HDR Seminar: Impact of wild harvest, region and processing on the quality and functionality of Terminalia ferdinandiana Exell fruits

Online

Thesis Review Seminar Thursday July 1st, 2pm-3pm, 10.G.616, Health and Food Sciences Precinct, Block 10, 39 Kessels Rd, Coopers Plains, QLD Zoom link: https://uqz.zoom.us/j/81968304308 Presented by: Eshetu Bobasa, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences Advisory team: Prof Yasmina Sultanbawa, A/Prof Daniel Cozzolino, Dr Michael Netzel, Dr Anh Dao Thi Phan About this seminar Kakadu plum (KP; Terminalia ferdinandiana Exell, Combretaceae)...

Characterising the potential of the green plum (Buchanania obovata) as a native Australian fruit – HDR seminar

Online and in-person 3.143 North, Queensland BioScience Precinct, 80/306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, QLD, Australia

cThesis Review Seminar Wednesday, 21st July 2021, 1:00 - 2:00 pm  Room 10.2.504, Block 10, Health and Food Science Precinct, 39 Kessels Rd, Coopers Plains Zoom link: https://uqz.zoom.us/j/86842487774 Presented by: Selina Fyfe, Centre for Nutrition and Food Science Advisory team: Prof Yasmina Sultanbawa, A/Prof Heather Smyth and A/Prof Horst Joachim Schirra About this seminar The green plum (Buchanania obovata) is...

Wattleseeds as nutritional foods – HDR Seminar

Online and in-person 3.143 North, Queensland BioScience Precinct, 80/306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, QLD, Australia

Wattleseeds as nutritional foods Confirmation Seminar Friday 23 July 2021, 10am – 12pm, Room Number, 10.G.615 and 10.G.616, Health and Food Sciences Precinct, Block 10, 39 Kessels Rd, Coopers Plains, QLD Zoom link: https://uqz.zoom.us/j/88592200292 Presented by: Sera Susan Jacob, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences & ARC Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods Advisory team: Prof Mike Gidley, A/Prof Heather...

Dietary fibre structures and how they change during fermentation: Dr Bernadine Flanagan

Online

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 – Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa presenting

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....

Horticultural Produce Using Plant Bioactives – Thesis Review Seminar

ARC Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods Elkhorn Building (#1024), 80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia

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...

Bunya nut as a versatile gluten-free source for flour production – food science seminar series

Online and in-person 3.143 North, Queensland BioScience Precinct, 80/306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, QLD, Australia

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...

Nutritional Quality and Food Functionality of Burdekin Plum (Pleiogynium timoriense). Presented by: Gengning Chen, Centre for Nutrition & Food Sciences

ARC Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods Elkhorn Building (#1024), 80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia

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...

16th NZOZ Sensory and Consumer Science Symposium ABSTRACT SUBMISSION 29th OCTOBER

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....

Optimising and industrialising black soldier fly (BSF) production -redirecting food waste to livestock feed production using insects – Confirmation Seminar

ARC Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods Elkhorn Building (#1024), 80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia

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...

QSA will be holding the QAAFI Student Symposium

Online and in-person 3.143 North, Queensland BioScience Precinct, 80/306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, QLD, Australia

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”...