Aim 3 Title:
Develop and conduct a multi-institutional undergraduate summer research program in food safety
Aim 3 Project Team:
Aim 3 team leader:
Martin Wiedmann, Cornell University; contact mw16@cornell.edu
Aim 3 team members:
Salam A. Ibrahim, North Carolina A&T State University; contact ibrah001@ncat.edu
Martha Verghese, Alabama A&M University; contact martha.verghese@aamu.edu
Angela J. Roberts, Texas Wesleyan University; contact anroberts@txwes.edu
Kendra Nightingale, Colorado State University; contact kendra.nightingale@colostate.edu
Haley Oliver, Purdue University; contact hfoliver@purdue.edu
Lee-Ann Jaykus, North Carolina State University; contact lajaykus@ncsu.edu
Martha Verghese, Alabama A&M University; contact martha.verghese@aamu.edu
Carmen Moraru, Cornell University; contact cim24@cornell.edu
Aim 3 Current Efforts:
While this component of the project is scheduled to start in 2012 (i.e., project year 2), pilot activities have been initiated at different participating institutions in 2011. Undergraduate stduents interested in conducting summer research in food safety in the summer of 2012 should contact Dr. Martin Wiedmann <mw16@cornell.edu> for further information or should check the WWW page for the Cornell Food Science Summer Scholars Program for details on how to apply to this summer program.
At North Carolina A&T SU, our food microbiology and safety laboratory is currently hosting one undergraduate research assistant to conduct research related to lactic acid fermentation using agricultural by-products as growth medium for the production of functional ingredients. In addition, three high school students will participate in the research apprenticeship program (RAP) this summer 2011 and work on research projects related to food safety and protection.
Aim 3 Completed Efforts:
Three undergraduate students with specific interests in food safety participating in the 2011 Cornell Summer Undergraduate Research Program, including one undergraduate student each from North Carolina A&T State University and Purdue.
Fritz Foo, an undergradute majoring in Molecular Environmental Biology at UC Berkley, was a summer scholar in the Wiedmann lab at Cornell. His research focused on molecular and phenotypic characterization of Salmoenlla Enteritidis isolates obtained from human disesae outbreaks and cases.
Carmen Wickware, an undergradute majoring in at Purdue University, was a summer scholar in the Worobo lab at Cornell. Her research focused on
Jessica Wooten, an undergradute majoring in at Purdue University, was a summer scholar in the Wiedmann lab at Cornell. Her research focused on
Angela - please add current efforts at TWU