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

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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
Former Master Student
PROJECTS
> Development of Standard Operating Procedures for Reproducible Offline Breath Analysis

Dr. Malena Maira Gwerder, MD
Former PhD Candidate
PROJECTS
> Bern Basel Infant Lung Development (BILD) cohort
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> Assistant Pediatric Doctor at UKBB

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

Isabel Gonzalez
Former Lead Study Nurse

Dr. Diego Manuel Baur
Former Postdoctoral Researcher

Moor de Waal
Former Student Assistant

Dr. Amanda Gisler
Former PhD Student
PROJECTS
> Standardizing Real-Time Breath AnalysisÂ
> Impact of Air Pollution on the Respiratory System
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> Management Board Member, LUSTAT Statistics

Fabienne Decrue
Former Responsible Pediatric Doctor
PROJECTS
> Standardisation of Mass Spectrometer Offline Sampling
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> Pediatric Doctor at UKBB

Dr. Noemi Künstle, MD
Former 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. Jiafa Zeng
Former PhD Candidate

Dr. Kim Fabienne Arnold
Former PhD Student
UHPLC-MS/MS-Based Identity Confirmation of Amino Acids Involved in Response to and Side Effects from Antiseizure Medications
AUTHORS: Mo Awchi, Pablo Sinues, Alexandre N. Datta, Diego GarcÃa-Gómez, and Kapil Dev Singh* JOURNAL INFO: Journal of Proteome Research. 2023, 22, 3, 990–995 YEAR: 2023 LINK: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.2c00835
Ambient prenatal air pollution exposure is associated with low cord blood IL-17a in infants
AUTHORS: Olga Gorlanova, Heide Oller, Andrea Marten, Loretta Müller, Jessica Laine-Carmelli, Fabienne Decrue, Yasmin Salem, Danielle Vienneau, Kees de Hoogh, Amanda Gisler, Jakob Usemann, Insa Korten, Sophie Yammine, Uri Nahum, Noemi Künstle, Pablo Sinues, Sven...
Comparison of Plasma Ionization- and Secondary Electrospray Ionization- High-resolution Mass Spectrometry for Real-time Breath Analysis
Comparison of Plasma Ionization- and Secondary Electrospray Ionization- High-resolution Mass Spectrometry for Real-time Breath Analysis AUTHORS: Jiafa Zeng, Alexandra Christen, Kapil Dev Singh, Urs Frey, Pablo Sinues JOURNAL INFO:Â Chimia 2022 YEAR: 2022 LINK:...
Personalized Medicine, Curated Collections
Human Breath Analysis May Support the Existence of Individual Metabolic Phenotypes AUTHORS: Pablo Martinez-Lozano Sinues, Malcolm Kohler, Renato Zenobi JOURNAL INFO:Â PLOS ONE, Curated Collections YEAR: 2022 (2013) LINK:...
In vivo detection of metabolic 2H-incorporation upon ingestion of 2H2O
AUTHORS: Arnold, Kim; Chen, Xing; Zhang, Hui; Singh, Kapil Dev; Yin, Zhihong; Yao, Yao; Luan, Tiangang; Sinues, Pablo*; Li, Xue* JOURNAL INFO: Â Journal of Bio-X Research YEAR: 2022 LINK:...
Rapid Detection of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae by Real-Time Analysis of Volatile Metabolites
AUTHORS: Alejandro Gómez-Mejia, Arnold Kim, Bär Julian, Kapil Dev Singh, Thomas C. Scheier, Silvio D. Brugger, Annelies S. Zinkernagel, Pablo Sinues JOURNAL INFO: iScience YEAR: 2022 LINK: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105080
An Interoperability Framework for Multicentric Breath Metabolomic Studies
AUTHORS: Gisler, Amanda; Singh, Kapil Dev;Â Zeng, Jiafa;Â Osswald, Martin; Awchi, Mo;Â Decrue, Fabienne;Â Schmidt, Felix;Â Sievi, Noriane; Chen, Xing; Usemann, Jakob; Frey, Urs; Kohler, Malcolm; Li, Xue; Sinues, Pablo. JOURNAL INFO: iScience YEAR: 2022 LINK:...
Pollen exposure is associated with risk of respiratory symptoms during the first year of life
AUTHORS: Gisler A, Eeftens M, de Hoogh K, Vienneau D, Salem Y, Yammine S, Jakob J, Gorlanova O, Decrue F, Gehrig R, Frey U, Latzin P, Fuchs O, Usemann J; BILD study group JOURNAL INFO: Allergy. 2022 Mar 18 YEAR: 2022 LINK: https://doi.org/10.1111/all.15284
Combination of Exhaled Breath Analysis with Parallel Lung Function and FeNO Measurements in Infants
AUTHORS: Fabienne Decrue, Kapil Dev Singh, Amanda Gisler, Mo Awchi, Jiafa Zeng, Jakob Usemann, Urs Frey, Pablo Sinues. JOURNAL INFO: Anal. Chem. 2021, 93, 47, 15579–15583 YEAR: 2021 LINK: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02036
Real-Time Monitoring of Metabolism during Exercise by Exhaled Breath
AUTHORS: Osswald M, Kohlbrenner D, Nowak N, Spörri J, Sinues P, Nieman D, Sievi NA, Scherr J, Kohler M. JOURNAL INFO:  Metabolites. 2021; 11(12):856. YEAR: 2021 LINK: https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo11120856
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