This study was carried out as part of Steven Rogers’ thesis research and involved a collaboration with Food Microbiological Laboratories in Cypress, CA.  Steven studied the use of microplate immunocapture for the detection of Listeria monocytogenes in skim milk and soft cheese.  The article was published in the Journal of Microbiological Methods and can be accessed here.

Rowena Zahn took first place in the Aquatic Food Products Division Graduate Poster Competition at IFT 2018 in Chicago.  She presented her research on the optimization of DNA-based methods for the detection of elasmobranch species in shark cartilage pills.  Way to go, Rowena!

This study was carried out as part of Shayna Bosko’s thesis project and involved a collaboration with Santiago Canyon College.  In this project, a total of 80 catfish samples were collected from restaurants, grocery stores, and fish markets in Orange County, CA.  The samples were examined for Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) compliance and for species substitution.  The details of the study can be found here: “Species substitution and country of origin mislabeling of catfish products on the U.S. commercial market.“

Congratulations to Rowena Zahn (MBA, Food Science ’18) for winning first place in the Three-Minute Thesis Competition!  Zahn is a graduate student in the Food Protection Lab.  The competition was part of the Graduate Research Salon held at Chapman University.  One of 15 competitors, Zahn presented her thesis research, entitled “Optimization of DNA-based methods to identify elasmobranch species in shark cartilage pills.”  Additional information can be found here.

Pictured: Rowena Zahn with Three Minute Thesis judges Tom Piechota, Lisa Sparks and Richard Redding.