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Congratulations to Auja Bywater on the 2nd place award at the 3-minute Thesis Competition
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Auja was among 11 finalists of the 3-minute Thesis Competition of the Penn State Graduate School and was awarded the second place award for the presentation on March 23, 2024.2024-03-23T15:28:51ZNews ItemKovac lab at the Phi Tau Sigma's Food Science in Action
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Our graduate student Tyler Chandross-Cohen, the President of Phi Tau Sigma chapter at Penn State, led the organizing team of Food Science In Action symposium in the Department of Food Science at Penn State. Students Auja Bywater, Amelia Navarre, and McKenna Yount presented their latest research at the event.2024-03-23T14:43:36ZNews ItemCongratulations to our graduate Laura Rolon on her new position of Assistant Professor
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Laura Rolon is joining The Food Science and Nutrition Department in the College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, as an Assistant Professor of Food Safety in fall 2024 - Congratulations!2024-03-23T14:38:45ZNews ItemJasna gave a seminar at the Slovenian Microbiological Society Seminar Series
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Jasna gave a talk "Context matters – the role of microbiota in Campylobacter survival and culturability" at the Slovenian Microbiological Society Seminar Series.2024-03-16T01:10:00ZNews ItemCongratulations to Auja for being selected as a finalist for 3 Minute Thesis competition
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Congratulations to Auja for being selected as a finalist selected as a finalist for The Graduate School’s first 3 Minute Thesis competition.2024-03-12T01:42:00ZNews ItemJasna gave a talk at the Umea University, Sweden
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Jasna gave an invited talk on genome-based forecasting of Bacillus cereus group phenotypes at the Research Workshop on Bacillus in Clinical and Agricultural Environments at Umea University.2024-03-03T02:10:00ZNews ItemWhat to Know About the Risk of Food Poisoning From Listeria
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Jasna provided insight into Listeria in the New York Times article on Listeria contamination of soft cheeses2024-02-17T02:35:00ZNews ItemCongratulations to Auja for being awarded an NSF IGE Scholarship
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Auja Bywater received the NSF IGE Sustainable Development Program Scholarship to support her research on hydroponic systems at the Charles Darwin Foundation in the Galápagos, Ecuador.2024-02-01T01:47:00ZNews ItemJasna received ASM Peggy Cotter Travel Award
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The ASM Peggy Cotter Travel Award Program provides funds for outstanding early career Branch members to attend ASM Microbe.2024-02-01T01:37:00ZNews ItemFoodborne-pathogen Listeria may hide from sanitizers in biofilms
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An estimated 1,600 people in the U.S. contract a serious infection from Listeria bacteria in food each year and, of those individuals, about 260 people die, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Penn State researchers may now better understand how the bacteria, called Listeria monocytogenes, survive and persist in fruit-packing plants by evading and surviving sanitizers.2024-01-25T02:05:00ZNews ItemCongratulations to Taejung on his postdoctoral fellowship
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Congratulations to our recent PhD graduate Taejung Chung on his ORISE postdoctoral fellowship at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) SCINet and Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence. Taejung's research will involve applying machine learning methods for the mitigation of antimicrobial resistance in food-borne pathogens associated with chicken production.2024-01-04T14:45:18ZNews ItemLuke LaBorde and Jasna Kovac received the Integrated Team Award
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Luke LaBorde and Jasna Kovac Receive were the 2023 Integrated Team Award recipients. The Integrated Team Award recognizes an integrated research and teaching and/or outreach team that has demonstrated innovation in translating research into outputs for dissemination and implementation through applied research-based activities that resulted in partnerships and engagement across the college and beyond.2023-12-09T16:33:00ZNews ItemCongratulations to Tyler for passing his comprehensive exam and being awarded the Student Leadership Award
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Congratulations to Tyler Chandross-Cohen for passing his comprehensive exam and being awarded the 2023 Student Leadership Award sponsored by the Penn State Food Science Industry Group!2023-11-09T18:26:28ZNews ItemCongratulations to Ashley and Tyler for winning poster awards
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Congratulations to Ashley Ohstrom and Tyler Chandross-Cohen for winning first and second-place poster awards at the Allegany branch of the American Society of Microbiology (ABASM) Annual Meeting!2023-11-09T18:15:00ZNews ItemJasna gave a seminar at the Michigan State University
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Jasna gave a talk at the Michigan State University in the Food Science and Human Nutrition seminar series2023-10-12T01:30:00ZNews Item