Mr. Jason Braga is working as an instructor at the Cavite State University-Main Campus. He is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Food Technology and Master of Science in Food Science and Technology from the Visayas State University in Leyte. Currently, he is a Ph.D. student of the Laboratory of Molecular Nutrition at the Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University. His research interests are within the scope of food science like functional foods and product development. As for his PhD research, he is studying the effect of food factors (mainly prebiotics) on the improvement of the levels of brain compounds (gamma-aminobutyric acid or GABA and homocarnosine) to promote good cognitive ability. His research also tackles on the communication of gut microbiota, the gut, and its interaction to the brain or the gut-brain axis. In 2022, he won the HIRAKU Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition for the English Division, a competition for PhD students from different universities across Japan to showcase their research in manner that can be understood by general and non-specialist audience.

Article spotlight:

Braga, J.D., Thongngam, M. & Kumrungsee, T. (2024). Gamma-aminobutyric acid as a potential postbiotic mediator in the gut–brain axis. npj Sci Food 8, 16.

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