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
Secondary electrospray ionization (SESI) of ambient vapors for explosive detection at concentrations below parts per trillion
AUTHORS: P Martínez-Lozano, J Rus, GF de la Mora, M Hernández, JF de la MoraJOURNAL INFO: Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 20 (2), 287-294YEAR: 2009LINK https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021850209000135
Direct analysis of fatty acid vapors in breath by electrospray ionization and atmospheric pressure ionization-mass spectrometry
AUTHORS: P Martinez-Lozano, F de la Mora JJOURNAL INFO: Anal Chem 80, 8210-8215YEAR: 2008LINK https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ac801185e
Particle Measurement Programme (PMP) Heavy-Duty (HD) Inter-laboratory Exercise Validation exercise tests at JRC (Phase A: Feb’08 and Phase B: June’08)
AUTHORS: B Giechaskiel, P Martinez-Lozano, S Alessandrini, F Forni, F Montigny, ...JOURNAL INFO: YEAR: 2008LINK https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC47083/reqno_jrc47083_pmp_hd_jrc_validation[1].pdf
Electrospray ionization of volatiles in breath
AUTHORS: P Martínez-Lozano, JF de La MoraJOURNAL INFO: International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 265 (1), 68-72YEAR: 2007LINK https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1387380607002254
Experimental tests of a nano-DMA with no voltage change between aerosol inlet and outlet slits
AUTHORS: P Martinez-Lozano, M Labowsky, JF de la MoraJOURNAL INFO: Journal of aerosol science 37 (11), 1629-1642YEAR: 2006LINK https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021850206000292
Resolution improvements of a nano-DMA operating transonically
AUTHORS: P Martínez-Lozano, JF de la MoraJOURNAL INFO: Journal of Aerosol Science 37 (4), 500-512YEAR: 2006LINK https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021850205000972
Clasificadores de iones por movilidad eléctrica de alta resolución
AUTHORS: PML SinuésJOURNAL INFO: Universidad Carlos III de MadridYEAR: 2006LINK https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/29427548.pdf
Effect of acoustic radiation on DMA resolution
AUTHORS: P Marti´ nez-Lozano, JF MoraJOURNAL INFO: Aerosol science and technology 39 (9), 866-870YEAR: 2005LINK https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02786820500295651
Generation of Highly Monodisperse Particles via Electrical Mobility Analysis
AUTHORS: P Martínez-Lozano, E Hontañón, E Ramiro, M Sánchez, C Pérez, ...JOURNAL INFO: Trends in Nanotechnology Conference (TNT2004), Segovia, 13-17YEAR: 2004LINK https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.205.2714&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Numerical Simulation of a High Resolution Nanodma
AUTHORS: E Hontañón, P Martínez-Lozano, J MoraJOURNAL INFO: Journal of Aerosol Science 35, S761-S762YEAR: 2004LINK https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021850219301326?via%3Dihub
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