Foodborne illness in the United States is an important health concern. Outbreaks highlight key deficiencies in the food distribution chain, and one of them is the lack of traceability methodology to track contaminated food back to the source in a time effective manner. One of the four critical areas under the FDA Food Modernization Safety Act is the need for better detection of and response to food safety problems. Common food testing strategies include traditional bacterial culture/plating of food samples to test for bacterial pathogen contamination, as well as advanced testing options including DNA and immunology-based assays. While these assays are sensitive and reliable, they suffer from key limitations including: the inability to to reliably distinguish viable bacteria in food samples, a requirement for comprehensive sample and assay preparation which in some cases requires 3-7 days to obtain a result, etc.
University and USDA scientists have been working to develop technologies that will enhance the ability to sample and test increasing amounts of foods as well as improve the detection and analysis of of foodborne pathogens. This webcast highlights several technologies including a light scanner imaging technology called BARDOT, for detection and analysis of foodborne pathogens, immobilized bacteriophage, FT-IR methods, and high-throughput biosensors for multiplexed foodborne pathogen detection.
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Intended Audience(s): Product Developers, Company Management, Sales & Marketing Personnel, Plant Production Personnel, Quality Assurance Managers and Supervisors, Food Safety Specialists, Product manufacturers, Research Staff, Regulators, Academics, Students Learning Level(s): Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Non-Member Registration Fee: $119 Member Registration Fee: $79 Student Registration Fee: $45 Presentation Date: 05/18/12 12:00 PM Duration: 90 Minutes
Lisa Jurgonski Mauer Professor Purdue Univ
Dr. Lisa Mauer is a professor in the Department of Food Science and the Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research at Purdue University. After receiving her B.S. degree in Food Science from Purdue University, Dr. Mauer completed her Ph.D. and postdoctoral work in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Minnesota. She also was an adjunct faculty member at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota. Currently at Purdue, Dr. Mauer teaches food chemistry, food ingredient functionality, and food packaging courses. She is a Fellow of the Purdue University Teaching Academy. Her major research areas include water-solid interactions, shelf-life, and FT-IR spectroscopy method development, for which she has received the Purdue Agriculture Research Award and Faculty Scholar recognitions. Dr. Mauer is currently the interim director for the Center for Food Safety Engineering.
Arun K Bhunia Professor Purdue Univ
Appointment and Affiliation at Purdue: Center for Food Safety Engineering Center for Global Research and Intervention in Infectious Diseases (C-GRIID) Department of Food Science (1998 – present) Department of Comparative Pathobiology (2010-present) Purdue University interdisciplinary Life Science Program (PULSe) Research: He currently conducts research on pathogen detection employing optical and electrical sensors including, protein biochip, light scatterings sensor, fiber-optic sensor and cell-based sensors. He is also investigating the mechanism of pathogenesis for Listeria monocytogenes during intestinal phase of infection and subsequent control strategies using probiotics. Teaching: He is also active in teaching graduate level courses; Microbial Foodborne Pathogens; Microbial Techniques for Food Pathogens, and Intestinal Microbiology and Immunology (journal club). He routinely delivers guest lectures on foodborne diseases to veterinary and public health students at Purdue and offers short courses at international institutions. Achievements and awards: To date Prof. Bhunia has published 123 refereed articles, 2 text books (Fundamental Food Microbiology; Foodborne Microbial Pathogens: Mechanisms and Pathogenesis), 2 edited books, 15 book chapters, 33 proceeding articles, 137 research abstracts, and delivered more than 84 invited talks, keynote and plenary talks in national and international meetings, served on review panels for federal grants, and chaired sessions in national and international meetings. He was awarded two patents, and received Purdue Agriculture Research Award (2003), Purdue Faculty Scholar (2005), Purdue Team Award (2006), IFT R&D Award (2009), and Outstanding Graduate Educator Award in the Department of Food Science at Purdue (2010).
Dr Michael Ladisch Purdue University
Michael R. Ladisch is Director of the Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering (LORRE), and Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, with a joint appointment in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, and a courtesy appointment in Food Science. His BS (1973) is from Drexel University, with MS (1974) and PhD (1977) from Purdue University, all in Chemical Engineering. He is continuing his activities with Mascoma Corporation where he has been Chief Technology Officer since 2007. Dr. Ladisch has 35 years experience in research in biofuels, renewable resources, and biotechnology. He has authored a graduate textbook (Bioseparations Engineering, Wiley, 2001), and co-authored an undergraduate textbook (Modern Biotechnology, Wiley, July, 2009), as well as 30 book chapters, 233 research papers, 56 Proceedings Chapters and Extended Abstracts 181 journal publications, and 20 patents granted or applied for. He has given 207 papers, invited lectures, and presentations at national and international meetings. He was a member of the Alternative Liquid Transportation Fuels Panel and chaired the Bioprocess Engineering sub-group of the US National Academies that recently published a report on this topic in 2009. Dr. Ladisch’s research includes bioprocess engineering, transformation of renewable resources into biofuels and bioproducts, and food safety. His fundamental studies address properties of proteins and living organisms at surfaces, microfluidic biosensor systems, bionanotechnology and bioseparations. The American Institute of Chemical Engineers awarded him the Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Division Award in 2001, and named him as one of the 100 engineers of the Modern Era in 2008. He received the Marvin J. Johnson Award in Biochemical Technology of the American Chemical Society in 2002, the Paul Dana Biofuels Award in 2006, and the Agricultural Team (Biosensor Detection Team) and Outstanding Chemical Engineer Awards at Purdue University in 2006. He received the Charles Scott Award of the Society of Industrial microbiology in 2009. He was named a fellow of the ACS and AAAS in 2011. Dr. Ladisch was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1999.
Dr Rashid Bashir Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering University of Illinois-Champaign
Rashid Bashir is the Abel Bliss Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering & Bioengineering, Director of the Micro and NanoTechnology Laboratory (a campus wide clean room facility) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and Co-Director of the campus-side Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, a collaboratory aimed to facilitate center grants and large initiatives around campus in the area of nanotechnology. He has authored or co-authored over 130 journal papers, over 160 conference papers and conference abstracts, over 100 invited talks, and has been granted 34 patents. He is a fellow of IEEE, AIMBE, and AAAS. His research interests include Bionanotechnology, BioMEMS, and Lab on a chip applied to food safety, clinical diagnostics, global health, and cancer.
Dr. George Carl Paoli Research Microbiologist USDA-ARS
Dr. Paoli is currently a Research Microbiologist and Lead Scientist in the Molecular Characterization of Foodborne Pathogens Research Unit at the USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center (ERRC) in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania USA. He earned his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University where he studied the molecular biology and physiology of photosynthetic bacteria. He then went to the Air Force Research Laboratory as a National Research Council and Oak Ridge Institute for Scientific Education Postdoctoral Fellow to study the microbial biodegradation of nitroaromatic pollutants. After working for two years in the Microbial Biophysics and Residue Chemistry Research Unit at the ERRC as a Postdoctoral Research Associate he accepted a permanent position there as a research microbiologist. His current research interests include the study microbial communities in foods, with specific interest in biofilm formation and bacterial cell-to-cell communication, and developing methods for the detection of foodborne pathogens.