FRI Events

FRESH Seminars
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
Meetings
Workshops
Training Webinars

Past Seminars

Nov 15, 2022

Confusing (sometimes comedic) comestible microbiological mishaps

Adam Borger, Outreach Coordinator, Food Research Institute, UW-Madison

online only @ 11:00:00

Nov 08, 2022

Leveraging surgical nutrition models to improve human health

Joseph Pierre, Assistant Professor, Dept. Nutritional Sciences, UW-Madison

online only @ 11:00:00

Presenter Info: https://nutrisci.wisc.edu/joseph-pierre/

Oct 25, 2022

PFAS and food packaging — What are they and why are they used?

Kevin Nelson, Senior Fellow, Amcor

online only @ 11:00:00

Oct 13, 2022

FRI 20-minute topics: Food safety concerns in shared-kitchen manufacturing sites

Amanda Kinchla, Extension Associate Professor, Dept. Food Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst

online only @ 11:30:00

Oct 11, 2022

Using comparative genomics to identify the habitat of Staphylococcus saprophyticus

Caitlin Pepperell, Associate Professor, Medicine and Medical Microbiology & Immunology, UW-Madison

online only @ 11:00:00

Presenter Info: https://mmi.wisc.edu/staff/pepperell-caitlin/

Sep 27, 2022

Strategies to prevent and control norovirus

Xinhui Li, Associate Professor, Microbiology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

online only @ 11:00:00

Presenter Info: https://www.uwlax.edu/profile/xli/

Sep 22, 2022

FRI 20-minute topics: Current toxicological concerns in the food industry

Paul Hanlon, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Abbott Nutrition

online only @ 11:30:00

Sep 13, 2022

Concepts of shelf-life measurement in foods

Dennis Seman, DLS Consulting, Madison, WI

online only @ 11:00:00

Apr 26, 2022

Application of cold plasma technology in food and agriculture

Zifan Wan, Assistant Professor L/I, Dept. Animal and Dairy Science, UW-Platteville

online only @ 11:00:00

Presenter Info: https://www.uwplatt.edu/profile/wanzi

Apr 12, 2022

Enhancing global food safety by dissecting a key regulator governing fungal development and aflatoxin biosynthesis

Harrison Moon, 2021 recipient of the FRI Deibel Distinguished Graduate Fellowship in Food Safety Research

online only @ 11:00:00

Mar 29, 2022

GenomeTrakr database and network: WGS network for real-time characterization and source tracking of foodborne pathogens

Marc Allard, Research Microbiologist, FDA

online only @ 11:00:00

Presenter Info: https://www.fda.gov/science-research/fda-science-jobs-and-scientific-professional-development/marc-allard-phd-research-microbiologist

Mar 22, 2022

BrpR/BrpS: A new biofilm regulating system in Staphylococcus aureus?

Bill Schwan, Professor, Dept. Microbiology, UW-La Crosse

online only @ 11:00:00

Presenter Info: https://www.uwlax.edu/profile/wschwan/

Mar 08, 2022

Protocol and ethical considerations of the Mycotoxin Mitigation Trial, a cluster-randomized trial to assess the effect of aflatoxin on child growth

Erica Phillips, Visiting Scientist, Dept. Nutritional Sciences, UW-Madison

online only @ 11:00:00

Feb 08, 2022

Plant- and cell-culture-based meat analogs: Development, environmental impact, and consumer acceptance

David Kaplan, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Tissue Engineering and Research Center, Tufts University

online only @ 11:00:00

Presenter Info: https://engineering.tufts.edu/bme/people/faculty/david-kaplan