New open access publication: "Developing low-field NMR spectroscopy for tackling food fraud" A feature article on our collaborative project with Oxford Instruments is published in the summer issue of Science in Parliament (SiP), the journal of the UK's Parliamentary and Scientific Committee.
Book Chapter available for download here
With kind permission of the Royal Society of Chemistry, we are pleased to make our book chapter "60 MHz 1H NMR spectroscopy of triglyceride mixtures" (Gerdova et al, 2015) available for free download. It is taken from the recently published book, Magnetic Resonance in Food Science: Defining Food
ASU goes to school
The instrumentation in the ASU's Chemical Imaging laboratory includes a portable UV/VIS/NIR system for fast analysis of food materials. Following on from a successful stint at the Big Bang Science Fair, our kit is now making outings closer to home. Here is ASU scientist and STEM ambassador, Yvonne
Advance notice: new book chapter in “Magnetic Resonance in Food Science”
60 MHz 1H NMR Spectroscopy of Triglyceride Mixtures The article is co-authored by the ASU team and our collaborators from Oxford Instruments, and will be published at the end of March in "Magnetic Resonance in Food Science" (Royal Society of Chemistry).
VIDEO: Infrared spectroscopy at IFR
Rapid authentication of raw meat – new publication in Food Chemistry
OPEN ACCESS and available for download now: Authentication of beef versus horse meat using 60 MHz 1H NMR spectroscopy, W. Jakes et al, Food Chemistry, 175, 1–9, 2015.
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectral Library
Now available on this site, a database of FTIR spectra of foods and ingredients collected over the past decade of food analysis at IFR. All spectra are stored as downloadable pictures in .png format and can be freely re-used (Creative Commons terms).
Oxford University summer internship scheme
The ASU regularly hosts undergraduates from Oxford University via the summer internship scheme. Read about some of our previous students' experiences here. Applications for 2015 open soon.