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Food Science news and Upcoming events
Harris Award Lecture
Please plan to attend the 2009 Harris Award
Lecture on Tuesday, November 17th. Dr. Michael P.
Doyle is presenting "From Burgers to Tilapia: The Increasing
Challenges to Ensuring Safe Foods." Dr. Doyle is the 2009
Harris Award winner and is a Regents Professor of Microbiology
and Director, Center for Food Safety, Department of Food Science
and Technology, University of Georgia. The seminar will take
place at noon in Room 118 of the Parker Food Science Building
with a lunch reception immediately after.
November 2009
FST Autumn Term Seminar Speaker for Tuesday,
November 10th
Dr. Valente Alvarez, Director of the Food
Industries Center at OSU will be the seminar speaker and his
presentation is "OSU Food Industries Center: Building Bridges
between Academia and Industry." The seminar will take place
at noon in Room 118 of the Parker Food Science Building.
November 2009
Food
Scientist Uses High Pressure to Keep Food Safe -- for a Long,
Long Time
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State University food science
researcher V.M. "Bala" Balasubramaniam isn't feeling
pressure to perform. He's using pressure.
The associate professor of food science and
technology studies how high-pressure food processing
can be used and refined to preserve low-acid foods,
allowing them to stay fresh for extensive periods
while inactivating the bacteria and other pathogens
that would otherwise make them unsafe. |
November 2009
FST Autumn Term Seminar Speaker for Tuesday,
November 3rd
Dr. V.M. Balasubramaniam, Associate Professor of
Food Science and Technology at OSU will be the seminar speaker
and his presentation is "Pressure Assisted Thermal
Sterilization of Low Acid Foods." The seminar will take
place at noon in Room 118 of the Parker Food Science Building.
October 2009
FST Autumn Term Seminar Speaker for Tuesday,
October 27th.
Dr. Ynes Ortega, Associate Professor of Food
Science and Technology at the University of Georgia, is the
seminar speaker and her presentation is "Foodborne Parasites:
Update on Cyclospora cayetanensis." The seminar will take place
at noon in Room 118 of the Parker Food Science Building.
October 2009
FST Autumn Term Seminar Speaker for Tuesday,
October 20th
Dr. Jeanette Thurston, National Program Leader at
the USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture, is the
seminar speaker and her presentation is "Environmentally
Transmitted Pathogen Research and the new National Institute for
Food and Agriculture." The seminar will take place at noon
in Room 118 of the Parker Food Science Building.
October 2009
Congratulations to the proposal Food
Innovation Center: Foods for Global Security, Safety, and Health
Promotion on being awarded funding by the Office of Academic
Affairs and the Office of Research.
The Food Innovation Center is
led by principal investigator, Food Science professor Ken Lee,
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, with
more than 80 faculty members from 12 colleges. The Food
Innovation Center brings together a multidisciplinary group of
researchers to attack the food crisis by addressing four themes:
designing foods for health, ensuring food safety, advancing
biomedical nutrition in disease prevention and health promotion,
and global food strategy and policy.
September 2009
Baconizing
Making breakfast meat more than food
By Michael Amann
Bacon and eggs. BLT sandwiches. Bacon cheeseburgers. Bacon
burritos. Bacon Bits. Cheese fries with bacon on top.
Chicken-fried bacon. Chocolate-covered bacon. Bacon-covered
chocolate. Bacon-flavored toothpicks. Bacon-flavored mints. "Bakon"
Vodka. Bacon whiskey. Oktoberfest Bacon Bier. Bras made of
bacon. Guns made of bacon. Girls in bacon bras holding bacon
guns. Bacon-print toilet paper. Bacon Camps. Baconfests. Bacon
blogs. Bacon books. Pork-weaved, barbequed, and sausage-infused
Bacon Explosions.
September 2009
Congratulations to Assistant
Professor Jianrong Li on his first USDA Grant! His grant
proposal with co-PI Mo Saif, is titled
“Methyltransferase-defective recombinant viruses as live
candidates for avian metapneumovirus: a jump from theory to
practice.”
This grant was ranked number 1 out of 83 in the Agriculture and
Food Research Initiative Program: Animal Health and Well-Being.
September 2009
How Did You Spend Your Summer? Two
Buckeyes Learned from NASA Scientists.
HOUSTON, Texas -- Two Buckeyes --
one a recent graduate, another entering a master's program this
fall -- joined forces with NASA scientists this summer through a
National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) internship
program.
Setsuko Kamotani, who received her master's degree in food
science and technology in June, and Jessica Cooperstone, who
will enter the same program this fall, are two of just 18
interns in the program this year. Both worked with scientists in
the Space Food Systems Laboratory at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC)
in Houston.
read
the full article.
August 2009
Staff spotlight shines on Gary
Wenneker
 Gary
Wenneker is featured in the staff spotlight in the latest
edition of
onCampus.
A 15-year OSU employee, Wenneker works in the Food Industries
Center Pilot Plants. When he's not overseeing the production of
cheese and ice cream products, snack foods, salsa and other
popular treats, Wenneker hosts short courses and training
sessions. Find out what he likes about working at Ohio State and
what he does in his spare time. Read the onCampus profile at
http://oncampus.osu.edu/2009/08/top-3on2-8-13-09/.
May 2009
The Food Science Club announces
adjunct professor Dr. John Litchfield as the 2008-09 recipient
of the Professor of the Year Award for his immense enthusiasm
and dedication to the education of students. Congratulations Dr.
Litchfield!
May 2009
Congratulations to Erica Baumker, a
food science undergraduate, for receiving an Institute of Food
Technologist’s Scholarship for 2009.
May 2009
23rd Edward F. Hayes Graduate
Research Forum
Veena Prabhakar, M.S. student,
received first place in the FAES and Human Ecology Oral
Competition at the 23rd Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum
for her paper titled “Rapid quantification of dipicolinic acid
in processed Bacillus spores using infrared spectroscopy.” Veena
is advised by Luis Rodriguez-Saona. Congratulations, Veena!
April 2009
2009 CFAES Undergraduate Research
Forum
Congratulations to food science undergraduate, Kurtis Feng, for
placing first in the Food and Meat Science category at the
recent CFAES Undergraduate Research Forum held on April 21. The
title of his paper was “Vesicular stomatitis virus expressing
Hepatitis E virus-like particles: A new live vaccine candidate
for non-cultivable foodborne viruses.” His adviser is Jianrong
Li.
April 2009
OARDC Research Conference
The Department of Food Science and Technology was very well
represented by our graduate students at the OARDC Annual
Research Conference yesterday. FST students presented 13 of the
54 posters on display – the largest number from any department.
Congratulations to the award winners.
PhD poster division:
Rockendra Gupta, 2nd place. The title of his poster was
"Combined pressure temperature effects on lycopene stability and
isomerization in tomato juice." Adviser is V.M. Balasubramaniam.
Gregory Hostetler, 3rd place. The title of his poster was
“Effects of juice processing on anti-inflammatory flavonoids in
plant foods.” Advisor is Steve Schwartz.
MS poster division:
Sarrah Hassel, 3rd place. The title of her poster was
“Application of a handheld infrared sensor for monitoring the
distribution of vitamins and minerals in fortified corn-based
snacks.” Adviser is Luis Rodriguez-Saona.
April 2009
Associate Professor Bala
Balasubramaniam has been elected as “Chair-elect” for IFT
Nonthermal processing division (http://www.ift.org/divisions/nonthermal/objectives.html)
.
In this 3-year elected leadership position Dr. Bala will serve
the division as chair-elect, chair and past-chair. The division
membership include scientists and engineers from industry,
government and academia interested in advancement of nonthermal
food preservation technologies.
March 2009
Ken Lee named ACE Fellow
Ken Lee, Professor of Food Science and Technology, has been
named an Academic Fellow of the American Council on Education
(ACE) for the 2009-2010 academic year. The Academic Fellows
Program, established in 1965, is designed to strengthen
institutions and leadership in American higher education by
identifying and preparing promising senior faculty and
administrators for responsible positions in college and
university administration. Lee was one of 38 Fellows selected in
a national competition.
March 2009
Hua Wang receives funding from
Battelle Endowment
Hua Wang, Associate
Professor of Food Science and Technology, was one of five OSU
faculty awarded a grant from the Battelle Endowment for
Technology and Human Affairs for her research titled “Antibiotic
Resistance Transmission through the Global Food Chain: Public
Health Impact and Intervention Strategies.”
March 2009
Congratulations to OSU Graduate
Student Setsuko Kamotani who is selected as recipient of the
2009 Sylvia Rowe Fellowship of the International Food
Information Council. This is a highly competitive honor named
after one of the nation's leading communicators of factual
science based food information. Setsuko joins the DC team this
June 2009.
March 2009
Congratulations to graduate student,
Lizanel Felciano, for winning the Italian Packaging Technology
Award 2009 for her research on "Color Changing Plastics for Food
Packaging." The award includes a trip to Italy to tour packaging
manufacturing companies. Lizanel is advised by Melvin Pascall.
March 2009
The Ohio Valley IFT Section is
hosting a symposium titled “Functional Foods for the Health
Conscious Consumer” on Thursday March 19 at the Ohio State
University, Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center. More
information is available at
http://fst.osu.edu/ovift/#Functional
March 2009
Dr. Jim Harper was recently
recognized for his outstanding contributions to the development
of the whey protein industry in New Zealand at the Inaugural
Riddet Institute National Conference “The Future of Food” held
February 16-18, 2009 at Massey University. The Wednesday session
was dedicated to Dr. Harper and titled The Harper Symposium.
Speakers from across the globe focused on the latest
developments in dairy protein chemistry.
February 2009
Department of Food Science and
Technology Seminar Series
Kimberly Livsey, Regional Retail Food Specialist, FDA,
Atlanta, Georgia will present a seminar titled “Food Safety
at the 2009 Presidential Inauguration Ceremonies” on Friday
February 27 at noon in 118 Parker Food Science Bldg.
February 2009
OSU Reception and Mixer at 2009 IFT
Annual Meeting
The Ohio State University Department
of Food Science and Technology will host our first annual
reception and mixer at the 2009 IFT Annual Meeting in Anaheim,
California. This is an IFT ticketed event. We look forward to
seeing you there!
Ohio State University Mixer
Sunday June 7, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Ticket - $19.00
For more information
visit web
site.
January 2009
Congratulations to Ph.D. student, Yu
Zhang! Yu was recently awarded a Fellowship from the OSU Center
for RNA Biology for 2009 based on his outstanding research
proposal. RNA Fellows receive a stipend of $25,000 plus tuition
and fees. Yu works for Dr. Jianrong Li, Assistant Professor.
January 2009
Harris Award for Excellence in
Food Science & Technology
The department has selected world renowned Professor Philip E.
Nelson as the
2008 Harris Award for Excellence in Food Science and Technology
winner. Dr.
Nelson will accept the award on February 25, 2009. A reception
will take place at 3:30 pm in the lobby area of Kottman Hall,
followed by Dr. Nelson's presentation at 4:30 pm in 103 Kottman
Hall, "A Career with Unexpected World Impact." More information
is available at link (pdf)
January 2009
Conference on Food Safety and Public
Health Frontier:
Minimizing Antibiotic Resistance Transmission through the Food
Chain
April 2-3, 2009, Washington DC
More information is available at
http://fst.osu.edu/ar/
January 2009
CoFE Food Engineering Conference,
OSU, Columbus, OH
April 6-8, 2009
Information at
http://www.cofe09.org/pageview1.asp?id=386
December 2008
Graduate Student Success
D.D. Williamson, Louisville, Ky., has hired He
Jian, Ph.D., to its Science and Innovation team. The new food
science position was created to add strength to Science and
Innovation efforts and manage increased demand from customers
for application projects. Jian received his Ph.D. in Food
Science & Technology from Ohio State Univ., where he studied
anthocyanin properties with Dr. Monica Giusti. More information
at:
http://www.ddwilliamson.com/a-38-807-He-Jian,-Ph.D.-hired-in-Science-an.aspx
December 2008
FST Autumn Term Seminar speaker for Tuesday December 2
Dr. Linda Saif, Professor in the OSU Food Animal Health Research
Program, is giving a seminar on Tuesday December 2 at noon in
118 Parker FST building. The title of her presentation is
"Cruising for Noroviruses: Pig types modeling human
susceptibility".
November 2008
The College of Food, Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences Alumni Society has announced their
2009 awards. Winners with ties to the Department of Food Science
and Technology include:
2009 Distinguished Alumni Award – Charles Morr, Adjunct
Professor, Food Science and Technology. Former holder of the
Carl E. Haas Chair of Food Industries at Ohio State University.
2009 Young Professional Achievement Award – Kenya (Mathews)
Nicholson, B.S. Food Science, Currently R&D Scientist at Rich
Products.
November 2008
FST Autumn Term Seminar speaker for Tuesday November 18
Our autumn term seminar
speaker for Tuesday November 18 is Lamar Hendricks, Consultant,
Technical Business Solutions, Inc., Formerly Director,
Regulatory Compliance, Sara Lee Foods Corp., Cincinnati, OH. The
title of his presentation is “ How Country of Origin Labeling
(COOL) Requirements Affect Various Food Products.” The seminar
will be held at noon in 118 Parker Food Science and Technology
Building.
November 2008
FST Autumn Term Seminar speaker for Tuesday November 4
Dr. Jiyoung Lee, Assistant Professor
in the Department of Food Science and Technology and the
Division of Environmental Health Sciences, is giving a seminar
on Tuesday November 4 at noon in 118 Parker FST building. The
title of her presentation is “Rapid Detection of Waterborne and
Foodborne Pathogens.”
October 2008
FST Autumn Term Seminar speaker for Tuesday October 28
Dr. Monica
Giusti, Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Science
and Technology, is our seminar speaker for Tuesday October 28 at
noon in 118 Parker FST building.
The title of her presentation is “Anthocyanin Pigments:
Stability, Availability, and Biotransformation in the
Gastrointestinal Tract.”
October 2008
Patrick Fox, Emeritus Professor of
Food Chemistry, from the Department of Food Science and
Technology, University College, Cork, Ireland is presenting two
seminars this week.
Monday October 20, 10 am, 118 Parker: Lactose: No longer
Useless!
Tuesday October 21, noon, 118 Parker: Indigenous Enzymes in Milk
Seminars are sponsored by the Food Industries Center.
October 2008
Michael Mangino, Professor Emeritus,
has been awarded the 2008 Outstanding Alumni Award from the
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Michigan State
University. He was presented the award on October 10 during the
J. Robert Brunner Lecture and Memorial Protein Symposium in East
Lansing.
October 2008
FST Autumn Term Seminar speaker for Tuesday October 7
Dr. Mukund Karwe, Professor and Chair, Department of Food
Science, Rutgers University will present a seminar titled
“Thermal Transport in Selected Food Operations.” The seminar
will be held in 118 Parker Food Science and Technology Building
at noon.
September 2008
FST Autumn Term Seminar speaker
for Tuesday September 30
Dr. Gireesh Rajashekara, Assistant Professor, Food Animal
Health Research Program will speak on
“Preharvest Food Safety and Campylobacter Colonization in
Chickens.” The seminar will be held in 118 Parker Food Science
and Technology Building at noon.
September 2008
Read about research to improve the safety of fresh produce,
featuring work using ozone gas by Ahmed Yousef and Sudhir Sastry
(link)
September 2008
Dr. Jiyoung Lee, Assistant
Professor, joined the Department of Food Science and Technology
on September 1, 2008. Dr. Lee was hired through the Targeted
Investment in Excellence Public Health Preparedness Initiative
and has a joint appointment in FST (30%) and Environmental
Health Sciences (70%) in the College of Public Health. Her
research is in the area of environmental microbiology. Dr. Lee
comes from Ann Arbor, Michigan where she worked for a
biotechnology company developing rapid molecular techniques to
detect pathogens in food and water.
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