June 2024

 

Congratulations to all of our 2024 Spring Graduates!

 

Bachelor of Science:

Chloe Calhoun

Maria Buresh

Tanya Mhiribidi

Ashley Prow

Yuchen Cao

Zeyu Cao

Qihua Chen

Yanze Chen

Yuehua Deng

Minqi Hu

Xiaoyu Hu

Yidong Jiang

Yishan Jiang

Yuchu Jiang

Pusen Jin

Xinyi Jin

Ives Lee

Jialu Li

Qingyuan Li

Xianzhe Li

Xinrui Li

Yuke Li

Zhiqing Li

Jiayi Liang

Siyu Lin

Yihan Lin

Jialei Liu
Meng Luo

Qi Miao

Yuhan Pan

Yuting Qu

Guanqun Shi

Jiayu Tang

Fengyi Wang

Jiayi Wang

Yifei Wang

Yuxuan Wang

YiMing Xiang

Yanyu Yang

Sang Yu

Yingxuan Yuan

Junsong Zhang

Ruini Zhang

Yinuo Zhang

Yunruo Zhang

Areshine Zhao

Zicheng Zhao

Wangjiahe Zheng

Ellen Zhou

Graduate:

Farhad Alavi (PhD)

Bethany Jackson (MS)

Margaret (Maggie) Pandis (MS)

 

 

Dr. Silvana Martini has been appointed as the incoming head of the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, effective July 1, 2024. Prior to her appointment, Dr. Martini served as a professor in the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences at Utah State University starting in 2005. She can be contacted at smartini2@unl.edu.

 

 

On Monday, May 6th, 2024, the Department held it's annual Recognition Banquet. students, staff, and Faculty were honored for their achievements during the 2023-2024 school year. The guest speaker was alum Tim Anderson who spoke about his experience as a student and food science professional. Dr. Curt Weller was also honored for his work as Department Head; he will be returning to faculty.

 

Dr. Yanbin Yin co-ed lead a research team that generated the first genomic sequence of Zygnema algae, the closest living relatives of land plants, answering the question of how early land plants evolved from this freshwater algae. You can read more about Dr. Yin's research at: https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/project-leads-to-major-discovery-about-earliest-plant-life-on-earth/

 

The James M. Jay Diversity in Food Safety Award will be presented to Dr. Byron Chaves at the International Association for Food Protection 2024 meeting in July in Long Beach, CA. The award recognizes an individual who has made exceptional contributions to enhancing DEI in the field of food safety.

 

 

Upcoming Events


Jul 4
Independence Day (Offices closed)

Upcoming Workshops


Jun 4
FSPCA Preventive Controls for Animal Food

Jun 27
Recipe to Reality

 

 

Recent Publications


Dexheimer S, Shrestha N, Chapagain BS, Bujarski J#, Yin Y# (2024) Characterization of Multivariate RNAs Encapsidated During Infection by Two Bromoviruses Based on ViReMa, Pathogens, 2024, 13(1), 96; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13010096

Feng X, Zheng J, Irisarri I, Yu H, Zheng B, Ali Z, de Vries S, Keller J, Fürst-Jansen JMR, Dadras A, Zegers JMS, Rieseberg TP, Dhabalia Ashok A, Darienko T, Bierenbroodspot MJ, Gramzow L, Petroll R, Haas FB, Fernandez-Pozo N, Nousias O, Li T, Fitzek E, Grayburn WS, Rittmeier N, Permann C, Rümpler F, Archibald JM, Theißen G, Mower JP, Lorenz M, Buschmann H, von Schwartzenberg K, Boston L, Hayes RD, Daum C, Barry K, Grigoriev IV, Wang X, Li FW, Rensing SA, Ben Ari J, Keren N, Mosquna A, Holzinger A, Delaux PM, Zhang C, Huang J, Mutwil M, de Vries J#, Yin Y#. (2024) Genomes of multicellular algal sisters to land plants illuminate signaling network evolution. Nature Genetics. 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1038/s41588-024-01737-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38693345

Li T, Zheng J, Nousias O, Meinhardt L, Goenaga R, Zhang D, Yin Y#. (2024) The cherimoya genome reveals insights into the intra-specific divergence, the evolution of Magnoliales, and a putative gene cluster for acetogenin biosynthesis, Plants, 2024, 13(5), 636; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13050636

Nousias O, Zheng ^, Li T, Meinhardt L, Bailey B, Gutierrez O, Baruah IK, Cohen S, Zhang D, Yin Y#. (2024) Three de novo assembled wild cacao genomes from the Upper Amazon, Scientific Data, DOI : 10.1038/s41597-024-03215-1

Recent Awards

Andreia Bianchini
- Award for Excellence in Food Science and Technology Teaching, Recruitment, and Outreach, FDST

Karen Nieto Flores - Award for Excellence in Food Science and Technology Teaching, Recruitment, and Outreach, FDST

Mary Moran - Milton E. Mohr Award

Emerson Nolasco - Dean’s Fellowship, Office of Graduate Studies, Milton E. Mohr Fellowship, Nebraska Center for Biotechnology, 1st Place in American Oil Chemist’s Society (AOCS) Protein and Co-products poster competition, AOCS

 

 

Jobs

 

Associate Pilot Plant Manager - UNL

As the Associate Pilot Plant Manager, you will: Share responsibility for the operation of the pilot plants of The Food Processing Center (FPC) and how they function. Work directly with clients as well as University faculty and staff members in the coordination and implementation of confidential food-related research and development projects in the pilot plants.s.

Apply

 

Food Safety & Quality Assurance - Smart Chicken

 Smart Chicken is currently hiring for three food safety and quality assurance (FSQA) leadership positions.

  • FSQA Lab Supervisor – Waverly/Tecumseh Plant (3 days in Waverly, 2 days in Tecumseh
  • FSQA Supervisor – Waverly Plant
  • FSQA Manager – Waverly Plant


Apply

 

Laboratory Analyst  - IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group

Laboratory Analyst duties include: analysis of food samples for pathogens via PCR and immunoassay, various microbe enumerations, data entry, laboratory reporting, quality control, media preparation, and other duties as assigned.

Apply

 

 

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