{"id":1181,"date":"2019-11-09T21:14:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T21:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/ilya-raskin-lab\/?page_id=1181"},"modified":"2021-04-15T14:42:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T14:42:26","slug":"charlene-van-buiten","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/ilya-raskin-lab\/charlene-van-buiten\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlene Van Buiten, Postdoctoral Fellow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Education<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Ph. D.<\/strong><\/td>\n2017<\/strong><\/td>\n Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park,\u00a0PA.<\/p>\n
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  • Dissertation<\/strong>: ‘Physicochemical Modification of Gliadin by Dietary Polyphenols and the\u00a0Potential Implications for Celiac Disease’.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B. S.<\/strong><\/td>\n2012<\/strong><\/td>\n Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs,\u00a0CT. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Research experience<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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2017-present<\/strong><\/td>\nNIH T-32 Postdoctoral Fellow<\/strong>, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. <\/p>\n
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  • Botanical approaches to combat metabolic syndrome.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012-2017<\/strong><\/td>\nUSDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Predoctoral Fellow<\/strong> and Graduate\u00a0Research Assistant<\/strong>, Department of Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University\u00a0Park, PA.<\/p>\n
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  • Developed a novel nutraceutical approach to mitigating celiac disease\u00a0symptoms in vitro<\/i> with green tea polyphenols.<\/li>\n
  • Elucidated the mechanism and structural impact of epigallocatechin gallate\u00a0complexation with an immunodominant gliadin fragment.<\/li>\n
  • Investigated the effect of green tea extract supplementation on gliadin\u00a0digestibility and gliadin-mediated celiac disease symptoms in vitro<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  • Guided undergraduates through independent research projects developing novel\u00a0approaches to brewing gluten-free beer.<\/li>\n
  • Characterized impact of production procedures on aroma profiles of plant-based\u00a0foods including chocolate and wine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010-2012<\/strong><\/td>\nUndergraduate Researcher<\/strong>, Department of Animal Science, University of\u00a0Connecticut, Storrs, CT.<\/p>\n