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Mingfei Yao
Medical School
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang
Language: English, Chinese
Probiotics
Prebiotics
Gut Microbiota
Probiotic Formulations
Metabolomics
Microencapsulation
Lactobacillus
Bioactive Delivery
Nanoparticles
Food Science
Areas of Focus
- Probiotics
- Prebiotics
- Gut Microbiota
- Probiotic Formulations
- Metabolomics
Academic Background & Achievements
- Ph.D.: University of Massachusetts
- Advanced Worker: Zhejiang University School of Medicine
- Published over 20 SCI papers as first or corresponding author with more than 2300 citations
- Received 2 National Natural Science Foundation grants
- Undertook 3 sub-projects of the National Key R&D Program
- Editorial Board Member: AGMR Journal
- Reviewer: Nature Communications and other journals
Publications
- Design of nanoemulsion-based delivery systems to enhance intestinal lymphatic transport of lipophilic food bioactives: Influence of oil type, Mingfei Yao, Zhengze Li, David Julian McClements, Zhonghai Tang, Hang Xiao, 2020
- Progress in microencapsulation of probiotics: A review, Mingfei Yao, Jiaojiao Xie, Hengjun Du, David Julian McClements, Hang Xiao, Lanjuan Li, 2020
- Ameliorating DSS-induced colitis in mice using a Lactobacillus Salivarius Li01 encapsulated delivery system, Mingfei Yao, Jingjing Chen, Lanjuan Li, 2019
- Enhanced viability of probiotics (Pediococcus pentosaceus Li05) by encapsulation in microgels doped with inorganic nanoparticles, Mingfei Yao, Bo Li, Haowei Ye, Wenhao Huang, Hang Xiao, McClements, Lanjuan Li, 2018
- Microencapsulation of Lactobacillus salivarious Li01 for enhanced storage viability and targeted delivery to gut microbiota, Mingfei Yao, Jiong Wu, Bo Li, Hang Xiao, David Julian McClements, Lanjuan Li, 2017
- Controlling the gastrointestinal fate of nutraceutical and pharmaceutical-enriched lipid nanoparticles: From mixed micelles to chylomicrons, Mingfei Yao, David Julian McClements, Faqing Zhao, Roger W. Craig, Hang Xiao, 2017
- Uptake of Gold Nanoparticles by Intestinal Epithelial Cells: Impact of Particle Size on their Absorption, Accumulation, and Toxicity, Mingfei Yao, Lili He, David Julian McClements, Hang Xiao, 2015
- Delivery of Lipophilic Bioactives: Assembly, Disassembly, and Reassembly of Lipid Nanoparticles, Mingfei Yao, Hang Xiao, David Julian McClements, 2014
- Enhance intestinal lymphatic transport of lipophilic bioactive food components by nanoemulsion delivery system, Mingfei Yao, Jinkai Zheng, David Julian McClements, Hang Xiao, 2014
- Improving oral bioavailability of nutraceuticals by engineered nanoparticle-based delivery systems, Mingfei Yao, David Julian McClements, Hang Xiao, 2014
- Enhanced lymphatic transport of bioactive lipids: cell culture study of polymethoxyflavone incorporation into chylomicrons, Mingfei Yao, Jingjing Chen, Jinkai Zheng, Mingyue Song, David Julian McClements, Hang Xiao, 2013
Awards
- IFT Tanner Award: United States
