Saskia van Hemert

Winclove Probiotics, the Netherlands

Saskia van Hemert has a PhD in host-microbe interactions, obtained at the Wageningen University. After a Post-doc at the Top Institute Food&Nutrition, she joined Winclove Probiotics in 2009. Currently she is working as a senior scientist with a focus on host-probiotic interactions. She is responsible for the scientific content of different research projects . Since 5 years the relations between probiotics and gut microbiota with brain health has her specific attention. She has several publications and research projects about probiotics in different areas related to the gut-brain axis, like mood, depression, ADHD/autism and migraine.