{"id":531,"date":"2026-09-30T17:30:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/prenni\/research\/bluebiome\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T17:30:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:30:46","slug":"bluebiome","status":"publish","type":"research","link":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/prenni\/research\/bluebiome\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting Blueberry Chemistry to Human Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- block -->\n<div class=\"custom-block-wrapper media-object-block stacked lite top-spacing-default bottom-spacing-default\">\n\n    <!-- component -->\n    <div class=\"media-object left\">\n\n        <!-- image container -->\n        <div class=\"object-container left half\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/prenni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/DSCF0054-2.jpg);\">\n\n            \n\n        <\/div>\n        <!-- END image container -->\n\n        <!-- text -->\n        <p class=\"object-text half\">\n\n            The BlueBiome project investigates whether differences in the gut microbiome help explain variation in people&#8217;s responses to blueberry consumption. Our lab characterizes the chemical composition of the blueberry intervention and profiles metabolites in participants&#8217; plasma and fecal samples. Together with clinical studies, microbiome transfer experiments, and computational modeling conducted by the broader team, these measurements will help identify patterns of response and explore how blueberry compounds and their microbial metabolites relate to cardiovascular health and inflammation.\n        <\/p>\n        <!-- END text -->\n\n    <\/div>\n    <!-- END component -->\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- END block -->\n\n\n<!-- block -->\n<article class=\"custom-block-wrapper call-to-action-block stacked lite top-spacing-default bottom-spacing-default\">\n\n    <!-- container -->\n    <div class=\"cta_container ctas_1_column\">\n\n        \n        \n        <!-- component -->\n        <div class=\"cta__image\">\n\n            <div class=\"cta__background\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/prenni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/DSCF0277-2.jpg);\">\n\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"cta__content\">\n\n                <h3 class=\"cta__heading\">\n\n                    The BlueBIOME Project\n                <\/h3>\n\n                <p class=\"cta__text\">\n\n                    Learn more about the study, the team, and how it is run through the CSU Microbiome Network.\n                <\/p>\n\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/bluebiome.csumicrobiomenetwork.com\/\" class=\"cta__link\">\n\n                    Visit the BlueBIOME project site\n                <\/a>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n        <!-- END component -->\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n    <!-- END container -->\n\n<\/article>\n<!-- END block -->\n\n\n<!-- block -->\n<div class=\"custom-block-wrappper text-block stacked lite top-spacing-default bottom-spacing-default\">\n\n    <p style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/prenni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/BlueBiome.png\" alt=\"BlueBiome project logo: a human silhouette with a blueberry over the gut\" width=\"163\" height=\"249\" \/><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- END block -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BlueBiome project investigates whether differences in the gut microbiome help explain variation in people&#8217;s responses to blueberry consumption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":458,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-531","research","type-research","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/prenni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research\/531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/prenni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/prenni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/research"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/prenni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/prenni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}