Therese Holton is changing the face of Science.

The Maynooth University alumnus today works at one of the most exciting companies in Dublin, Nuritas, which combines artificial intelligence and genomics to “unlock the hidden health benefits in food. It’s food as medicine,” Holton says.
Dublin-based Nuritas is mining peptides found in food and plants to tap their potential to treat disease and chronic illness.
“What’s different about Nuritas is that we’re pioneering the use of science and data in the food space. Right now, it’s quite random how functional ingredients are discovered, and more often than not the active component is not known. At Nuritas we are combining the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to inform ingredient discovery. It’s fascinating work and I love it. My role is to collate all of our research activity and scientific outputs and communicate them to the world.”