Past Events

Examining Committee Dr. Iris Joye, Chair  Dr. Lisa Duizer, Advisor  Dr. Alison Duncan, Advisory Committee Member  Dr. Massimo Marcone, Department Member TITLE: GOING BEYOND LIKING SCORES: USING POPULATION SEGMENTATION AND FOOD-EVOKED EMOTIONS IN SENSORY EVALUATION OF FOODS FOR OLDER CONSUMERS

Examining Committee Dr. Lisa Duizer, Chair Dr. Gisele LaPointe, Advisor Dr. Steve Cui, Advisory Committee Member Dr. Keith Warriner, Department Member Dr. Michael Gaenzle, University of Alberta, External Examiner TITLE: MICROBIAL UTILIZATION OF ARABINOGALACTAN AND EFFECTS ON HUMAN GUT  MICROBIOTA IN RESPONSE TO BIFIDOBACTERIA SUPPLEMENTATION

Examining Committee Dr. Massimo Marcone, Chair Dr. Jeffrey Farber, Advisor Dr. Marc Habash, Co-Advisor Dr. Lawrence Goodridge, Department Member TITLE: THE USE OF POTENTIALLY PROBIOTIC BACTERIA FOR THEIR BIOCONTROL EFFECTS ON THE FOODBORNE PATHOGEN HUMAN NOROVIRUS GII.4 AND ITS SURROGATE VIRUS MURINE NOROVIRUS-1

Examining Committee   Dr. Donald Mercer, Chair Dr. Lisa Duizer, Advisor Dr. Alexandra Grygorczyk, Advisory Committee Member Dr. Douglas Goff, Department Member Dr. Jianshe Chen, Zhejiang Gongshang University, External Examiner TITLE: ORAL DYNAMICS OF TEXTURE IN SEMISOLID FOODS ABSTRACT:

Examining Committee   Dr. Lisa Duizer, Chair   Dr. Keith Warriner, Advisor   Dr. Ann Huber, Advisory Committee Member    Dr. Kari Dunfield, Department Member   Dr. Pascal Delaquis, AAFC, B.C.,  External Examiner   

Examining Committee Dr. Iris Joye, Chair Dr. Massimo Marcone, Advisor Dr. Moussa Diarra, Advisory Committee Member Dr. Gisele LaPointe, Department Member Dr. Michele Jay-Russell, UC Davis, External Examiner TITLE: ORGANIC BERRY POMACES TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF BROILER CHICKENS

Examining Committee   Dr. Michael Rogers, Chair   Dr. Lisa Duizer, Advisor   Dr. Donald Mercer, Advisory Committee Member    Dr. Loong-Tak Lim, Department Member      TITLE: SENSORY TESTING OF CANADIAN ARMED FORCES INDIVIDUAL MEAL PACKS      ABSTRACT: 

Examining Committee   Dr. Yoshi Mine, Chair Dr. Iris Joye, Advisor Dr. Maria Corradini, Co-Advisor Dr. Douglas Goff, Department Member TITLE: PROLAMIN PROTEINS AS BUILDING BLOCKS FOR FOOD-GRADE ANTHOCYANIN ENCAPSULATION SYSTEMS ABSTRACT:

Examining Committee Dr. Iris Joye, Chair Dr. Loong-Tak Lim, Advisor Dr. Donald Mercer, Advisory Committee Member Dr. Massimo Marcone, Department Member TITLE: DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF COFFEE BEVERAGES BY FERMENTATION OF COFFEE-SUGAR AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS USING DIFFERENT YEAST VARIETIES

Examining Committee Dr. Donald Mercer, Chair Dr. Jeffrey Farber, Advisor Dr. Robert Hanner, Co-Advisor Dr. Steven Newmaster, Department Member TITLE: IMPROVING TRACEABILITY AND DETECTION OF FOOD FRAUD: AN EXPLORATION OF CURRENT SEAFOOD AUTHENTICATION METHODS AND VALIDATION OF A NOVEL qPRC MEHTOD FOR COMMERCIAL SPECIES OF FISH (FASTFISH-ID) ABSTRACT: