Research
learn more about Current Lila Lab Research Projects
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Pulse-fruit aggregate ingredients with enhanced taste, functionality and health attributes for diversified food applications
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An Integrated Evidence-based Approach to Food Allergy Preparedness
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Enzymatic modification of pulse proteins to improve technical and health functionalities for diversified food applications
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Moving American Elderberry into Mainstream Production and Processing
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VacCAP: Leveraging genetic and genomic resources to enable development of blueberry and cranberry cultivars with improved fruit quality attributes
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Skin resilience from the inside out: Cutaneous anti-aging benefits of dietary wild blueberries
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Bioactives: Key Focus Area
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Industry funded projects
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Sinnovatek
Kailish Wellness, LLC
Learn more about past lila lab research projects
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Food Matrix Functionality
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Back to the River: The Science behind Alaska’s Traditional Subsistence Lifestyle
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Retraining the Immune System: Mitigating Allergic Responses using Hypoallergenic Peanut Protein-Polyphenol Aggregates
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Clean, cost-effective technology to recover and stabilize phytoactive fruit compounds from waste streams
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Closing the Gap in Delivery of Fruit & Vegetable Benefits
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Development and Analysis of Hypoallergenic Polyphenol-Edible Protein Matrices using Translational Models
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Functional Genomics and Functional Phenotyping of Blueberry Fruits
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Seaweed
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Evaluation of saffron (Crocus sativa L.) as high value culinary and medicinal niche crop
Malaria
![AK project](https://lilalab.plantsforhumanhealth.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/200/2023/04/Utqlagvik-enters-polar-night_o.jpg)
AK/ND Education
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Zambia
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Influence of 2-weeks Ataulfo mango ingestion on inflammation resolution after vigorous exercise
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