Nutritional Biomarker Lab
The Nutritional Biomarker Lab provides high-quality nutritional biomarker data that allows researchers to evaluate how nutritional factors relate to human health outcomes.
665 Huntington Avenue Building 1, Room 202
Boston, MA 02115
The Nutritional Biomarker Lab is a core facility within the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The lab aims to provide high quality nutritional biomarker data that allows researchers to evaluate, through objective biomarkers, how nutritional factors relate to human health outcomes.
What We Do
We collaborate with investigators within the Harvard community and beyond, nonprofit and for-profit alike, and contribute to scientific findings.
Learn about our assay methods for measuring biomarkers and access associated publications. To request the lab’s services, email Mahsa Fardisi, Lab Manager.
Blood Lipoprotein Subspecies Assay
Measures subspecies defined by apolipoproteins within each broad category of blood lipids, including the very-low density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, and high-density lipoprotein particles.
Blood Fatty Acid Assay
Measures a full profile of fatty acids (n≥40) in blood, red blood cells, adipose tissue, or food samples.
Blood Antioxidant Panel Assay
Measures several antioxidants of dietary origin in blood and food samples.
