August 28, 2026 12:30 pm – August 28, 2026 1:30 pm
Online (Microsoft Teams)
UK GIBA Network+ Seminar Series (28 August 2026)
Discover the latest advances in understanding of the gut-immune-brain axis in the UK GIBA Network+ Seminar Series.
These online sessions feature presenters from across our five working groups.
Date: Friday 28th August 2026
Time: 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Speakers: Dr Bram Nap and Dr Daan R van der Veen
Dr Bram Nap
Institute: University of Galway
Position: PostDoc
Bram got his PhD at the University of Galway where he worked on improving current tools to work with whole-body metabolic models. Additionally, he added functionality to create and optimise in silico diets, to understand the in silico effects of nutrition on human metabolism. He currently is working as a postdoc at the University of Galway continuing the work on in silico nutrition and human metabolism.
Presentation Title: Metabolic modelling of human metabolism and its application for human health
Dr Daan R van der Veen
Institute: University of Surrey
Position: Senior Lecturer in Sleep and Chronobiology and Section Lead for Chronobiology at the University of Surrey
Dr Daan R. van der Veen is a Senior Lecturer in Sleep and Chronobiology and Section Lead for Chronobiology at the University of Surrey. His research investigates how circadian, ultradian and seasonal biological rhythms shape physiology and behaviour, with a particular focus on how light-, food- and sleep-driven timing systems interact, and how their disruption in modern 24-hour society, disease and ageing affects metabolism and health. He will present recent work from the team on the impact of meal timing on circadian rhythms in circulating metabolites and glucose homeostasis, based on highly controlled human studies conducted in the Clinical Research Facility at the University of Surrey. This work combines targeted metabolomics with continuous glucose monitoring to characterise metabolic rhythms and assess how the timing of food intake influences human circadian metabolism.
Presentation Title: Food as a Timing Cue: Human Meal Anticipation and Metabolic Entrainment
