FRESH Seminars Archive
Presentations in pdf format, when available, are linked here. Audio recordings of presentations from the biweekly FRESH seminar speakers are accessed at the Sponsors Only section (click here). Contact FRI Associate Director Kathleen Glass to request log-in codes.
2013, Apr 16FRESH Spring 2013 presents "Vegetables and Targeted Human Health Claims: A Case Study in Onion "
- Speaker: Irwin Goldman, Professor, Horticulture, UW-Madison
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2013, Apr 5FRESH Spring 2013 presents "Myths and Facts About Modern Meat Production "
- Speaker: Janet Riley, senior vice president of public affairs and member services at the American Meat Institute
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2013, Apr 2FRESH Spring 2013 presents "Investigating the Role of Phytophagous Insects in the Multiplication and Persistence of Salmonella enterica on Plants "
- Speaker: Jose Pablo Soto-Arias, Ph.D. student, Plant Pathology, UW-Madison
2012 FRI E. M. Foster Wisconsin Distinguished Fellowship awardee - Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2013, Mar 19FRESH Spring 2013 presents "Recent Advances in Food Allergen Detection"
- Speaker: Lauren Jackson, Research Food Technologist/FDA Team Leader, Food Chemistry and Nutrition, FDA/IFSH;
AOAC paper: (Best practices for validation of allergen testing procedures) - Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2013, Mar 5FRESH Spring 2013 presents "Reducing the Risk of Foodborne Illness from Listeria monocytogenes and Shiga Toxin-producing E. coli "
- Speaker: John Luchansky, Research Microbiologist, USDA/ARS-ERRC
- Speaker website: Speaker website
2013, Feb 19FRESH Spring 2013 presents "Colonization of Legume Sprouts by Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli O157:H7 "
- Speaker: Jean-Michel Ané, Associate Professor, Agronomy, UW-Madison
- Speaker website: Speaker website
2012, Nov 20FRESH Fall 2012 presents "The Bitter, Twisted Truth of the Hop"
- Speaker: David Ryder, MillerCoors
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2012, Nov 6FRESH Fall 2012 presents "Natural Products and Calcium: Developing Non-Toxic Treatments for Cancer and Neovascular Diseases"
- Speaker: Arthur Polans, Professor, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences and Biomolecular Chemistry, UW-Madison
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2012, Oct 23FRESH Fall 2012 presents "Mechanisms of Listeria monocytogenes Survival in the Macrophage Cytosol"
- Speaker: John-Demian Sauer, Assistant Professor, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, UW-Madison
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2012, Oct 2FRESH Fall 2012 presents "Seed Production Practices and How They Impact Crop Industrialization"
- Speaker: Amy Charkowski, Associate Professor, Plant Pathology, UW-Madison
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2012, Sep 18FRESH Fall 2012 presents "Role of the Environmental Toxin β-N-Methylamino-L-Alanine (BMAA) in Neurodegenerative Diseases"
- Speaker: Doug Lobner, Associate Professor, Marquette University
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2012, May 1FRESH Spring 2012 presents "A Large Animal Veterinarian's Perspective on Neonatal Listeriosis"
- Speaker: Keith Poulsen, Research Associate, Pathobiological Sciences, UW-Madison
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2012, Apr 17FRESH Spring 2012 presents "Animal Health, Food Safety, and Organic Livestock Production"
- Speaker: Guy Jodarski, Organic Valley
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2012, Mar 20FRESH Spring 2012 presents "Genomic Analysis of Clostridium botulinum"
- Speaker: Kristin Marshall, Institute for Food Safety and Health (NCFST, IFSH)
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2012, Mar 6FRESH Spring 2012 presents "Food Manufacturer's Role in Food Safety and Nutrition"
- Speaker: Vivien Sheehan, Kerry Ingredients
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2012, Feb 23FRESH Spring 2012 presents "The Future of Nuclear Power Post-Fukushima"
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- Speaker: Michael Corradini, Professor, Nuclear Engineering, UW-Madison
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2012, Feb 7FRESH Spring 2012 presents "Developing a seed potato system for the needs of
Midwest organic farmers: A participatory approach"
- Speaker: Ruth Genger, Assistant Researcher, Plant Pathology, UW-Madison
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2011, Nov 29FRESH Fall 2011 presents "The Evolution of Rapid Methods from Research Tools to Commercial Application"
- Speaker: Joe Meyer, Covance
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2011, Nov 15FRESH Fall 2011 presents "Challenges Facing the Pet Food Industry"
- Speaker: Eric Morris, Fromm Family Foods
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2011, Nov 1FRESH Fall 2011 presents "Prions and the Environment"
- Speaker: Joel Pedersen, Associate Professor, Soil Science, UW-Madison
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2011, Oct 18FRESH Fall 2011 presents "Food Complexity and the Dogma of Science"
- Speaker: David Barnes, Director of Research, Standard Process, Inc.
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2011, Oct 4FRESH Fall 2011 presents "Innovations in Community and Regional Food Systems"
- Speaker: Steve Ventura, Professor, Soil Science, UW-Madison
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2011, May 3FRESH Spring 2011 presents "Student Presentations: Growth and Survival Characteristics of Non-O157 Shiga-Toxin Producing E. coli (STEC)"
- Speaker: Thom Mand, M.S. student, Dept. Bacteriology, UW-Madison
2011, May 3FRESH Spring 2011 presents "Student Presentations: The Velvet Regulators Bridge Fungal Sporogenesis and Mycotoxin Biosynthesis"
- Speaker: HeeSoo Park, Ph.D. candidate, Molecular and Environmental Toxicology, UW-Madison
- Speaker website: Speaker website
2011, Apr 19FRESH Spring 2011 presents "Vomitoxin, Friend or Foe?: Molecular Mechanisms of a Common Mycotoxin"
- Speaker: Jim Pestka, Professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2011, Apr 5FRESH Spring 2011 presents "Food Safety Challenges in the Retail Industry"
- Speaker: Chuck Seaman, HyVee Food Stores
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2011, Mar 22FRESH Spring 2011 presents "Emergence and Zoonotic Transmission of a Highly Pathogenic Campylobacter jejuni Clone in the United States"
- Speaker: Qijing Zhang, Professor and Frank Ramsey Endowed Chair, Veterinary Microbiology & Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2011, Mar 1FRESH Spring 2011 presents "Mediating the Switch from Saprotroph to Human Pathogen: Stress Response and Virulence in Listeria monocytogenes"
- Speaker: Kathryn Boor, Ronald P. Lynch Dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Professor, Department of Food Science, Cornell University
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2011, Feb 15FRESH Spring 2011 presents "West Nile Virus: Modeling Human Disease"
- Speaker: Kristen Bernard, Associate Professor, Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, UW-Madison
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2011, Feb 1FRESH Spring 2011 presents "Current Views and Efforts Towards Agricultural Sustainability"
- Speaker: Molly Jahn , Professor, Dept. Genetics, Dept. Agronomy, UW-Madison
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2010, Nov 30FRESH Fall 2010 presents "Student Presentations: Effects of Natural Antimicrobials and Nitrite on Clostridium botulinum Toxigenesis in Model Meat Products"
- Speaker: Brandon Wanless, M.S., Microbiology Dept. of Bacteriology and FRI, UW-Madison
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2010, Nov 30FRESH Fall 2010 presents "Student Presentations: Use of Toxoplasma gondii as An Immunotherapeutic for Listeria monocytogenes Infection"
- Speaker: Lori Neal, Ph.D. candidate, MDTP Dept. of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, UW-Madison
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2010, Nov 16FRESH Fall 2010 presents "Establishing Effective Food Protection Practices, Regulations, and Organizations"
- Speaker: Bill Sperber, Cargill, Inc (retired)
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2010, Nov 2FRESH Fall 2010 presents "Indirect Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Antibiotics Is Key in Finding Alternatives for Animal Agriculture"
- Speaker: Mark Cook, Professor, Dept. of Animal Sciences, UW-Madison
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2010, Oct 19FRESH Fall 2010 presents "Food Safety in a Challenging Product Innovation and Marketing World"
- Speaker: Wafa Birbari, Director, Food Safety Research & Development, Sara Lee Corporation
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2010, Oct 5FRESH Fall 2010 presents "Intervention Strategies for a New Enemy: Foodborne Viruses"
- Speaker: Alvin Lee, Director (Microbiology), National Center for Food Safety and Technology
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2010, Sep 21FRESH Fall 2010 presents "Food Law Issues in the 21st Century"
- Speaker: Barry Levenson, National Mustard Museum
Speaker profile. - Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2010, May 4FRESH Spring 2010 presents "Issues and Alternatives Associated with Natural and Organic Processed Meats"
- Speaker: Joe Sebranek, Professor, Animal Science, Iowa State University
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2010, Apr 20FRESH Spring 2010 presents "Animal, Human, and Food Safety: The Emergence of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococci"
- Speaker: Faye Hartmann, Instructor, School of Veterinary Medicine, UW-Madison
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2010, Apr 6FRESH Spring 2010 presents "Improving the Food Safety of Non-Ready-to-Eat Meals: The Risks and Rewards"
- Speaker: Adam Borger, Microbiologist, Rich Products Corp.
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2010, Mar 30FRESH Spring 2010 presents "Extra FRESH: The Effect of Feeding Distiller's Grains on E. coli O157 Prevalence in Cattle"
- Speaker: Megan Jacob, Graduate Research Assistant/Ph.D. candidate, Dept. Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Kansas State Univ.
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2010, Mar 23FRESH Spring 2010 presents "One Shot, Two Kills: Controlling Fungal Dissemination and Toxin Production"
- Speaker: Jae-Hyuk Yu, Assoc. Professor, FRI and Bacteriology, UW-Madison
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2010, Mar 9FRESH Spring 2010 presents "Non-O157 STECs in the Pepperoni Process"
- Speaker: Chuck Kaspar, Professor, FRI and Bacteriology, UW-Madison
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2010, Feb 23FRESH Spring 2010 presents "Probiotics: The Science Behind a Growing Trend in Functional Foods"
- Speaker: Connie Sindelar, Probiotic Format Development Manager, Danisco USA Inc.
2010, Feb 9FRESH Spring 2010 presents "Defining Food Fraud & The Chemistry of the Crime"
- Speaker: John Spink, Assist. Professor, Anti-Counterfeit and Product Protection Program, Michigan State University
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2010, Jan 26FRESH Spring 2010 presents "Use of Pathogen Surrogates for In-Plant Validation of Slaughter and Meat Processing Interventions"
- Speaker: Barbara Ingham, Assoc. Professor, Food Science, UW-Madison
- Speaker website: Speaker website
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2009, Dec 1FRESH Fall 2009 presents "Food Safety Risks in Raw Milk"
- Speaker: Suzanne Gibbons-Burgener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
2009, Nov 17FRESH Fall 2009 presents "The Science of Food Allergens: Thresholds, Detection, and Verification"
- Speaker: Mark Moorman, Kellogg Company
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2009, Nov 3FRESH Fall 2009 presents "Impacts on the Food Industry from a Foreign Animal Disease Outbreak Response"
- Speaker: Ty J. Vannieuwenhoven, Area Emergency Coordinator, USDA, APHIS, Veterinary Services; with Kristin Gunther, Wis. DATCP; Matt Mathison, WMMB
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2009, Oct 20FRESH Fall 2009 presents "Rapid Whole Cell Detection of Salmonella in Fresh Produce"
- Speaker: Byron Brehm-Stecher, Assistant Professor, Iowa State University
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2009, Oct 6FRESH Fall 2009 presents "Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP): Implications for Your Intestines"
- Speaker: Mike Collins, Professor, Dept. Pathobiological Sciences, UW-Madison
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File
2009, Sep 22FRESH Fall 2009 presents "Food Legislative Reform and Wisconsin"
- Speaker: Steve Ingham, Wisconsin Dept. Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection
- Seminar presentation pdf: PDF File