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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


Malena Maira Gwerder, MD
PhD Candidate


Diego Manuel Baur
Postdoc


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

Former Group Members

Noemi Künstle, MD, PhD
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

Jiafa Zeng, PhD
PhD Candidate


Amanda Gisler, PhD
PROJECTS
> Development of Standard Operating Procedures for Reproducible Real-Time Breath Analysis
> Deciphering the Impact of Air Pollution Exposure for the Respiratory System

Kim Fabienne Arnold, PhD

Real-time breath analysis reveals specific metabolic signatures of COPD exacerbations
AUTHORS: MT Gaugg, Y Nussbaumer-Ochsner, L Bregy, A Engler, N Stebler, T Gaisl, ...JOURNAL INFO: Chest 156 (2), 269-276YEAR: 2019LINK https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012369219300625
Standardization procedures for real-time breath analysis by secondary electrospray ionization high-resolution mass spectrometry
AUTHORS: KD Singh, G Tancev, F Decrue, J Usemann, R Appenzeller, P Barreiro, ...JOURNAL INFO: Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry 411 (19), 4883-4898YEAR: 2019LINK https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00216-019-01764-8
Real-time breath analysis of antiepileptic drugs
AUTHORS: KD Singh, V Ziesenitz, J Usemann, U Frey, J van den Anker, A Datta, ...JOURNAL INFO: Archives of Disease in Childhood 104 (6), e55-e55YEAR: 2019LINK https://adc.bmj.com/content/archdischild/104/6/e55.1.full.pdf
Progress towards Therapeutic Drug Monitoring via breath analysis
AUTHORS: KD Singh, V Ziesenitz, J Usemann, J Van Den Anker, U Frey, ...JOURNAL INFO: Archives of Disease in Childhood 104 (6), e9-e9YEAR: 2019LINK https://adc.bmj.com/content/archdischild/104/6/e9.2.full.pdf
Molecular breath analysis supports altered amino acid metabolism in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
AUTHORS: MT Gaugg, A Engler, L Bregy, Y Nussbaumer‐Ochsner, L Eiffert, ...JOURNAL INFO: Respirology 24 (5), 437-444YEAR: 2019LINK https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/resp.13465
Real-time monitoring of tricarboxylic acid metabolites in exhaled breath
AUTHORS: A Tejero Rioseras, KD Singh, N Nowak, MT Gaugg, T Bruderer, R Zenobi, ...JOURNAL INFO: Analytical chemistry 90 (11), 6453-6460YEAR: 2018LINK https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04600
Real-time exhaled breath analysis in patients with cystic fibrosis and controls
AUTHORS: T Gaisl, L Bregy, N Stebler, MT Gaugg, T Bruderer, D García-Gómez, ...JOURNAL INFO: Journal of breath research 12 (3), 036013YEAR: 2018LINK https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1752-7163/aab7fd/pdf
Translating secondary electrospray ionization–high-resolution mass spectrometry to the clinical environment
AUTHORS: KD Singh, GV Del Miguel, MT Gaugg, AJ Ibañez, R Zenobi, M Kohler, ...JOURNAL INFO: Journal of breath research 12 (2), 027113YEAR: 2018LINK https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1752-7163/aa9ee3/pdf
Real-time mass spectrometric identification of metabolites characteristic of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in exhaled breath
AUTHORS: L Bregy, Y Nussbaumer-Ochsner, PML Sinues, D García-Gómez, Y Suter, ...JOURNAL INFO: Clinical Mass Spectrometry 7, 29-35YEAR: 2018LINK https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2376999817300405
Rapid fingerprinting of grape volatile composition using secondary electrospray ionization orbitrap mass spectrometry: A preliminary study of grape ripening
AUTHORS: RR Farrell, J Fahrentrapp, D García-Gómez, PML Sinues, R ZenobiJOURNAL INFO: Food Control 81, 107-112YEAR: 2017LINK https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956713517302037
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