Secondment at M4I
By Johan Stanley
Johan discusses his recent secondment to M4I to support his studies on advanced polymer packaging. Read more here.
Johan discusses his recent secondment to M4I to support his studies on advanced polymer packaging. Read more here.
Held from May 27 to May 31, 2024, at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Headquarters in Vienna, Austria, the symposium was a collaborative effort organized by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the IAEA. Read more here.
To help professionals navigate essential on data management, the "FAIR Data and Databases" course was introduced. This three-day intensive program, held from May 22-24, 2024, was hosted by the Jožef Stefan Institute at their Reactor Center in Brinje, Slovenia. Read more here.
Early-Stage Researchers Eirini Andreasidou (ESR 10) discusses her recent secondment to Aristotle University to study contaminants in tomtoes. You can read her full blog here.
Early-Stage Researchers Cathrine Terro (ESR 6) discusses her recent trip to Aristotle University with the rest of the FoodTraNet ESRs for the Winter Training School. You can read her full blog here.
Early-Stage Researchers Cathrine Terro (ESR 6) and Lorenzo Martello (ESR 8) met at the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) Annual Conference this month! You can read the full blog here.
A 7-week secondment to the Department of Environmental Sciences at Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana was a remarkable journey for ESR 8, Lorenzo Martello. You can read the full blog here.
During her secondment at the University of Bologna's Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Nayyer Rehman had the opportunity to visit the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra, Italy. You can read the full blog here.
This year's European Researchers Night was held across multiple loctions in Europe including Slovenia and Spain. Three of the FoodTraNet ESRS were involved in inspiring the next generation of scientists. You can read the full blog here.
Conference season has started. In this blog, Lidia Molina summarises some recent conferences attended by our ESRs. Click here to read more.
Cathrine Terro discusses her experiences at the 2023 ISO-FOOD conferenced held in Slovenia from April 24-26. Click here to read more.
Our ESR Johan Stanley discusses his secondment to Maribor University to support his work on the development of sustainable polymers for packaging. Click here to read more.
Our ESR Nayyer Rehman has constructed a food quiz for children to understand important aspects of food sustainability. Click here to read more and to take the quiz.
In this blog, Zoe discusses her secondment to INIA/CSIC in Madrid to develop her skills on determining contaminants in flours. You can read her blog here.
In this blog, Athira discusses her travel from India to Maribor in Slovenia to start her PhD on "functional coatings for active packaging development". You can read her blog here.
In this blog, Maria discusses here secondment to EURL-FV to develop her mass spectrometry skills for detecting pesticides in fruit and vegetables. Read her blog here.
Our ESR Nayyer Rehman (hosted by WRG Europe Ltd) has created a series of podcasts where she speaks to a series of experts from the FoodTraNet team about their experiences and uses of mass spectrometry for a range applications including food traceability, healthcare, forensics, and cancer research. Listen to her podcasts here.
In this blog, ESR Alicia Macan Schonleben (University of Antwerp) discusses her recent secondment to Food Forensics in Norwich, UK, to learn about the use of stable isotopes for detecting food fraud. Read her blog here.
In this blog, Lidia Molina discusses the recent team building event in Bovec, Slovenia, including white water rafting! Read her blog here.
Photo by M. Verč
In this blog, Cathrine Terro discusses the European Researchers Night that was held across Slovenia, including at JSI, that gives the opportunity for researchers to interact with the public to explain their research and also about their experiences of being a researcher. The ultimate goal is to inspire the next generation of researchers. Read Cathrine's blog here.
In this blog, Cathrine and Lidia discuss their recent travel experiences including the FoodTraNet mid-term check and the International Mass Spectrometry Conference. Read the blog here.
In this blog, Cathrine discusses her recent experiences at the FoodTraNet summer school and related conferences. Read her blog here.
In this long-form blog, Eduardo discusses his experiences of moving to Slovenia as well as his studies developing chemical and bio-sensors for food quality and safety here.
Nayyer describes her recent experiences at her secondments in Slovenia here.
Harshit is currently working at the University of Almeria, Spain, to the study the interactions between microplastics and pesticide residues in the agricultural ecosystem. Read his update here.
The consumption of cheese is increasing worldwide and can therefore act as a great source of beneficial ingredients. In this article, I will go over some previous work, our current project and future prospects of the enrichment of cheese with polyphenols. Read the full blog here.
In food-based research, LA-REIMS has been used to analyze microbial spoilage, texture, toxicity, etc in meat. I am studying the lipid profile of mushroom, which is popular for its flavour and nutritional benefits, using automated 3-D MS scanner demonstrating the advantage of using ambient ionization technique on uneven samples. Click to read the full blog here.