The Food Science seminars are scheduled every Thursday during fall and spring semesters. Unless otherwise noted, seminars are held at 3:35 pm in Room 131, Food Science building, Athens. Varied topics of interest are presented by speakers from academia, government and industry. The schedule below is updated as information becomes available. In addition to regularly scheduled seminars, special seminars and Food Science graduate student defenses are listed. All seminars are open to the public.
| Summer 2009 |
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| June 12
1:00 PM, Room 215, Food Science, Athens |
Mark Corey
Ph. D. Candidate
Food Science |
Phytochemical Stability Evaluation of Green Tea-supplemented Apple Products |
| July 7
1:00 PM, Room 215, Food Science, Athens |
Leah Miller
M. S. Candidate
Food Science |
On-line Monitoring During Extrusion Cooking of an Expanded Cereal Snack |
| July 7
1:00 PM, Room 242, Food Science, Athens |
Michael Paul
M. S. Candidate
Food Science |
Effects of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and Thermal Processing Conditions on Phenolics, Antioxidant Activity, and Yeast Inactivation in Muscadine and Pomegranate Juice |
| July 14
9:00 AM, Room 215, Food Science, Athens |
Lindsey Ellerbee
M. S. Candidate
Food Science |
Orange Juice Cloud Stability and the Influence of Calcium and Hesperidin |
| July 14
9:30 AM, Room 131, Food Science, Athens |
Dr. Sen-Shyong Jeng
Professor, Department of Food Science
National Taiwan Ocean University
Keelung, Taiwan |
Physiological Significance of High Level of Zinc in Fish Body |
| July 14
10:30 AM, Room 131, Food Science, Athens |
Dr. Shiu-mei Liu
Professor, Institute of Marine Biology
National Taiwan Ocean University
Keelung, Taiwan |
Biodegradation of Hazardous Waste Chemicals in the Anoxic Estuarine Environment |
| July 15
1:00 PM, Room 215, Food Science, Athens |
Brian Craft
Ph. D. Candidate
Food Science |
Effects of Processing on the Chemistry and Antioxidant Capacity of Endogenous Bioactive Compounds in Peanut Kernels and Skins |
| July 23
1:00 PM, Room 215, Food Science, Athens |
James Nipper
M. F. T. Candidate
Food Science |
Campylobacter Incidence in Poultry and Food Safety Measures to Protect Consumers |
| August 11 10:00 AM, Room 215, Food Science, Athens |
Brenda Jennings
Ph. D. Candidate
Food Science |
Oxidative Stability, Characterization, and Food Applications of a Rice Bran Oil-Based Structured Lipid |
| Fall 2009 |
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| August 27
|
Mike Musgrove
USDA-ARS, Russell Research Center
|
Salmonella, Enterobacteriaceae and Related Organisms Recovered from Commercical Shell Egg Processing Operations |
| September 3
|
Randal C. Layton, DVM
Director, FERN
USDA-FSIS-OPHS
Russell Research Center |
Introduction to FERN (Food Emergency Response Network) |
| September 10 |
Alan Tart
FDA Regional Retail Food Specialist
Atlanta |
Modifying the Behavior of Food Employees Using Educational Materials Designed for Oral Culture Learners |
| September 17 |
Dr. Jairam Vanamala
Department of Food Science
& Human Nutrition
Colorado State University
|
Post-harvest, Processing, Bioactive Compounds and Chronic Disease Prevention |
| September 18 10:00 AM, Room 215, Food Science, Athens |
Danielle Wedral
M. S. Candidate
Food Science |
Presence of Brettanomyces bruxellensis in North Georgia Wines and Chemical Interaction of Resulting Flavor Metabolites and Acetic Acid |
| September 24 |
TBA |
TBA |
| October 1 |
Veny Gapud
Director of Quality Assurance & Food Safety
Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen |
Best Practices in Distribution to Ensure Food Safety |
| October 6
11:00 AM, Masters Hall, GA Center for Continuing Education, Athens |
D. W. Brooks Lecture
Dr. Philip Nelson
Purdue University |
TBA |
| October 15 |
Aron J. Hall,
DVM
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta |
TBA |
| October 22 |
TBA |
TBA |
| October 29 3:35 PM, Food Science, Griffin |
Cathy Webb
Post Doctoral Associate
Center for Food Safety
UGA Department of Food Science and Technology, Griffin |
Evaluation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Internalization into Field Grown Leafy Greens |
| November 3
1:30 PM, Room 215, Food Science, Athens |
Ana Lucia Rodriguez
M. S. Candidate
Food Science |
Impact of Organic Acids and Quaternary Ammonium Compounds on Salmonella serovars with SGI1-mediated Multi-antibiotic Resistance |
| November 5 |
Mar Nieto
Senior Principal Scientist
TIC Gums |
Gums 101: Gum Chemistry and Functionality |
| November 12 |
Hong Zhunag, Ph. D.
Research Food Technologist
ARS-USDA
Russell Research Center |
TBA |
| November 20
11:00 AM, Room 242, Food Science, Athens |
Olamide Oyetunji
M. S. Candidate
Food Science |
Evaluation of the Effect of Marination Processes on the Quality and Safety of Pork Products |
| November 24
10:45 AM, Room 215, Food Science, Athens |
Roxana Sanchez Ingunza
Ph. D. Candidate
Food Science |
Cryptosporidium parvum Proteins and Peptides Involved in Strain Differentiation and their Antigenic Characteristics |
| December 1
2:00 PM, Room 215, Food Science, Athens |
Anita Srivastava
Ph. D. Candidate
Food Science |
Phenolic Constituents of Georgia-grown Blackberry Cultivars: Fractionation and Characterization of Their Antioxidant, Radical-scavenging, and Anti-inflammatory Capacities |
