‘Choosing, Eating, Living’

During September 2006 the Institute of Food Research held three Open Days – the first, on Thursday 7th September was primarily for our academic, business and media stakeholders. On Friday 8th there were a number of student workshops. And on Saturday 9th – our doors were opened to anyone who wanted to visit.

The theme was ‘Choosing, Eating, Living’, representing IFR as a vital link in the food chain.

A number of talks & displays were available explaining the scientific research currently happening within IFR. They are all available for download in PDF format.

Talks

The powerpoint slides from the following talks have been made available by the speakers:

• IFR, Industry and Innovation - Bob Marsh, MD, Food Processing Faraday Ltd
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• Developments at the Institute - David White, Director of IFR
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• Smelly food for healthy guts - Elizabeth Lund, IFR Senior Scientist
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• Food and digestion - Martin Wickham, IFR Senior Scientist
  [461K, ]
• Emulsifiers and other additives - why? - Peter Wilde, IFR Senior Scientist
  [477K, ]

Displays

Introduction

• A vital link in the Food Chain
  [254K, ]

Imaging

• Advanced Microscopy: Probing Food Structures
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Oh me, Oh my - omics

• Characterising typicality of French and German wines
• Diabetes in Humans seen by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
  [152K, ]

International, Industry collaboration, NRP, JIC, childrens activities

• Scientific research at the start of the 21st century is trans-national, trans-disciplinary, trans-sectoral and fun
  [336K, ]

Eat for life - Immunity

• Food Allergy: where does it begin?
• Immunology of Allergy
• Selenium and Immunity
• Managing Allergens in Foods
• How much is too much?
• Can we get red of allergens in foods?
• Breeding and post-harvest storage approaches to reducing allergens in foods
  [981K, ]

Eat for life - Preventing Cancer

• Some broccoli a day keeps the doctor away?
• What do scientists at IFR do?
• Why is bowel cancer so common in the prosperous world?
• Fish for bowel health?
• Brassica vegetables, glucosinolates and bowel cancer
• What makes the colon vulnerable to cancer?
  [960K, ]

Eat for life - Healthy Hearts

• Plant foods for healthy hearts
• Phytochemicals and your circulation
• Cardiovascular disease
  [308K, ]

Food databanks

• Whats in your food?
• EuroFIR Bioactive Databank Systems
  [239K, ]

Feelgood foods

• Feelgood Foods - Designer structures for a healthier diet
• Novel Processing Methods
• The Model Gut
• Healthgrain
• Less Fat - Less Taste?
• Protection and Delivery
  [786K, ]

A volunteers life

• The Human Nutrition Unit
• Life as a Volunteer
• Human Nutrition Unit Diet Kitchen
  [263K, ]

Waste

• Waste not, want not
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Bad Guys

• Pathogens: Physiology and Predictive Ecology
• Clostridium botulinum
• Modelling food microbial systems
• Foodborne hazards and risk assessment
  [513K, ]

• Transcriptomics
• Salmonella
• Campylobacter
  [490K, ]

Bad Guys - WANTED posters

• Bacillus cereus [103K, ]
• C. botulinum [106K, ]
• C. perfringens [94K, ]
• Campylobacter [94K, ]
• E. coli [104K, ]
• Listeria [99K, ]
• Salmonella [109K, ]
• Staph aureus [99K, ]

Good Guys

• Probiotics
• Prebiotics
• Bacteria for vaccine delivery
• Gut microflora and complexity
• Antimicrobials - the rise of the superbug
• Competitive exclusion
• Molecular profiling
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A yeast for every occasion

• Yeast: friend or foe?
• The role of NCYC
  [317K, ]

Choice and Risk

• Choice and Risk - Two sides of the same coin
  [326K, ]
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