The food science seminar for Monday, March 31 will be presented by Dr. Fadi Aramouni, Professor of Food Science at Kansas State University.  Dr. Aramouni's presentation will be "Technical Challenges in Formulating Sorghum-Based Foods".  The seminar will be held, as always, at 4 PM in FIC room 42.

Come see the student team challenge the faculty in preparation for the 2008 IFTSA College Bowl.  The up and coming student team will try to break the faculty team's multi-decade winning streak.  Join in the fun following seminar at 5:00 p.m. in the Food Industry Complex Auditorium, room 42/45.  Refreshments will be available and fun will be had.

On May 13-15 2008, the 15th Annual Ingredients and Ingredient Functionality workshop will be conducted by The FPC.

This course introduces participants to major ingredient classes and ingredient functionality challenges in food product formulation. More information is on the course's website at fpc.unl.edu/workshops/ingredients.shtml . UNL students can register at a (very) discounted rate and earn academic credit for taking this course. Number of seats available to students is limited. Contact Nina Murray at nmurray2@unl.edu for details about registration. You should consult with Dr. Jackson if you are not sure if this course is right for your program of studies.

Help spread the word to anyone who you think might benefit from this course!

On May 27-30, 2008, the Better Process Control School will be conducted in Spanish for the first time at UNL.

This course certifies supervisors of canning processing operations. More information is on the course's website at fpc.unl.edu/workshops/spbpcs.shtml . UNL students can register at a (very) discounted rate and possibly earn 1 academic credit for taking this course. Contact Nina Murray at nmurray2@unl.edu for details about registration.

Help spread the word to anyone who you think might benefit from this course!

Just a reminder that applications for travel funds through the Will Forbes fund are due April 15th. This is for the second quarter of the year, i.e. travel to be done between April and July, which includes IFT. To be eligible, you must be presenting a poster or a talk at a meeting or conference -- and it can be a meeting or conference of your choice, even within driving distance.

To apply, submit a sheet with

Your name:

E-mail

Name of the Meeting

Date of the Meeting

Location of the Meeting

Presentation type (talk or poster)

Title of the presentation

Your advisor's name and names of co-authors if any

Bring or email this to Nina in the main office.

Sorrisos, a client of The FPC, was featured today in a front page news article in the Lincoln Journal-Star.  Sorrisos will be competing in a taste-off in New York city today.  The Food Processing Center also received a small mention in the article.  The article can be read here:

http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2008/03/26/news/local/doc47e989d12d5b1789003492.txt

 

The next Food Science Seminar will be held on Monday, March 24.  This week's presenter will be graduate student Manjusha Kasinadhuni whose lecture will be "Dry Grind Ethanol Production: Optimization Through Enzyme Pretreatment and Process Modication".  As always, the seminar will be presented in Food Industry Complex Rm 42 at 4 PM.   All are welcome to attend.

On Thursday, March 20th there will be a special seminar presented by Dr. Stef Koppelman, Research Consultant for AllerTeQ in The Netherlands. Dr. Koppelman's presentation is titled "Parvalbumin, the Pan-Allergen from Fish - Purification and Detection" This lecture will be given in Filley Hall Rm 302 from 3:30 - 4:30 PM.

The Food Science Club will have its next meeting on Thursday, March 13th. Food will be served at 5:00 p.m. and the meeting will start at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in the downstairs auditorium (FIC 42/45).

Items on the agenda include the upcoming IFTSA regional meeting and nominations for next year's officers.  Come prepared to nominate great leaders for the following positions:

President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Undergraduate Liaison
Graduation Liaison
Ice Cream Managers (3)
Junior Advisor

We will have two speakers at our regular Food Science seminar this coming Monday, the 10th. 

Dr. A. B. Singh comes to us from the Institute of Genomics and Interactive Biology in New Dehli, India and will be presenting "Food Allergy:  The Indian Scenario".

Dr. Vasanthi Siruguri is from the National Institute of Nutrition in Hyderabad, India and will be presenting "Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Genetically Modified Foods in India"

As always, the weekly seminar will be given in FIC 42 at 4 pm.  All are welcome to attend. 

The Gerber Foundation has a tradition of giving towards the enhancement of the quality of life of infants and young children in nutrition, care, and development.  The foundation is willing to support research projects aimed at finding solutions to children's health and nutritional problems.  Special interest is given to projects offering meaningful advancement in prevention and treatment of diseases and those with broad applicability to the general population. 

For more information, please see: 

http://www.gerberfoundation.org/