(May 2016) Welcome New Members to Our Lab – Cindy & Catherine
Both Catherine and Cindy are recent UBC Food Science graduates and will join our lab as MSc students in May 2016. Born and raised in China, Cindy came to Vancouver in 2012. Her current area of research is on developing mitigation strategies for reducing pathogen contamination on sprouted vegetables Catherine was raised in Vancouver, BC. For […]
(April 2016) Congrats to Justin on Receiving the IAFP Student Travel Scholarship
Congratulations to Food Science graduate student Justin Falardeau on receiving a Student Travel Scholarship from the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP). Justin was one of only 16 students around the world to receive this scholarship. The scholarship will cover the cost for Justin to travel to the IAFP conference in St. Louis, Missouri at […]
(April 2016) Check out Karen’s Recently Published Work on Salmonella & Low-water Activity Foods
Fong K & Wang S. 2016. Strain-specific survival of Salmonella enterica in peanut oil, peanut shell and chia seeds. J Food Prot. 79(3):361-8. Fong K & Wang S. 2016. Heat resistance of Salmonella enterica is increased by pre-adaptation to peanut oil or sub-lethal heat exposure. Food Microbiol. Available online 21 April 2016.