Seminar abstract The major source of dietary fibre is plant cell walls, which are not digested in the stomach and small intestine and are available for fermentation in the large intestine. Plant cell walls are complex, usually made up of pectins and hemicelluloses within a cellulose network. The fermentation of plant cell walls by gut microbiota is also complex, so...
Enabling plant research seminar For researchers, by researchers. This workshop will consist of a diverse panel sharing the latest updates on their research work and collaboration enabled by UQ's Research Infrastructure. Directors from relevant research platforms will also be on hand to share what novel technologies, capabilities and support is available to researchers working in the plants and agriculture space....
Friday, 1st October 2021, 1:30 - 2:30 pm Room 206, level 2, Elkhorn Building 1024, Long Pocket Zoom link: https://uqz.zoom.us/j/82576048305 Presented by: Maral Seididamyeh, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences Advisory team: Prof. Yasmina Sultanbawa, Dr. Ram Mereddy, Dr. Michael Netzel About this seminar Innovative preservation technologies with the aid of natural compounds and ability to reduce the growth...
Joint DAF, QAAFI & CSIRO food science seminar series Coopers Plains. Bunya nut as a versatile gluten-free source for flour production Presenter: Jaqueline Moura Nadolny, PhD student, School of Chemical Engineering, ARC ITTC for Uniquely Australian Foods, The University of Queensland. Summary: Bunya nuts, the seeds of Araucaria bidwillii, are native to South-East Queensland. In contrast to most other nut varieties, they are low...
Monday 25 Oct 2021, 10:00am-12:00pm, Elkhorn building # 1024, room 206, UQ Long Pocket campus Zoom link: https://uqz.zoom.us/j/84450711759 Presented by: Gengning Chen, Centre for Nutrition & Food Sciences Advisory team: Prof Yasmina Sultanbawa, A/Prof Daniel Cozzolino, Dr Michael Netzel, Dr Sandra Olarte Mantilla, Dr Kamalesh Adhikari About this seminar Pleiogynium timoriense, best known as Burdekin plum, is one of Australia’s native plants. Within...
The 16th NZOZ Sensory and Consumer Science Symposium will be held on the 15-17th Feb 2022, hosted by The University of Queensland and The Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology. We will enjoy a full program of speakers and poster presentations and we encourage all participants to submit an abstract for consideration as a poster or oral presentation (including students). Abstracts are due by 29th October....
Date: Monday 15th November 2021, 9am - 10.30am, Elkhorn Building (#1024), 80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, 4068 Zoom link: https://uqz.zoom.us/j/7255227376 Presented by: Shanmugam Alagappan, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences Advisory team: Professor Louwrens Hoffman, Dr Sandra Olarte Mantilla, Associate Professor Daniel Cozzolino, Dr Deirdre Mikkelsen, Dr Peter James and Ms Olympia Yarger About this seminar Annually, 1.3 billion tonnes of biowaste...
On the 26th of November the QSA will be holding the QAAFI Student Symposium. This symposium will be an opportunity for all (Honours, Masters & PhD) students to present their work as either a poster or oral presentation and will also feature a panel discussion with industry leaders. The theme of the symposium is “A Future for Sustainable Food Systems”...
Invited Guest lecture (2 hrs) “Exploring the nutritional value of Australian grown produce” in the module “Recent Topics in Nutrition and Health”, TUM Master programme “Nutrition and Biomedicine” (zoom); 17 December 2021. Technical University of Munich, Germany
Monday 7 Feb 2022, 9:30am-10:30am, Elkhorn building #1024, Room 206, UQ Long Pocket Campus Zoom link: https://uqz.zoom.us/j/81842365188 Presented by: Clare Wijngaarden, Centre for Nutrition & Food Sciences Advisory team: A/Prof Heather Smyth, Dr Kamalesh Adhikari, Mr Rus Glover (ANFAB) About this seminar Customers and end users are critical players in any fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) value chain. It is...
Professor Jack Kloppenburg Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison Date and time: 9 AM, 22 February 2022 AEST (Time Converter for your location), 1 hour duration Watch the recorded lecture: https://law.uq.edu.au/event/session/17624 For 40 years now the users and suppliers of agricultural biodiversity have traded charges of highway robbery. Seed companies demand that purchasers of their seed pay a royalty and respect the...
Professor Daniel Kevles Yale University Date and time: 9 AM, 18 October 2022 AEST (Time Converter for your location), 1 hour duration Location: Online Lecture via Zoom Register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/277289669867 Abstract In the United States through the 1830s, commercial fruit nurseries were few in number, served largely local markets, and, facing little competition, did little in their catalogues to differentiate and brand their...