237 Food Industry Complex
Lincoln, NE 68583-0919
E-Mail: jbaumert2@unl.edu
Teaching and/or Extension
Activities:
Teaching: Advise MS and PhD students
Extension: Food safety/food allergy related issues in food industry
Research Area:
Research interests include determination of minimal eliciting doses for specific allergenic foods; examination of the digestive stability of major food allergens and monitoring the in vivo distribution of digestion-resistant allergens in the human body; and the development of immunochemical methods for detection of allergenic food proteins.
Five Selected Publications:
Taylor SL, Crevel RWR, Sheffield D, Kabourek J, Baumert JL. 2009. Threshold Dose for Peanut: Risk Characterization Based Upon Published Results from Challenges of Peanut-Allergic Individuals. Food Chem Toxicol. 47:1198-1204.
Taylor SL, Moneret-Vautrin DA, Crevel RWR, Sheffield D, Morisset M, Dumont P, Baumert JL. 2009. Threshold Dose for Peanut: Risk Characterization Based Upon Diagnostic Oral Challenge for a Series of 287 Peanut-Allergic Individuals. Food Chem Toxicol. [submitted].
Baumert JL, Bush RK, Levy MB, Koppelman SJ, Nordlee JA, Hefle SL, Taylor SL. 2009. Distribution of Intact Peanut Protein and Digestion-Resistant Ara h 2 Peptide in Human Serum and Saliva. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 123:S268.
Baumert JL, Hill DJ, Koppelman SJ, Hefle SL, Taylor SL. 2008. Detection of Digestion-Resistant Ara h 2 Peptide in Breast Milk of Lactating Mothers. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 121:S185.
Baumert JL, Peeters KAB, Knulst AC, Koppelman SJ, Maleki SJ, Knol E, Hefle SL. 2006. Development of and ELISA for Digestion-Resistant Ara h 2 Peptide: Monitoring the Peptide in Body Fluids of Healthy Volunteers Who Consume Peanut. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 117:S35.
