Staff Profile:Professor Glenn Gibson

Name:

Professor Glenn Gibson

Job Title:

Professor of Food Microbial Sciences, Head of FMSU Research Group

Responsibilities:

Professor of Food Microbiology, Head of Food Microbial Sciences

Running FMSU and planning/directing research. Controlling research budgets and responsible for overall progress of the Unit. I have also held the positions of Head of Department of Food Biosciences and Research Director. I am responsible for leading a multi-disciplinary research programme in gut microbiology, primarily related to the bacteriology of human health and disease.
I also interact on the Department's teaching and recruitment programmes.

Areas of Interest:

Gut microbiology, probiotics, prebiotics.

Specific research projects on pro/prebiotic mechanisms, the molecular genotyping of gut bacteria, diet and cancer, colonic gas metabolism, the role of gut bacteria in lipid reduction, H2S production, metabolomics of the gut, obesity, autism, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, colorectal cancer, companion animals, farm animals,peptic ulcers and colonic homeostasis are being carried out. The research involves in vitro gut models and controlled volunteer trials.

Research groups / Centres:

Publications:

number of edited books: 8

full research papers:177

review articles: 130

published abstracts: ca.200

patents: 10

Vice President and founder member: International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP)

Member of 3 journal editorial board

Member of 7 advisory panels (chair of 2)

Over 40 external PhD vivas in the UK and overseas since 2001

Over 150 conference lectures since 2001 (25 plenary)

Member of five professional societies