yi Huang

    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65385
    • Email: jhih-yi.huang@fau.de
    • Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/chair-of-food-chemistry/
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    Eva Beck

    Eva Beck

    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65660
    • Email: eva.m.beck@fau.de
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    Veronika Biwo

    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65393
    • Email: veronika.biwo@fau.de
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    Jule Fiori

    Jule Fiori

    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65395
    • Email: jule.fiori@fau.de
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    Elisa Gardill

    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65396
    • Email: elisa.gardill@fau.de
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    Akram Guenaoui

    Akram Guenaoui, M. Sc.

    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65395
    • Email: akram.guenaoui@fau.de
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    Alina Kupfer

    Alina Kupfer

    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65393
    • Email: alina.kupfer@fau.de
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    Erik Pielert

    Erik T. Pielert

    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65393
    • Email: erik.pielert@fau.de
    • Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/chair-of-food-chemistry_welcome/
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    Lena Riedinger

    Lena Riedinger

    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
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    • Email: lena.riedinger@fau.de
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    Tobias Stopper, M. Sc.

    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65395
    • Email: tobias.stopper@fau.de
    • Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/chair-of-food-chemistry/
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    Yipei Yang, M. Sc.

    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65396
    • Email: yipei.yang@fau.de
    • Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/chair-of-food-chemistry/
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    Andrea Auditore

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    Johannes Hermann

    Johannes Hermann

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    Julia Saller

    Julia Saller

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    Theresa Maria Schichtl

    Theresa Maria Schichtl

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    Joachim Stützer

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    Sammy Venegas

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    Eric Wurm

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    Nora Zenk

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    Vera Abreu

    Dr. Vera Abreu

    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65385
    • Email: vera.g.abreu@fau.de
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    Beatrix Jung

    Beatrix Jung

    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65395
    • Email: beatrix.jung@fau.de
    • Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/chair-of-food-chemistry/
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    Tobias Winter

    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-65472
    • Email: tobias.winter@fau.de
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    Eleonora Yablukova

    Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
    91058 Erlangen
    • Phone number: +49 9131 85-67513
    • Email: eleonora.yablukova@fau.de
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