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August 2024

The Dairy Store served up ice cream at the at the Phelps County Fair in Holdrege, NE on July 21-25^th. The event was a great success with several attendees enjoying Dairy Store ice cream.

Julie Nordlee, Clinical Research Coordinator for the Food Allergy Research and Resource Program will be retiring after 37 years of service. A celebration of her service will be held at The Mill on Innovation Campus, August 14^th from 4 PM - 6 PM. Refreshments will be provided.

The Department will be holding a Fall Welcome Ice Cream Social & Resource Fair on August 28th from 4:30 PM -5:30 PM located in the Food Innovation Center (FIC) 2nd Floor Student Lounge. The event will feature clubs, programs, and resources available from the Department. There will be a welcome for graduate students at 5 PM. Free Dairy Store ice cream will be provided.

Congratulations to all of our 2024-2025 graduate fellowship award winners!

Prabhashis Bose - John & Louise Skala Fellowship

Thanh Do - Milton E. Mohr Teaching Fellowship

David Gomez Quintero - Widaman Distinguished Graduate Assistant Award

David Gomez Quintero - Twila Herman Claybaugh Graduate Student Fellowship

Md. Numan Islam - Othmer Fellowship

Sujun (Willow) Liu - Twila Herman Claybaugh Graduate Student Fellowship

Emerson Nolasco - John & Louise Skala Fellowship

Emerson Nolasco - Milton Mohr Biotechnology Fellowship

Emerson Nolasco - Dean's Fellowship

Ilhami Okur - Milton E. Mohr Teaching Fellowship

Ilhami Okur - Victor W. Henningsen, Sr. Graduate Student Fellowship

Xu (Phoebe) Shi - Widaman Distinguished Graduate Assistant Award

Yue Wang - Milton E. Mohr Teaching Fellowship

Xiaohan Wu - Shear-Miles Fellowship

Ph.D. student, Jaber Ghorbani Kahrizsangi was awarded a 2nd place Student Recognition Award from the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) Modelling and Risk Analysis Professional Development Group for his abstract on "Risk Ranking of Antibiotic-Resistance Genes" at the IAFP 2024 in Long Beach, California, July 14-17, .

Upcoming Events Aug 26 First Day of Fall 2024 Semester Aug 28 Fall Welcome Ice Cream Social & Resource Fair Sep 2 Labor Day

Upcoming Workshops Oct 1 Better Process Control School

Recent Publications Nate Korth, Qinnan Yang, Mallory J Van Haute, Michael C Tross, Bo Peng, Nikee Shrestha, Mackenzie Zwiener-Malcom, Ravi V Mural, James C Schnable, Andrew K Benson, Genomic co-localization of variation affecting agronomic and human gut microbiome traits in a meta-analysis of diverse sorghum, G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 2024;, jkae145, https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkae145

Recent Awards Edward Deehan (PI Samuelson DR) , Human Biobank of Nebraska: Investigating the role of the microbiota in health and disease, Nebraska Research Initiative, $ 100,000. Edward Deehan (PI: Deschamp AR), Using targeted dietary fiber to alter the gut microbiome in people with cystic fibrosis, Nebraska Research Initiative, $100,000

Jobs

Analytical Laboratory Technician - UNL

The Food Allergy Research and Resource Program (FARRP) works to develop and provide the food industry with credible information, expert opinions, tools, and services relating to allergenic foods, novel foods, and food ingredients including genetically modified products. FARRP takes a comprehensive approach, working and collaborating with research institutions, governmental authorities, consumer groups, and scientific societies around the globe to improve the safety of food products for consumers. 

As an Analytical Laboratory Technician, you will:

• Use aseptic handling processes to clean, handle and store a large volume of sample preparation and reagent preparation vessels on a daily basis.
• Independently assess and address appropriate sample preparation and prepare samples for testing. Also, prepare large quantities of reagents.
• Identify potential areas of contamination.
• Receive samples into the laboratory and review documentation of samples already received.
• Store and dispose of samples.
• Complete documentation in strict adherence to SOP’s and ISO:17025 requirements.

Apply

Administrative Coordinator - UNL Food Science and Technology

Apply by 8/23/24

As the Administrative Coordinator, you will:

• Provide advanced and complex administrative and support for the department head.
• Coordinate complex scheduling/meetings involving multiple calendars.
• Attend meetings and record minutes of faculty meetings and similar activities led by the department head.
• Prepare reports, letters, and other documents.
• Oversee the submission of annual faculty evaluations and promotion and tenure files to the department head and chair of the promotion and tenure committee, and prepare documentation of these for submission to the next level of administration.
• Coordinate interview schedules and travel arrangements for academic and staff position search candidates.
• Compile information and respond to reporting requests from all levels of the university.
• Supervise office support staff including the coordination of staff support during transitions or absences of staff and facilitating training of new staff and other personnel as needed.

Apply

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