Dr Susan Steinbusch - Coort (S.L.M.)
Expertises
- Nutrigenomics
- Precision Nutrition
- Molecular Biology
- Omics data analysis
- Pathway-based analysis
- Network biology
- Food & Nutrition research infrastructure
- Developing teaching
- Mentoring
Career history
Susan studied biological health sciences at Maastricht University. In January 2001 she started with her PhD project on the regulation of fatty acid uptake by the cardiac muscle under physiological conditions and in obesity/type 2 diabetes mellitus. Her project was performed at the departments of molecular genetics and physiology at Maastricht University under the supervision of Prof. Jan Glatz, prof. Ger vd Vusse and Dr. Joost Luiken. She defended her thesis on June 30th, 2005 and received an NWO talent grant to start a postdoc at the International Institute for Cellular Pathology in Brussels. In 2007 Susan joined the Bioinformatics-BiGCaT group of Prof. Chris Evelo to work as a postdoc on the data analysis of nutrigenomics data, with a special focus on micronutrients. After becoming more skilled in bioinformatics and systems biology analysis approaches she was involved in a variety of studies all with a focus on (micro)nutrients. In 2024 the Department of Bioinformatics merged with the Department of Translational Genomics, headed by Prof. Theo de Kok. Within this department, Susan is involved in the Nutrigenomics research theme. At the moment, Susan is an Associate Professor and NUTRIM research area 1 lead. She is the Executive Secretary of NuGO, an international association focusing on the joint development of molecular nutrition, personalised nutrition, nutrigenomics and nutritional systems biology research areas. In addition to research, Susan teaches in the bachelor and master of biomedical sciences (BMS) and the master systems biology. Finally, she is mentoring BMS bachelor students.