| NIMBioS Investigative Workshop: Modeling Contamination of Fresh Produce | |
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United States - TN - Knoxville |
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| Hosted by: | National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) |
| Venue: | National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) at the Univ. of Tennessee |
| Dates: | Apr 24, 2014 through Apr 25, 2014 |
| Event Registration: | 2013-11-08 through 2014-01-20 |
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Description |
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| Objectives: Food borne diseases associated with fresh produce continue to cause serious difficulties for public health in North America. As globalization has broadened the food supply chain and increased its complexity, more sophisticated methods of surveillance are needed at key links to ensure the safety of fresh produce. In particular, recent studies have identified the sanitization juncture as well as packaging and shipping as important players that can promote contamination or even cross-contamination of produce. Focusing on each of these areas, our investigative workshop will pursue four goals: Develop novel models that capture contamination and pathogen growth dynamics involved in sanitization, packaging and shipping. Discuss and develop multi-scale models that connect these supply chain links to form a global picture. Explore how these new models can aid in more relevant data collection to test and inform model predictions at both the local and global levels. Provide a venue for collaboration among mathematical modelers, food technologists, statisticians, microbiologists, and industrial and government agency representatives in order to synthesize knowledge in a way that establishes modeling as an indispensable tool for pathogen surveillance and control in the fresh produce industry. |
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| Additional Information | |
| Event URL: | http://www.nimbios.org/workshops/WS_produce.html |
| ISCB Member Discount: | None |
| Contact Person: | Catherine Crawley ([javascript protected email address]) |
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