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11th September 2018

New publication – Will that spud go off?

Potatoes are a extensively stored to provide a continuous supply all year round. Cultivars have different dormancy periods and sometimes sprout earlier than expected. While sprouting can be chemically suppressed, this is costly and can have adverse effects. This article sets out a novel method to

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11th September 2018

New publication – What’s in a bottle?

Bootlegged alcoholic beverages are a big business with damaging and occasionally lethal consequences. There are many excellent analytical techniques to detect these forgeries, but they require destructive sampling. How does one test a bottle quickly without opening it? NIR spectroscopy has been used

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22nd June 2018

New publication – Phenolic inhibitors of the conversion of rice straw and husks into bioethanol

Converting lignocellulose to bioethanol has to overcome several obstacles. The material is not only mechanically stable, but the phenolic compounds it contains can also inhibit the microorganisms that convert it into ethanol. This paper investigates the content of these compounds in rice straw and

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22nd June 2018

New publication – Lodging resistance in Brassica napus

Lodging - patches in the field laid flat by wind and rain - can reduce the yield of crops considerably. This paper is looking for underlying genetic factors that influence mechanical properties, stem dimension, and tissue structure which help plants stay upright. Miller C. N., Harper, A. L.,

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15th June 2018

ASU becomes CSR

The scientific support structure has been re-organised to reflect the science base in the new Institute. The Core Science Resources will follow on from the Analytical Sciences Unit and provide access to: Microscopy Flow cytometry Mass spectroscopy DMU Sequencing Statistics

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11th March 2016

IFR to join the Food Integrity project

The Analytical Sciences Unit at IFR has secured funding under the recent procurement call to join the EU Framework 7 project, "Food Integrity". We will be working on the analysis of the protein component in complex foods using Multiple Reaction Mode Mass Spectrometry, further developing the

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15th September 2015

New publication – meat authentication using Mass Spectrometry

"Just accepted" manuscript available for download now: Meat Authentication via MRM Mass Spectrometry of Myoglobin Peptides, AD Watson, Y Gunning, NM Rigby, M Philo, and EK Kemsley.  Analytical Chemistry (DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b02318) September 14th, 2015.

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10th August 2015

Upcoming online course – Identifying Food Fraud

The Institute of Food Research has teamed up with the University of East Anglia to bring out a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), on identifying food fraud using analytical techniques. It is led by the head of the ASU, Kate Kemsley, who specialises in the use of advanced instrumentation for

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The Quadram Institute is at the forefront of a new interface between food science, gut biology and health. It will develop solutions to worldwide challenges in food-related disease and human health, and bring together the interdisciplinary teams and work with appropriate international organisations to address these major issues.

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  • New publication – Will that spud go off?
  • New publication – What’s in a bottle?
  • New publication – Phenolic inhibitors of the conversion of rice straw and husks into bioethanol
  • New publication – Lodging resistance in Brassica napus
  • ASU becomes CSR

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