Towards Personalized Nutrition Based on Multimodal Data

Abstract

At the Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, a team led by Assistant Professor Takafumi Miyamoto are performing investigations to promote personalised nutrition solutions by developing technology to correctly regulate processes that occur at the cellular level. The researchers want to fill knowledge gaps and better understand how different factors impact health and well-being. Their diverse investigations cover cancer metabolism, synthetic biology, digital biology integrating life science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology; personalised nutrition; and organelle code, all with the goal of creating a ´well-being` society. Lifestyle-induced diseases are on the rise and, by better understanding the complexities of diet and how it is related to well-being, Miyamoto and the team want to bring about a ´paradigm shift` in society. As such, studies including the visualisation of biological information encoded in blood, AI nutrition and epidemiological studies on food and health, are underway. Miyamoto believes that personalised nutrition will be the catalyst for establishing a society where food, education and medical care serve as social common capital locally. The researchers are developing novel biomolecular technologies and devices which foster physical wellness, including technology to correctly regulate the process of information processing at the cellular level. This involves research in synthetic biology. The team is currently fabricating wearable apparatus that can provide detailed information to deliver personalised nutrition.