FRI FRESH Seminar Series from the Food Research Institute
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FRI FRESH Seminar Series
from the Food
Research Institute
| FRESH "Food Research & Education Seminar Highlight" |
Schedule of topics to be presented: [click link for webinar and/or pdf of presentation, if available] |
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| Fall 2009 FRESH Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. room 6201 Microbial Sciences building (MSB) UW–Madison, 1550 Linden Drive Can't join us in person? Reserve your Webinar seat for Dec. 1 at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/750295257 There is no charge for this seminar. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. You will need speakers to hear the audio, or listen via telephone (call is not toll-free). You can ask questions anytime via chat. If you have a microphone, you will be able to ask questions directly of the speaker. System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista Macintosh®-based attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Glass, kglass@wisc.edu or 608.263.6935. For more information about the FRESH Seminar series contact Amy Wong, acwong@wisc.edu 608-263-1168 |
9/22 |
“Food Legislative Reform and
Wisconsin” (*.wmv with audio) (pdf version) Steve Ingham, Wisconsin Dept. Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection |
| 10/6 |
“Mycobacterium avium subsp.
paratuberculosis (MAP): Implications for Your Intestines”
(*.wmv with audio) (pdf version) Mike Collins, Professor, Dept. Pathobiological Sciences, UW-Madison |
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| 10/20 |
“Rapid Whole Cell Detection
of Salmonella in Fresh Produce” (*.wmv with audio) (pdf version) Byron Brehm-Stecher, Assistant Professor, Iowa State University |
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| 11/3 |
“Impacts on the Food
Industry from a Foreign Animal Disease Outbreak Response,” (*.wmv
with audio) (pdf version) Ty J. Vannieuwenhoven, Area Emergency Coordinator, USDA, APHIS, Veterinary Services; Kristin Gunther, Wis. DATCP; Matt Mathison, WMMB |
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| 11/17 |
“The Science of Food Allergens:
Thresholds, Detection, and Verification,” (*.wmv with audio)
(pdf version) Mark Moorman, Kellogg Company |
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| 12/1 |
“Food Safety Risks
in Raw Milk,” Suzanne Gibbons-Burgener, Clinical Assistant
Professor, Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory |
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| Past FRESH Seminars |
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| Spring
Semester 2009 FRI FRESH Schedule (.pdf) Food Research
Institute; Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. rm. 6201 Microbial Sciences Bldg, UW–Madison, 1550 Linden Drive --- 1/27: “The Many Faces of Bacillus cereus and its Friends,” Jo Handelsman, HHMI Professor and Chair, Bacteriology, UW-Madison 2/10: “Roles of StcE Mucinases in the Pathogenesis of Diarrheal Pathogens,” (.pdf) Rod Welch, Professor and Chair, Med. Micro. & Immunol., UW-Madison 3/10: “Emerging Microbiological Issues In Ready-To-Eat Beverages,” Sean Leighton, Senior Microbiologist, Coca-Cola North America 3/24: “Mathematical Models for the Emergence and Persistence of VTEC in Calves,” Dorte Dopfer, Assistant Professor, Medical Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, UW-Madison 4/7: “Salmonella — Not Just a Chicken and Egg Problem Any More,” Jeri Barak, Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology, UW-Madison 4/21: “Recent Advances in the Control of Listeria monocytogenes in RTE Meat and Poultry Products,” (.pdf) Tim Freier, Director, Global Food Safety Technologies, Cargill 5/5: “Cultivation of Norovirus in Aquatic Animal Cell Lines,” Kathy Kurth, Clinical Associate Professor, Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Lab |
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| Fall Semester 2008 FRI FRESH
Schedule (.pdf) Food Research Institute; Tuesdays,
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Microbial Sciences building, UW–Madison, 1550
Linden Drive --- 9/9: “Strategies to Identify Bioactive Food Compounds” Veronika Somoza, Food Science, UW-Madison 9/23: “Food Safety Systems and the Outbreak Response” Steve Sobek, Director, Bureau of Laboratory Services, Wis. DATCP, and John Archer, Division of Public Health (audio to both presentations) 9/30: “Listeria monocytogenes: Three Research Vignettes, and the Element of (Useful) Surprise" Sophia Kathariou, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Food Science, North Carolina State University 10/7: “ ‘Naturally Cured’ Meat Products: Understanding the Regulations, Manufacturing, Quality and Safety” Jeff Sindelar, Animal Science, UW-Madison 10/21: “Risk-based Regulation and Food Safety” Lorna Zach, Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis (CHPRA), Dept Industrial and Systems Engineering, UW-Madison 11/5: “Application of Phytosanitary Measures in International Trade” Shirley Wager-Page, APHIS, USDA 11/18: “Meeting the Needs of the Dairy Industry — CDR/FRI Roles and Responsibilities” Rusty Bishop, Food Science, UW-Madison 12/2: “Creation of an Animal Vaccine for the Foodborne Parasite, Toxoplasma gondii” Laura Knoll, Med Micro & Immunol., UW-Madison |
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| Spring
Semester 2008 FRI FRESH Schedule (.pdf) Food Research
Institute; Wednesdays, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Microbial Sciences
Building, rm. 6201 (faculty meeting room), 6th floor, 1550 Linden Drive,
UW–Madison --- Feb. 6: cancelled: “Chlorate Dramatically Decreases Salmonella Shedding in Pigs; A Novel Application for a Table Salt Derivative” Peter Bahnson, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine, UW-Madison Feb. 20: “Cheese Nonstarter Lactic Acid Bacteria: What Are They, Why Do We Care, and How Do They Grow?” Jim Steele, PhD Professor, Food Science, UW-Madison March 5: “Biological and Genetic Technologies for Aflatoxin Prevention” Thomas “Ed” Cleveland, PhD Research Leader, Food and Feed Safety, Agricultural Research Service, USDA March 26: “Enhancing Food Safety Education Through Shared Teaching Resources” Jeannette McDonald, DVM, PhD Faculty Associate, School of Veterinary Medicine, UW-Madison April 9: “Epidemiological Causation Criteria: How Strong is the Diet/Cancer Linkage? ” Andrew Milkowski, PhD Adjunct Professor, Muscle Biology Lab, UW-Madison April 23: “Using Salmonella to Understand Metabolic Complexity” Diana Downs, PhD Professor, Bacteriology, UW-Madison May 7: “Chlorate Dramatically Decreases Salmonella Shedding in Pigs; A Novel Application for a Table Salt Derivative” Peter Bahnson, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine, UW-Madison (re-scheduled from Feb. 6; cancelled then due to terrible snow storm) Postponed until the fall FRESH series: “Special Gene Cassettes and Adaptations of Epidemic-associated Clonal Groups of Listeria monocytogenes” Sophia Kathariou, PhD Associate Professor, Food Science, North Carolina State University |
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| Fall Semester
2007 FRI FRESH Schedule (.pdf) Food
Research Institute, Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
at the Microbial Sciences Building, faculty meeting
room, 6th floor, 1550 Linden Drive, UW–Madison --- Sept. 25: “The Melamine Contamination Issue, Its Consequences for Cargill and for the Food Industry” Dr. Joseph Shebuski, Director of Global Food Safety, Cargill, Incorporated Oct. 9: “The Next Level of Food Safety—An Industry Approach” [Dr. Nobumasa Tanaka Lecture], Dr. Jenny Scott, National Food Processors Association Nov. 13: “Food Allergy: Perception vs. Reality” Dr. Robert Bush, Professor Emeritus, School of Medicine and Public Health, UW–Madison Nov. 27: “Application of Cold Plasma Technology in Food Processing” Dr. Amy Wong, Professor, Dept. Bacteriology and FRI, UW–Madison Dec. 11: “Using Neuronal Cells to Detect Botulinum Neurotoxin Activity” Dr. Sabine Pellett, Assistant Researcher, Dr. Eric Johnson's laboratory, Dept. Bacteriology and FRI, UW-Madison |
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| Spring Semester 2007 FRI FRESH
Schedule (.pdf) Food Research Institute,
Dept. Food Microbiology & Toxicology;
Tuesdays [note new day of the week], 11:30
a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Spring 2007 at the Food Research
Institute, UW–Madison, 1925 Willow Drive --- 1/23: “Wireless Communications in a Sand-clogging Bacterial Pathogen” Tzu-Pi Huang, FRI, Dr. Amy Wong’s lab, FRI, UW-Madison 2/6: “Life in Acid and Food Safety” Dr. Kai (Billy) Hung, Dr. Charles Kaspar’s lab, FRI, UW-Madison 2/20: “Supplying Pathogen-free Healthy Potatoes to the U.S.” Dr. Amy Charkowski, Assistant Professor, Dept. Plant Pathology, UW-Madison 3/6: “Parasites and Food Safety” Dr. Laura Knoll, Assistant Professor, Dept. Medical Microbiology & Immunology, UW-Madison 3/20: “Food Defense” Gary L. Pruitt, Sr. Food Safety Principal, Sargento Foods, Inc. 4/10: “Nitrite and Nitrate Safety as Food Ingredients” Dr. Andy Milkowski, Adjunct Professor, Dept. Animal Sciences, UW-Madison 4/24: “Can Chicken Antibodies Replace Antibiotics as Growth Stimulants?” Dr. Mark Cook, Professor, Dept. Animal Sciences, UW-Madison Postponed (cancelled for 5/8): “Update on Microbial Sciences Building (MSB)” Dr. Amy Wong and Jean Johnson, FRI, UW-Madison |
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| Fall Semester
2006 FRI FRESH Schedule (.pdf)
Food Research Institute, Dept. Food Microbiology
& Toxicology; Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. –
12:30 p.m. at the Food Research Institute,
UW–Madison, 1925 Willow Drive --- 9/6: “How Microorganisms Evade HACCP Plans” Dr. Jeff Kornacki, President and Senior Technical Director, Kornacki Microbiology Solutions 9/20: “Traceability of Retail Products from Start to Finish” Joseph Meyer, Program Manager, Scientific Affairs & Regulatory Affairs, Kraft Foods Global, Inc. 10/4: “Toxicology Testing: Understanding the End Before the Beginning” Dr. Jay Albretsen, Covance Laboratories, Madison 10/18: “Effective Validation of Beef Slaughter Critical Points” Dr. Gary Acuff, Professor, Animal Science Department, Texas A & M University 11/1: “Prions and Food Safety” Dr. Judd Aiken, Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine, UW–Madison 11/15: “Microbiology in the Service Sector: Using Your Education to Help Food Manufacturers” Dr. Jean Schoeni, Director of Research, Trac Microbiology 12/6: “Records Management” Nancy M. Kunde, UW-Madison Archives and Records Management |
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| Spring
Semester 2006 FRI FRESH Schedule (.pdf) Food
Research Institute, Dept. Food Microbiology &
Toxicology; Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Spring
at the Food Research Institute, UW–Madison,
1925 Willow Drive --- Jan. 25 “Bird Flu: Really a Cause for Concern?”, Dr. Stacey Schultz-Cherry,. Medical Microbiology & Immunology, UW–Madison Feb. 8 “Formulating Foods for Safety”, Dr. Kathy Glass, FRI, UW–Madison Feb. 22 “New Insights into the Pathogenesis of Gastrointestinal Listeriosis”, Dr. Charles Czuprynski, Pathobiological Sciences, UW–Madison March 8 “Potential Involvement of Clostridial Infections in Neurological Disorders”, Lab of Dr. Eric Johnson, FRI, UW–Madison March 22 “Validation of the Safety of Meat Processing Critical Limits”, Dr. Steve Ingham, Food Science, UW–Madison April 5 “How I Got to B. cereus about Biofilm”, Mr. Jeff Hsueh, Dr. Amy Wong’s lab, FRI, UW–Madison April 19 “Can We Reduce Acrylamide in Food?”, Ms. Jayne Storkson, Dr. Mike Pariza’s lab, FRI, UW–Madison May 10 “Recent Developments in Whole Cell Nucleic Acid Diagnostics for the Rapid Detection of Foodborne Pathogens”, Dr. Byron Brehm-Stecher, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University |
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| Fall Semester 2005 FRI FRESH Schedule
(.pdf); Food Research Institute, Dept. Food Microbiology
& Toxicology; Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30
p.m. at the Food Research Institute, UW–Madison, 1925 Willow Drive --- Aug. 8 (note Monday date): “FRI, FRESH, CLA and Acrylamide,” Dr. Michael W. Pariza, Director, FRI Aug. 24: “Food Defense: The Federal Response,” Dr. Don Burr, FRI Adjunct Prof., Wis. DATCP, NCFST Sept. 14: “Non-thermal Preservation Technologies,” Dr. Martin Cole, Director, NCFST, Summit-Argo, IL Sept. 28: no seminar: break for FRI Symposium: “Antimicrobials and Sanitizers” at Pyle Center Oct. 12: "How Safe Is the Water Around Us?", Alan Degnan, Senior Microbiologist, Environmental Health Division, Wis. State Lab of Hygiene Oct. 26: "Archaeal Life at pH 1.0," David Baumler, PhD candidate, Cellular and Molecular Biology Nov. 9: "Food Safety from an Industrial Perspective," Dr. Adam Borger, Microbiologist, Kraft Foods Nov. 23: no seminar: Thanksgiving break Dec. 7: “Molecular Approaches to Eliminate Mycotoxins,” Dr. Nancy Keller, Plant Pathology and FRI |
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