Bruce German, Ph.D.

Bruce German is recognized as one of the top experts in human milk. He has been a professor and chemist at UC Davis Department of Food Science and Technology since 1988 where he researches the role of fats and other components in the human diet.

Through his research, he develops ways to assess health and metabolism in response to foods. Milk is the model he uses as a genetic blueprint for foods to support health. Milk evolves for the purpose of nourishing growing mammals and this evolutionary logic is the basis of the research to discover physical, functional, and nutritional properties of milk components and to apply these properties as principles to foods.

Recent Publications

1. "Fatty Acids and Their Lipogenic Enzymes in Anorexia Nervosa Subtypes." N Nguyen, B Woodside, E Lam, B German, O Quehenberger, P Shih; NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 45 (SUPPL 1), 218-219, 2020 Read More
2. "E'nzymes and methods for cleaving n-glycans from glycoproteins." D Garrido, JB German, CB Lebrilla, DA Mills; US Patent App. 16/871,811, 2020 Read More
3. "Distribution of Free and Esterified Oxylipins in Cream, Cell, and Skim Fractions of Human Milk." J Gan, Z Zhang, K Kurudimov, JB German, AY Taha; Lipids 55 (6), 661-670, 2020 Read More
4. "A nonenzymatic method for cleaving polysaccharides to yield oligosaccharides for structural analysis." MJ Amicucci, E Nandita, AG Galermo, JJ Castillo, S Chen, D Park, ...; Nature communications 11 (1), 1-12, 2020 Read More
5. "Enzymes and methods for cleaving N-glycans from glycoproteins." D Garrido, JB German, CB Lebrilla, DA Mills; US Patent 10,688,160, 2020 Read More
6. "The Introduction of Plant-Derived Glycans in Exclusively 6-Month Old Breastfed Infants Alters Fecal Glycan Profiles and Microbial Metabolism (IMiND Study)." J Smilowitz, M Amicucci, E Nandita, A Galermo, D Tu, D Taft, A Meier, ...; Current Developments in Nutrition 4 (Supplement_2), 1082-1082, 2020 Read More
7. "Helping Mom Help Baby: Nutrition-Based Support for the Mother-Infant Dyad During Lactation." EL Ford, MA Underwood, JB German; Frontiers in Nutrition 7, 54, 2020 Read More
8. "Bovine milk oligosaccharides." JB German, D Mills, CB Lebrilla, D Barile, R LoCascio; US Patent App. 16/667,196, 2020 Read More
9. "Production of functional mimics of human milk oligosaccharides by enzymatic glycosylation of bovine milk oligosaccharides." V Weinborn, Y Li, IM Shah, H Yu, DC Dallas, JB German, DA Mills, ...; International Dairy Journal 102, 104583, 2020 Read More
10. "The antimicrobial activity of bovine milk xanthine oxidase." G Ozturk, IM Shah, DA Mills, JB German, JMLN de Moura Bell; International Dairy Journal 102, 104581 Read More