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Group leader: Tiziana M.P. Cattaneo

Affiliation: Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria (CREA)

Research Topics: agro-food, processed products, post-harvest, spectroscopy

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The research activities are focused on the studies of biological, biochemical and commodity aspects in the agricultural field.

The principal skills are:

• Assessment of technological processes
• Ripening, storage, and shelf-life optimization
• Development of post-harvest technologies for fruits and vegetables
• Development of post-slaughter technologies for animal products
• Assessment of monitoring systems and procedures for the quality control along the agro-food chain
• Improvement of the global quality with particular attention in maintaining the original nutritional and sensory characteristics of agro-food products.

Website: http://iaa.entecra.it/

Contact: [email protected]

 

Group leader : Professor Christian Huck

Affiliation : Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry, CCB-Center for Chemistry and Biomedicine, Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria

Research Topics : Near Infrared and molecular spectroscopy, bioanalysis, phytopharmaca, material science

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Huck Lab is developing novel analytical approaches based on molecular spectroscopy (NIR, MIR, 2D-COS, Raman) with main focus on near-infrared (NIR). The lab has excellent knowledge in a broad field of analytical methodologies including chromatography/electrophoresis (LC, µ-LC, GC, CE, CEC), mas spectrometry (ESI, Q-TOF, MALDI) and selective sample enrichment procedures (SPE) used as a reference method. Beside multivariate data analysis, quantum chemical calculations, also bioninformatics is applied to get deeper insights into the diversity and inter-relation of spectral data. Samples of interest taken into consideration comprise biomolecules including also phyto relevant active ingredients and different materials.

Contact: https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/funmat/members/huck/

 

Group leader : Professor Albert Krastanov, DSc

Affiliation : University of Food Technologies, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Research Topics : Biotechnology, Food technology, Probiotics, Bacteria selection, Enzyme technology

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BioAquaLab’s research is focused on the application of Aquaphotomics in the field of biotechnology and food technology. Our group is working on the development of NIR-spectral WASP libraries of food pathogens and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and an assessment of the potential of the NIR spectroscopy and aquaphotomics as a precise, swift and non-invasive method for the observation of the growth and metabolic activity of probiotic and functional strains; detection of food pathogens in food products by identifying specific bacterial aquaphotomic models; application of aquaphotomics for evaluation of survival and metabolic activity of functional LAB and probiotic bacteria during the production and storage of food; utilization of aquaphotomics to assess the freshness and authenticity of food products; utilization of aquaphotomics to assess the antioxidative potential of food products and by-products from food industry; utilization of aquaphotomics to analyse food quality, detection of authenticity violations, adulterations and imitation products.

Contact: [email protected]