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Director, Food Research Institute: Michael W. Pariza
What's New?
April 14, 2008
 Announcement:  Revised Schedule:
 Spring 2008 FRESH (Food Research & Education Seminar Highlight) Seminar Series

Spring Semester 2008 Schedule (.pdf) from the Food Research Institute, Wednesdays, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Spring 2008 at the Microbial Sciences Building, faculty meeting room, 6th floor, 1550 Linden Drive, UW–Madison
 Topics to be presented:

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
April 4, 2008
 Briefing: Destruction of H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus in Meat and Poultry Products  (.pdf)

Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild and domesticated birds have spread over a significant segment of the world area of Asia, Africa, and Europe. It is extremely important to learn how to mitigate the virus and its effect on the food chain and human health.
April 4, 2008
 Communications/Meeting: April 30-May 1, 2008: Treatment and Disposal of Food Products Contaminated by Biological Threat Agents
Workshop fee: $295
For more information or to register, please visit: http://biothreat.engr.wisc.edu  or contact Kristin Maharg maharg@epd.engr.wisc.edu   608-262-6498
FRI is a co-sponsor of this meeting. Questions? contact  Mike Pariza (mwpariza@wisc.edu)
April 4, 2008
 In the News:  Chuck Czuprynski to become Interim Director of Food Research Institute,  FRI Executive Committee member Professor Charles Czuprynski, School of Veterinary Medicine (eCALS News ) (Czuprynski)
April 4, 2008
 In the News:  Nancy Keller elected fellow of American Academy of Microbiology,  FRI Faculty member Professor Nancy Keller (eCALS News) (Kelller)
Oct. 17, 2007
 Communications/Newsletter: Fall 2007, Vol. 19, No. 3 (.pdf)   includes:
  • In Memoriam: Edwin Traisman, Emeritus Senior Reearch Program Manager and FRI Newsletter Editor
  • Research: "Neuronal Receptors for Botulinum Neurotoxins" (Johnson); and "In Pursuit of Molds and Their Metabolites" (Keller)
  • Meeting Summaries: "Microbial Food Spoilage—Losses and Control Strategies" [FRI Focus on Food Safety, June 12, 2007]" and "Relevant Regulatory and Analytical Challenges for Food and Dietary Supplements" [FRI and Covance, August 28-29, 2007]

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