📃New publication alert!
We’re proud to share that Melanie, Sahar, and Jessica are coauthors on a new paper in Frontiers in Nutrition. This collaborative effort highlights opportunities to improve global food composition data through FAIR principles.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...
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👩🏼🔬 Yesterday at #ASMS2025, Eva Keohane presented how CBD and CBG influence mouse microbiota and bioavailability in a sex-dependent manner, while Jessica Prenni tackled the complexities of global -omics standardization—both sparking great discussion🔬🌍🧪
Big congratulations to Macy Gruszczynski for delivering two fantastic presentations at #ASMS2025! Her work sparked a lot of exciting conversations. 🥳🦀 Also, don’t forget to stop by booth 237 to connect with other members of the Prenni Lab at the Periodic Table of Food Initiative booth.
👩🏼🔬 The Prenni Lab is excited to attend #ASMS2025 in Baltimore this week! Come check out our presentations to learn how we’re using mass spectrometry to explore the chemistry of food products. We can't wait to connect, talk science, and hunt down all the science plushies together! 🧬🧸 #MassSpec
Final poster checks and last-minute tweaks underway — the lab is getting ready for #ASMS2025. Poster printing is done, bags are (almost) packed, and we’re looking forward to sharing our work and connecting with the mass spectrometry community.
ASMS, here we come!!
🫖 Happy International Tea Day from the Prenni Lab!
Tea isn’t just a beverage—it’s a complex mix of bioactive compounds like polyphenols, which we can study using mass spectrometry. From green to black, each tea type can have a unique chemical composition shaped by how it’s processed!☕️
We’re so proud to celebrate Macy’s graduation and all the hard work she’s put in as an undergraduate researcher in our lab. Although she’s graduating, she’ll be staying on with us for a few more months to continue making an impact on our projects. Can't wait to see where the future takes her!🎉 🎂🎓
Wrapped up another great semester with the best team around 💥
We celebrated with food trucks, sunshine, and a little playtime with lab mascots Rocky & Penny 🐾
Here’s to science, snacks, and the people who make it all worthwhile 💚
#LabLife #TeamScience #EndOfSemester #RockyAndPenny #Gratitude
Happy International #PlantHealth Day! 🌿🧪
From field to lab, understanding plant chemistry is key to sustainable food systems and resilient ecosystems. We’re proud to support research that keeps plants—and the people who depend on them—healthy!!
Healthy plants, healthy planet. 💚
Had an absolute blast at our joint lab meeting with the amazing Vazquez group this week! 🎉💥
🧪💛 Y’all are a dream to science with, and we’re so grateful for your partnership!
Here’s to more shared discoveries, better workflows, and metabolomics magic ✨
#TeamScience #Metabolomics #ScienceWithFriends
Happy National Periodic Table Day! 🧪🥦
At the Prenni Lab, we know the building blocks of food all trace back to the elements. From sodium to sulfur, chemistry is at the heart of what makes food fascinating—and worth studying.
Here’s to the tastiest table in science! 🍎⚛️
#ChemistryInEveryBite
Big news from the lab — Sahar just won the Outstanding Contributions in Research and Scholarship award!
She’s been pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, and it’s so cool to see that work getting the recognition it deserves.
Huge congrats, Sahar — we’re lucky to have you in the lab!
See her profile and connect with them here: www.linkedin.com/in/margaretl...
Bittersweet + exciting—Maggie Read starts full-time at Nova Analytical today! 💚
She’s been a total force in our lab and we’re so lucky she’ll continue consulting with us.
Shine on, Maggie! 🌟
#WomenInSTEM #NextChapter
🌍 Happy #EarthDay from the Prenni Lab 🌱
Earth Day is a good reminder that our job isn’t just sitting at the bench, it’s about doing science that matters—understanding the chemistry of food so we can move toward a more sustainable future.
#MassSpec #ScienceForSustainability #FoodPeriodicTable
🎉 Big shoutout to Eva Keohane for crushing her poster at the CSU Grad Student Showcase on Friday!
Her project dives into how CBD + CBG affect the gut microbiome and host health—and she nailed the science and the storytelling. Super proud of the thoughtful, rigorous work she’s doing! 👏🌿
Our undergrad Macy crushed it at CURC today with her poster: “The Chilling Truth” 🥶 showing how storage temp can change the small molecule profiles in food! Mass spec meets food chemistry 👏🧪 we’re so proud! #CURC2025 #metabolomics #undergradresearch
✨ Nothing beats the feeling of seeing your hard work on paper—literally!!
It’s officially poster season!
A photo of Sahar Toulabi presenting her seminar
A big round of applause to Dr. Sahar Toulabi for an insightful seminar at CSU on the health impacts of rice bran and potato — a powerful reminder that everyday foods can have extraordinary effects.
Great turnout, great questions, great science!!
#CSUResearch #NutritionMatters #PostdocPower
🌍🌱 On #WorldHealthDay, we're highlighting how agriculture shapes human health.
At Prenni Lab, we use #MassSpectrometry to study the #FoodScience and #AgricultureAndHealth —uncovering nutrients, improving safety, and supporting sustainable systems #FromSoilToSnack!
Excited to share the release of Fermentation: An Ancient Solution to Modern Challenges at hashtag#NutritionForGrowthParis2025 co-authored by our very own Jessica Prenni!!
Read the article here: lnkd.in/gvged5HM
#ResearchExcellence #FoodScience #SustainableNutrition #EnvironmentalHealth
What an amazing past few weeks at the Prenni Lab! 🎉 We were lucky enough to have Michael Kotutwa Johnson from UofA visit, along with the dynamic duo Ana and Mariana from Mexico City, to dive into some lipid data viz! 🙌 #HostWithTheMostest #CSU #FoodPeriodicTable
Shows flow through of sample in glass vial on pressure manifold.
All 5 boxes of samples!
All 300+ samples in fume hood
Sample in Captiva columns in pressure manifold apparatus, before flow through
After seven successful extraction batches, over 300 samples have been sent for non-targeted metabolomics analysis at CSU's Analytical Resource Center (ARC). This experiment examines how different storage temperatures impact the stability and integrity of metabolites in food samples.
Exciting news!
Our very own Melanie and Sahar’s latest paper on food composition databases is now published! 🎉 Their work explores new insights into www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut.... Check it out!
#FoodScience #Research #PrenniLab
