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As part of a series of updates to our web and social media presence The Department of Food Science and Technology is now located at foodscience.unl.edu.
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Food Science and Technology Research Symposium
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On April 4th, the Department held its first Food Science and Technology Research Symposium. The symposium was an all day event where graduate students presented their research through a variety of formats including live presentations, recorded talks, and poster sessions. Also in attendance were invited speakers, Dr. Michael Gänzle, and Dr. Amirra Jackson-Davis, as well as a number of Department alumni serving in the food industry. They included Ashley Bernstein, Senior Sensory Scientist, Wells Enterprises Inc., Kelly Goodwater, Principal Scientist, TreeHouse Private Brands, Alex Nelson, Quality Manager-Operations, Ardent Mills, Ryan Talley, Manager-Ingredients & Corporate Quality, Hill's Pet Nutrition, and Hui Wang, Scientist, Impossible Foods.
The graduate students receiving special recognition were:
Sara Schlange - Outstanding Poster Presentation
Bowen Yang - Outstanding Poster Presentation
Donna Morrison - Outstanding Video Presentation
Olivia Huffman - Outstanding Workshop Presentation
Rui Huang - Outstanding Oral Presentation
Sara Roberts - Outstanding Oral Presentation
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On March 2, 2022, the Department once again held the Battle of the Food Scientists! Food science students formed teams to create healthy treats for people and pets in timed rounds.
1st Place: Team Bacon – Katelynn Teh, Basna Khadka
2nd Place: Team Protein Peeps – Snigdha Guha, Emerson Nolasco, Emily Harley, Olivia Huffman
Other participants:
Team Pink and Blue – Peilin Zhu, Hanqi Xie
Team Buffalo – Chloe Calhoun, Andre Chavez, Emma Kiffmeyer
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Dr. Amanda Ramer-Tait, Rafael Segura, Sara Mantz, and Robert Schmaltz from UNL, and collaborators at Michigan and Alberta, published a study on competition of microbes in gut ecosystems in the ISME Journal, one of the top microbial ecology journals. This important study made use of the amazing gnotobiotic research facility at UNL.
Dr. Yanbin Yin and his group made yet another major contribution on development of bioinformatic tools to identify and classify genes and proteins involved in polyphenol metabolism. This paper was published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, and was featured as a Spotlight Selection.
Dr. Heather Hallen-Adams continued a long standing collaboration with scientists at Michigan State, France, and China that explored the genetics and evolution of the amanitin biosynthesis pathway in poisonous mushrooms. This paper is In Press at PNAS.
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University of Nebraska Regent Dr. Jack Stark discussing gnotobiotic mouse research with Dr. Amanda Ramer-Tait in the Nebraska Gnotobiotic Mouse Program facility on East Campus.
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Lisbeth Vallecilla Yepez, Food Science and Technology alum and Ph.D. candidate in the Biological Systems Engineering was featured in an interview on the experience of being a minority woman in the STEM field and the difficulties it entails. You can read the interview at https://go.unl.edu/3rwy
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Britany Porter, finance/grants coordinator for the Nebraska Innovation Campus Business Center, was featured in a Nebraska Today article for The Women of Service series, which focused on women in the workplace at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Britany's work with Dr. Mary-Grace Danao and the High Pressure Processing group but also her love of bowling were highlighted. You can read the full article at https://go.unl.edu/fc25.
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Jill Hochstein, Technical Project Manager at Nebraska Food for Health Center was featured in a Nebraska Today article for The Women of Service series. Jill's work with NFHC and the Mazie Genetics group were highlighted among her many contributions to University projects over the years. The full article is available at https://go.unl.edu/yao6.
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Congratulations to all our staff and faculty who have earned service awards.
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5 Years
Mary-Grace Danao
Sharon Czarnek
Byron Chaves Elizondo
Ryan McDonald
Kurt Piepenbrink
Stacey Wiles
10 Years
Jamie Kennedy
William Luhman
Julie McManamey
Amanda Ramer-Tait
Shannon Russell
Jesse Voelker
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15 Years
Andreia Bianchini Huebner
Stacey Herceg
30 Year
Curtis Weller
35 Years
Robert Hutkins
Julie Nordlee
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May 2
Student Banquet
May 7
Last Day of Classes
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Upcoming Workshops
May 2 - May 3
The Better Process Control for Acidified Foods
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Recent Publications
Onay B. Dogan, Jayne Stratton, Ana Arciniega, Jennifer Clarke, Mark L. Tamplin, Andreia Bianchini, Bing Wang. Quantitative modeling of the survival of Listeria monocytogenes in soy sauce-based acidified food products. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 2022. In Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2022.109635
Bo Li, Xu Li, Bing Wang, and Tao Yan. A metagenomic approach for characterizing antibiotic resistance genes in specific bacterial populations: Demonstration with Escherichia coli in cattle manure. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2022; e02554-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02554-21
Yangjunna Zhang, John W. Schmidt, Terrance M. Arthur, Tommy L. Wheeler, Qi Zhang, Bing Wang. A farm-to-fork quantitative microbial exposure assessment of β-lactam-resistant Escherichia coli among U.S. beef consumers. Microorganisms. 2022; 10(3): 661. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10030661
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Recent Awards
Kaustav Majumder, Development of Plant Protein-based High-value and Innovative Food Products from Nebraska Pulses, NE Dept. of Agriculture, $38,449
Hyun-Seob Song, MIM: Microbial Division of Labor in Polysaccharide-Degrading Communities, Purdue University, $648,819
Bing Wang, Shannon Bartelt-Hunt (lead), CAMRADES Connecting AntiMicrobial Resistance, Agricultural Decisions, and Environmental Systems: A Tool for Mitigating AMR and Assessing Risk to Human Health in Agro-Ecosystems, Iowa State University, $309,037
Changmou Xu, Develop a Novel Extrusion Process to Enhance the Nutritional Value and Acceptance of Aronia Berry, NE Dept of Agriculture, $72,441
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