Translational Research of Today,
Standard Care of Tomorrow
Unleashing the Full Potential of Breath Metabolomics to Advance Precision Medicine

Generate HYPOTHESIS

design the experiment

measure

analyze

validate
ONGOING PROJECTS

DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR REPRODUCIBLE REAL-TIME BREATH ANALYSIS
In this project we develop the necessary procedures to ensure the highest data quality possible, enabling multi-center studies.

THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING GUIDED BY BREATH ANALYSIS

DECIPHERING THE IMPACT OF AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURE FOR THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTIOUS RESPIRATORY DISEASES BY BREATH ANALYSIS
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Group Members

Zhihong Yin
PhD Candidate




Former Group Members

Dr. Nachelli Malpica
Master student
PROJECTS
> Development of Standard Operating Procedures for Reproducible Offline Breath Analysis

Dr. Malena Maira Gwerder, MD
PhD Candidate
PROJECTS
> Bern Basel Infant Lung Development (BILD) cohort
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> Assistant Pediatric Doctor at Universitäts-Kinderspital beider Basel (UKBB) in Basel, Switzerland

Dr. Mo Awchi
PhD Candidate
PROJECTS
> Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Guided by Breath Analysis
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> Senior Operational Specialist at Lonza in Basel, Switzerland

Isabel Gonzalez
Lead Study Nurse


Moor de Waal
Student Assistant

Dr. Amanda Gisler
PhD Student
PROJECTS
> Development of Standard Operating Procedures for Reproducible Real-Time Breath Analysis
> Deciphering the Impact of Air Pollution Exposure for the Respiratory System
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> Member of the management board at LUSTAT Statistics in Lucerne, Switzerland

Dr. Noemi Künstle, MD
PhD Candidate
PROJECTS
> Differences in markers of oxidative stress response, autophagy, cellular senescence and remodeling in cord blood in preterm infants compared to term infants and their correlation with air pollution and lung function


Dr. Kim Fabienne Arnold
PhD Student
PROJECTS
> Rapid Diagnosis of Infectious Respiratory Diseases by Breath Analysis
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> Medical Affairs Manager at Biomed AG in Dübendorf , Switzerland
Mass Spectrometry Research at the Laboratory for Organic Chemistry, ETH Zurich
AUTHORS: K Barylyuk, V Frankevich, AJ Ibáñez, PML Sinues, R ZenobiJOURNAL INFO: CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry 68 (3), 119-123YEAR: 2014LINK...
Real-Time Analysis of Trace Ambient Vapors by Secondary Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry
AUTHORS: P SinuesJOURNAL INFO: ETH ZurichYEAR: 2014LINK https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/handle/20.500.11850/210783
Gesellschaftsnachrichten/Informations de la Société
AUTHORS: A van Breda, JT Annema, MB von Bartheld, SM Choi, J Lee, YS Park, ...JOURNAL INFO: Respiration 87 (4), 352-352YEAR: 2014LINK...
Real-time detection of chemical warfare agent simulants in forensic samples using active capillary plasma ionization with benchtop and field-deployable mass spectrometers
AUTHORS: M Dumlao, PML Sinues, M Nudnova, R ZenobiJOURNAL INFO: Analytical Methods 6 (11), 3604-3609YEAR: 2014LINK https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2014/ay/c4ay00303a
Breath analysis in real time by mass spectrometry in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
AUTHORS: PML Sinues, L Meier, C Berchtold, M Ivanov, N Sievi, G Camen, M Kohler, ...JOURNAL INFO: Respiration 87 (4), 301-310YEAR: 2014LINK https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/357785
Journal of Breath Research
AUTHORS: JD Pleil, PML Sinues, E Landoni, R Miceli, VF Dibari, M Dugo, R Agresti, ...JOURNAL INFO: YEAR: 2013LINK https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1752-7155/7/4/040201/pdf
Human breath analysis supports the existence of individual phenotypes
AUTHORS: PML Sinues, R Zenobi, M KohlerJOURNAL INFO: European Respiratory Journal 42 (Suppl 57)YEAR: 2013LINK https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/42/Suppl_57/P1270.short
Analysis of the exhalome: a diagnostic tool of the future
AUTHORS: PML Sinues, R Zenobi, M KohlerJOURNAL INFO: Chest 144 (3), 746-749YEAR: 2013LINK https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012369213605899
P280 Human Breath Analysis Supports the Existence of Individual Phenotypes
AUTHORS: P Sinues, R Zenobi, M KohlerJOURNAL INFO: Respiration 85 (6)YEAR: 2013LINK https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/42/Suppl_57/P1270
Human breath analysis may support the existence of individual metabolic phenotypes
AUTHORS: P Martinez-Lozano Sinues, M Kohler, R ZenobiJOURNAL INFO: PloS one 8 (4), e59909YEAR: 2013LINK https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/42/Suppl_57/P1270.short
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