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February:
* Check out McLeod demolition! It should be gone in
2 weeks!
Go to “Lab Group” and “Other” photos.
January:
* Stephanie joined the group. She is working on
chitosan modification to enhance its antioxidative
properties.
November:
* Blake and Michael joined the group. Blake will work on chitosan
macro-, micro- and nano-particles and Michael on
utilization of HIUS for cleaning wood barrels used
for wine production.
* New proposals funded by UTIA:
- Extraction and
characterization of beta-glucans from fungal
sources. Zivanovic S.,
Golden D
- Green technology for
cleaning wood barrels. Young T., Zivanovic S.,
Taylor A.
- Chitosan as an
eco-friendly approach for the control of foodborne
viruses. D'Souza D.,
Zivanovic S.
October:
* Robert received
Mid-South IFT scholarship.
Congratulations Robert!
September:
* Dr. Zivanovic visited University of Novi Sad and gave a talk on
biodegradable packaging material at "Green
technology and green business" conference at
University of Novi Sad in Novi Sad, Serbia.
August:
* Eric received Marvin Byer Award from R&DA for Military Food &
Packaging Systems. Congratulations Eric!
* Josh started his MS program; he is working on effects of
plasticizers and cross-linkers on metal-binding
property of chitosan films
* Heidi joined the group - she is working on encapsulation of
vitamins in different carbohydrate-based matrices
July:
* Dr. David Williams visited our group and gave seminar titled
"Biology and pharmacokinetics of orally administered
(1,3)-glucans"
* A collaborative project funded: An optimization model for
packaging Meal-Ready-to-Eat. Sawhney R., Wiley B.,
Zivanovic S. Defense Logistics Agency, CORANET3.
* Tao accepted position as a lecturer at Nanjing Agricultural
University in China. Congratulations Tao!
June:
* Sophie and Ingrid came for 3-months internship; they worked on
bioavailability of encapsulated vitamins and
formation of chitosan particles using HIUS atomizer
* Dr. Zivanovic started her term as a chair for IFT Carbohydrates
Division for 2009/10
* Our presentations at the IFT 2009:
o Goan E.,
Davis R., Li J., Zivanovic S., Mount J., Sams C.
2009. Quality of applesauce as affected by different
cultivars of apples and storage conditions. Abstract
#153-10.
o Zivanovic
S. 2009. Health benefits of fungal cell wall
polysaccharides.
o Zivanovic
S., Li J. 2009. Development and inclusion of
chemical safety in the
software.
* Dr. Zivanovic organized IFT symposium "Health benefits of fungal
beta-glucans"; invited speakers Dr. David Williams (ETSU)
and Dr. Susanna Cunningham-Rhodes (Cornell Univ.)
* Jessie attended Light Scattering workshop at Wyatt Tech., Santa
Barbara, CA
May:
* Dr. Zivanovic co-organized and attended NATO ATC "Food Safety and
Food Security" in Belgrade, Serbia; gave
presentation on "Food Authenticity"
* Robert started M.S. program; he will work on effect of chitosan
on food-borne viruses
April:
* Jessie elected as a Member-at-Large and Eric as a Student Rep for
IFT Vol Section 2009/10
March:
* Jacob received UT CASNR Armistead Award. Congratulations Jacob!
February:
* Lana attended Congreso International de Ingenieria Quimica y
Alimentos in UDLAP, Puebla, Mexico; her presentation
was:
"Ultrasound - a new technology for food processing and research"
* Lana visited Instituto Politecnico Nacional Centro de Desarrollo
de Productos Bioticos in Yautepec, Morelos, Mexico
and gave presentation "Preparation,
characterization, and functionality of chitosan
films"
January:
* The most accessed article of the journal in 2008 announced: Desai
K., Kit K., Li J., Zivanovic S. 2008. Morphological
and surface properties of electrospun chitosan
nanofibers. Biomacromolecules. 9(3):1000-1006.
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