Imperial College London

DrKaterinaPetropoulou

Faculty of MedicineDepartment of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction

Research Fellow
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)7428 732 523katerina.petropoulou12 CV

 
 
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Location

 

Commonwealth BuildingCommonwealth BuildingHammersmith Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Petropoulou, K., Li, Z., Tashkova, M. and Frost, G., 2023. Resistant starch structure, food processing, and glycaemic control: investigating how the synergy of starch synthesis variation and processing influences glycaemia. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 82(OCE1), p.E33.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665123000411

Pugh, J.E., Anjum, A., Petropoulou, K., Thom, G., Mccombie, L., Tashkova, M., Alaraj-Alshehhi, S., Babalis, D., Prechtl, C., Lean, M.J. and Prevost, A.T., 2022. Increase in colonic PRopionate as a method of prEVENTing weight gain in adults aged 20–40 years (iPREVENT): A multi-centre, double-blind, randomised, parallel-group study to investigate the efficacy of inulin-propionate ester versus inulin (control) in the prevention of weight gain over 12 monthsF1000Research11(1157), p.1157.

URL: https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.125950.1

Petropoulou, K., Salt, L.J., Edwards, C.H. et al. A natural mutation in Pisum sativum L. (pea) alters starch assembly and improves glucose homeostasis in humans. Nat Food (2020).

URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-00159-8

K. Petropoulou, L. Salt, F Warren, C. Domoney, P. Wilde, G. Frost. 2017. A Seed Trait Studied by Gregor Mendel in Pisum Sativum L. (Pea): Potential Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes. In J. C. Jimenez-Lopez (ed.) Legumes for Global Food Security (pp.129-156), Nova Science Publishers. ISBN: 9781536122657

URL: https://www.adlibris.com/fi/sv/bok/legumes-for-global-food-security-9781536122657

Petropoulou, K., Chambers, E.S., Morrison, D.J., Preston, T., Godsland, I.F., Wilde, P., Narbad, A., Parker, R., Salt, L., Morris, V.J. and Domoney, C., 2016. Identifying crop variants with high resistant starch content to maintain healthy glucose homeostasis. Nutrition Bulletin41(4), pp.372-377.

URL:https://doi.org/10.1111/nbu.12240

Domoney, T. Rayner, P.G. Isaac, F. Warren, C. Moreau, G. Frost, K. Petropoulou, J. Cheema. Improving Nutritional and Health-Associated Traits in Pisum Sativum (Pea). International Legume Society Meeting, May 2019.

URL: https://www.ils3.org/conf-data/ILS3/files/ILS3 - Book of Abstract.pdf

Greenwood, D.C., Hardie, L.J., Frost, G.S., Alwan, N.A., Bradbury, K.E., Carter, M., Elliott, P., Evans, C.E., Ford, H.E., Hancock, N. and Key, T.J., 2019. Validation of the Oxford WebQ online 24-hour dietary questionnaire using biomarkers. American journal of epidemiology, 188(10), pp.1858-1867.

URL:https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwz165

Wark, P.A., Hardie, L.J., Frost, G.S., Alwan, N.A., Carter, M., Elliott, P., Ford, H.E., Hancock, N., Morris, M.A., Mulla, U.Z.., Noorwali, E.A., Petropoulou, K., Murphy, D., Potter, G.D.M, Riboli, E., Greenwood, D. C., Cade, J.E.   2018. Validity of an online 24-h recall tool (myfood24) for dietary assessment in population studies: comparison with biomarkers and standard interviews. BMC medicine16(1), p.136.

URL:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1113-8

Carter, M.C., Albar, S.A., Morris, M.A., Mulla, U.Z., Hancock, N., Evans, C.E., Alwan, N.A., Greenwood, D.C., Hardie, L.J., Frost, G.S. and Wark, P.A., 2015. Development of a UK online 24-h dietary assessment tool: myfood24. Nutrients, 7(6), pp.4016-4032.

URL:https://doi.org/10.3390/nu7064016

Hillier, S.E., Beck, L., Petropoulou, A. and Clegg, M.E., 2014. A comparison of body composition measurement techniques. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 27(6), pp.626-631

URL:https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12197

Beck, L.W., Petropoulou, A., Hillier, S. and Clegg, M.E., 2012. A comparison of body composition measurement techniques. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society71(OCE2).

URL:https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665112001255


 

Awards

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STEM for BRITAIN, House of Commons, March 2019: Winner of the STEM for BRITAIN Inaugural Physiological Society Award. ‘’Using Wrinkled-seeded peas to prevent Type 2 Diabetes’’

http://www.setforbritain.org.uk/2019psr/B-PETROPOULOU-5223-PSR.pdf


Imperial College, Department of Investigative Medicine Divisional Away Day, November 2018: Winner for the lay abstract competition within the division. ‘’A seed trait studied by Gregor Mendel in Pisum sativum L. (pea) offers potential for the prevention of Type 2 diabetes’’

Presentations

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Diet and Health Research Industry Club Dissemination Event (BBSRC), Oxford, June 2015. ‘’The effect of dietary resistant starch on glucose homeostasis’’

Diet and Health Research Industry Club Dissemination Event (BBSRC), Northampton May 2016. ‘’Does the increased resistant starch content of rr mutant peas modulate post prandial glycaemia by altering rates of gastric emptying?’’

Diet and Health Research Industry Club Dissemination Event (BBSRC), Birmingham, February 2017. ‘’ A food product made from pea flour with increased resistant starch content stimulates greater postprandial GLP-1 release’’

Diet and Health Research Industry Club Dissemination Event (BBSRC), Manchester, October 2017. ‘’An in vivo method to investigate the effects of food structure on digestion and bioaccesibility at different sites of the gastrointestinal tract.’’

Agri-Tech East, Powering Pea Productivity, April 2019. ‘’Dietary resistant starch from peas for healthy glucose homeostasis; the potential of rr peas’’

Diet and Health Research Industry Club Dissemination Event (BBSRC), Birmingham, February 2020. ''Seeding Award Update: Food Hackathon 2020: Food Industry experts to turn cutting edge research into future food products''

Public Engagement

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Key Speaker at:

All You Can Innovate, Foster Strategic Partnerships with Industry & Funders and Accelerate Societal Benefit of imperial-Led innovation, Invited Speaker (March 2023)

Nutrition society Conference 2022: Architecture of food: processing, structure and health, Oral Presentation: Resistant starch structure, food processing, and glycaemic control: investigating how the synergy of starch synthesis variation and processing influences glycaemia.

RIPEN Hub Hackathon: Designed and ran an event with 50 delegates aiming to understand the most important areas currently in nutrition research by using a Key Priority Research Exercise (2023). The outcomes will be used for a wider publication and to also set up the Hub priorities for the first year.

Imperial College London, Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction Away day invited talk (2023), ‘’Short Chain Fatty Acids to Improve Health; The Pea case.’’

Mail on Sunday articles related to nutritional misconceptions:

-Is there any such thing as a cure for a hangover (2022).

-Is a banana as bad for type 2 diabetes as SIX spoons of sugar? (2020).

New Scientist Live (2020): Future of Food and Agriculture event, Invited talk, ‘’Peas, Diabetes and gut health’’.

Imperial Spark: Pub-less Quiz on Food with Dr Steve Cross, Stand-Up Comedian.

Imperial Science Festival:

-Great Exhibition Road Festival, A Day in the life of a Scientist (December 2020) Katerina Petropoulou_Interview

-Fantastic Fiber (May 2015, May 2017).

-Food of Tomorrow (February 2016).

-Science Museum, London: ‘Messages from Your Gut(September 2016).

Food Hackathon, 2020. ‘’Using Wrinkled-seeded peas to prevent Type 2 Diabetes.’’

Agri-Tech East, Powering Pea Productivity, April 2019. ‘’Dietary resistant starch from peas for healthy glucose homeostasis; the potential of rr peas’’

Diet and Health Research Industry Club Dissemination Event (BBSRC):

-Manchester, October 2017. ‘’An in vivo method to investigate the effects of food structure on digestion and bioaccesibility at different sites of the gastrointestinal tract.’’

-Birmingham, February 2017. ‘’ A food product made from pea flour with increased resistant starch content stimulates greater postprandial GLP-1 release’’

-Northampton May 2016. ‘’Does the increased resistant starch content of rr mutant peas modulate postprandial glycaemia by altering rates of gastric emptying?’’

-Oxford, June 2015. ‘’The effect of dietary resistant starch on glucose homeostasis’’

Grants

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  • Diet and Health Seeding Award-Food Hackathon, BBSRC (2020)(Successful)
  • Impact Acceleration Award, BBSRC, (2021) (Successful) (PI)
  • Super Follow-on Fund, BBSRC, 2022 (Successful) (Named Researcher)