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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Research Group
Members

Prof. Dr. Pablo Sinues Ph.D.
Head of Translational Medicine Research Group


Mélina Richard
Lead Research Coordinator, Research Associate
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PROJECTS
> Placebolomics; Breath Metabolomics of Placebo Effects
> Breath Metabolomics of Pain and Stress

Jiafa Zeng
PhD Candidate
PROJECTS

Mo Awchi
PhD Candidate
PROJECTS

Zhihong Yin
PhD Candidate
PROJECTS

Noemi Künstle
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. JAKOB USEMANN, M.D. Ph.D.
Resident Physician, Postdoctoral Research Fellow


Former Group Members

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
The Effect of CPAP Withdrawal on Exhaled Breath in Obstructive Sleep Apnea-A Randomized Controlled Trial: 26
AUTHORS: E Schwarz, ML Sinues, L Bregy, T Gaisl, M Gaugg, ...JOURNAL INFO: Respiration 89 (5), 450-451YEAR: 2015LINK...
Rapid Discrimination betweenStreptococcus Pneumoniaeand OtherStreptococciby Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Volatile Metabolites: P141
AUTHORS: ML Sinues, L Bregy, R Zenobi, R Zbinden, M KohlerJOURNAL INFO: Respiration 89 (5), 491-492YEAR: 2015LINK...
Identification of 2-alkenals, 4-hydroxy-2-alkenals, and 4-hydroxy-2, 6-alkadienals in exhaled breath condensate by UHPLC-HRMS and in breath by real-time HRMS
AUTHORS: D García-Gómez, P Martínez-Lozano Sinues, C Barrios-Collado, ...JOURNAL INFO: Analytical chemistry 87 (5), 3087-3093YEAR: 2015LINK https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ac504796p
Circadian variation of the human metabolome captured by real-time breath analysis
AUTHORS: P Martinez-Lozano Sinues, L Tarokh, X Li, M Kohler, SA Brown, R Zenobi, ...JOURNAL INFO: PloS one 9 (12), e114422YEAR: 2014LINK https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0114422
Ion mobility spectrometry coupled to laser-induced fluorescence for probing the electronic structure and conformation of gas-phase ions
AUTHORS: VE Frankevich, KV Barylyuk, PML Sinues, R ZenobiJOURNAL INFO: Journal of Analytical Chemistry 69 (13), 1215-1219YEAR: 2014LINK https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1134/S106193481413005X.pdf
Rapid identification of bacteria in blood cultures by mass-spectrometric analysis of volatiles
AUTHORS: C Ballabio, S Cristoni, G Puccio, M Kohler, MR Sala, P Brambilla, ...JOURNAL INFO: Journal of clinical pathology 67 (8), 743-746YEAR: 2014LINK https://jcp.bmj.com/content/jclinpath/67/8/743.full.pdf
Fingerprinting breast cancer vs. normal mammary cells by mass spectrometric analysis of volatiles
AUTHORS: J He, PML Sinues, M Hollmén, X Li, M Detmar, R ZenobiJOURNAL INFO: Scientific reports 4 (1), 1-6YEAR: 2014LINK https://www.nature.com/articles/srep05196
Rapid Characterization of Oral Bacterial Cultures: P124
AUTHORS: P Sinues, X Li, A Müggler, L Bregy, G Belibasakis, R Zenobi, M Kohler, ...JOURNAL INFO: Respiration 87 (6), 552-553YEAR: 2014LINK...
Determination of Smoking Status by Real-Time Mass Spectrometry: P135
AUTHORS: P Sinues, X Li, N Sievi, R Zenobi, M KohlerJOURNAL INFO: Respiration 87 (6)YEAR: 2014LINK https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/131026/1/ZORA131026.pdf
Real-time breath analysis with active capillary plasma ionization-ambient mass spectrometry
AUTHORS: L Bregy, PML Sinues, MM Nudnova, R ZenobiJOURNAL INFO: Journal of breath research 8 (2), 027102YEAR: 2014LINK https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1752-7155/8/2/027102/pdf
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