Welcome to the SinuesLab

Translational Research of Today,
Standard Care of Tomorrow

RESEARCH

Unleashing the Full Potential of Breath Metabolomics to Advance Precision Medicine

Generate HYPOTHESIS

Our interdisciplinary team work coordinately to generate working hypotheses to address our clinical questions

design the experiment

Together with our clinical colleagues we design the right experiment to answer our research questions

measure

We use state-of-the-art high resolution-mass spectrometry to map the exhaled metabolome of our patients

analyze

We use sophisticated bioinformatic tools to decode complex datasets.

validate

Our results are further validated and generate further hypotheses to advance answering our research questions.

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

The objective in this project is to optimize the therapeutic regimen of pediatric patients to maximize efficacy and minimize side effects.

DECIPHERING THE IMPACT OF AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURE FOR THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

In this project we combine air pollution models, state-of-the-art lung function tests and our breath metabolomics approach to better understand the detrimental effects of air pollution exposure in children.

RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTIOUS RESPIRATORY DISEASES BY BREATH ANALYSIS

Our objective is to diagnose infectious diseases, with a focus on pneumonia, by combining our high resolution/high mass accuracy real-time breath analysis technology combined with Artificial Intelligence to provide a positive/negative response within 15 minutes.

News

Call for Abstracts for Metabolomics 2024!

Complete details online: https://www.metabolomics2024.org/abstract-submissions

Deadline for oral abstracts is March 7.

#metabolomics

We had the honor to have a seminar given to our lab by @Patrik_Sp, thank you for the visit and super interesting lecture! #siftms #siftdtms #sesims

The Annual Meeting of the Swiss Metabolomics Society on Sep 15 with @ESchymanski @matejoresic @LF_Nothias etc is approaching!
The program is online, registrations still open, and the deadline for posters is closing soon. Hurry up!
Check https://swiss-metabolomics.ch/annual-meeting/.
@swiss_society

You can sniff with an MS on the air of a dendritic cell culture and detect metabolites! I am super happy to see our novel technique published.

This was a great collaboration with Kim Arnold from the @SinuesLab, spearheaded by Pablo and @MariaLBalmer!

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ABOUT US

Research Group
Members

Prof. Dr. Pablo Sinues Ph.D.
Prof. Dr. Pablo Sinues Ph.D.

Head of Translational Medicine Research Group

+41 617 042 949
Dr. Kapil Dev Singh Ph.D.
Dr. Kapil Dev Singh Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

+41 61 704 29 48

 

Mélina Richard
Mélina Richard

Lead Research Coordinator, Research Associate

+41 61 704 14 11

PROJECTS
> Placebolomics; Breath Metabolomics of Placebo Effects
> Breath Metabolomics of Pain and Stress
Jiafa Zeng
Jiafa Zeng

PhD Candidate

Zhihong Yin
Zhihong Yin

PhD Candidate

Noemi Künstle
Noemi Künstle

PhD Candidate

+41 61 704 19 67 
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.
DR. JAKOB USEMANN, M.D. Ph.D.

Resident Physician, Postdoctoral Research Fellow

+41 61 704 22 91
Isabel Gonzalez
Isabel Gonzalez

Lead Study Nurse

+41 61 704 29 43
+41 61 704 29 42

 

Mana Okada Thommen
Mana Okada Thommen

Study Nurse BILD, EBECA

+41 61 704 10 41
Moor de Waal
Moor de Waal

Administrative Assistant

m.dewaal@unibas.ch
+41 78 269 04 06

 

Former Group Members

Mo Awchi
Mo Awchi

PhD Candidate

Amanda Gisler, PhD
Amanda Gisler, PhD
+41 61 704 27 84
PROJECTS

> Development of Standard Operating Procedures for Reproducible Real-Time Breath Analysis

> Deciphering the Impact of Air Pollution Exposure for the Respiratory System

PUBLICATIONS
SPINOFF

Spin-off company

Deep Breath Intelligence A.G. is a spin-off company of the University of Basel co-founded by Prof. Pablo Sinues.
DBI’s vision is to uncover the full potential of Molecular Breath Analysis to advance precision medicine and make it available for general health care.
COLLABS
FUNDING