Stoffer Loman
Nutriclaim, Netherlands
Biography
Stoffer has acquired a BSc-degree in Tropical Agriculture at the Royal Dutch College for Tropical Agriculture (Deventer, the Netherlands) and was trained a Nutritionist (MSc) at Wageningen University (1992) and has obtained his PhD in Medical Sciences/Immunology at the Academic Medical Centre of the University of Amsterdam/ (1998). Following a career in the food supplement industry as science communicator and health educator he founded NutriClaim in 2007 (www.nutriclaim.com), providing specialist services pertaining to the scientific substantiation of health claims made on food, and in the marketing authorization of Novel Foods in the EU. In addition, Stoffer is a voluntary member of the Pool of International Experts, assessing project proposals for grants to applied research contributing to innovation for food security and private sector development in the 15 partner countries of Dutch development cooperation at the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research /Science for Global Development (WOTRO)/Food & Business Applied Research Fund (ARF). Currently, Stoffer also is Work Package Leader in the EU FP7-funded project “MyNewGut - Microbiome Influence on Energy balance and Brain Development-Function Put into Action to Tackle Diet-related Diseases and Behavior”. Stoffer is valued by his collaborators and clients for his professionalism, integrity and flexibility.
Abstract
Abstract : Modulation of Gut Microbiome - from phenomenology to dietary recommendations to tackle obesity