Please click the link below to join the webinar on the day: https://uqz.zoom.us/j/86919491539 From lab to orchard and beyond “Smashed Avocado” is the most Instagrammed food in the world and the posterchild of millennial ‘wellness’. But in the lab, avocado is a recalcitrant and difficult beast! In this seminar, Dr Alice Hayward from the Mitter Lab at the Queensland Alliance...
Zoom link for those unable to join in person: https://uqz.zoom.us/j/87103233594 Please join us in person to welcome a very experienced and academically esteemed presenter from the Native Botanicals Industry - Dr Andrew Pengelly - as he spends an hour talking to us about: The Indigenous Plants for Health Association & opportunities for you to become involved / connected The...
Dr Araz Solman A Tale of Two Crop Diseases Seminar abstract Research into plant-pathogen interactions has historically taken a simplified approach involving a single host and a single disease. However, in natural and agroecosystems, plants frequently interact with several pathogen species or genotypes, exhibiting complexities not captured by the widely used single disease approach. This presentation bridges the gap between...
“Fantastic seeds and where to find them – Exploring diversity of wattleseeds for food applications”. Presenter: Sera Susan Jacob, PhD student, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance For Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland. Summary: There is now archaeological evidence that over 200 plant seeds from different species have been utilised by Australian aboriginal communities. These seeds heavily...
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)...
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 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...
Developing a new probiotic fermented milk with prebiotics for aflatoxin M1 detoxification Batlah Almutairi (PhD student)– Thesis review seminar.
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...