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Design and characterisation of food grade powders and inks for microstructure control using 3D printing (2017)
Journal Article
Holland, S., Foster, T., MacNaughtan, W., & Tuck, C. (2018). Design and characterisation of food grade powders and inks for microstructure control using 3D printing. Journal of Food Engineering, 220, 12-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2017.06.008

Additive Manufacturing techniques have been previously applied to food materials with direct consumption in mind, as opposed to creating structural ingredients as shown in this study. First, semi-crystalline cellulose was mechanically treated by ball... Read More about Design and characterisation of food grade powders and inks for microstructure control using 3D printing.

Instant polysaccharide-based emulsions: impact of microstructure on lipolysis (2017)
Journal Article
Torcello-Gómez, A., & Foster, T. (in press). Instant polysaccharide-based emulsions: impact of microstructure on lipolysis. Food and Function, 8, https://doi.org/10.1039/c7fo00536a

The development of emulsion-based products through optimisation of ingredients, reduction in energy-input during manufacture, while fulfilling healthy attributes, are major objectives within the food industry. Instant emulsions can meet these feature... Read More about Instant polysaccharide-based emulsions: impact of microstructure on lipolysis.

Draft genome sequences of Listeria monocytogenes, isolated from fresh leaf vegetables in Owerri City, Nigeria (2017)
Journal Article
Nwaiwu, O., Moura, A., Thouvenot, P., Rees, C., Leclercq, A., & Lecuit, M. (2017). Draft genome sequences of Listeria monocytogenes, isolated from fresh leaf vegetables in Owerri City, Nigeria. Genome Announcements, 5(22), Article e00354. https://doi.org/10.1128/genomea.00354-17

Here, we report the draft genome sequences of three Listeria monocytogenes isolates from fresh leaves collected in Nigeria, belonging to sequence types ST5 and ST155 (sublineages SL5 and SL155, respectively).

Influence of pecan nut pretreatment on the physical quality of oil bodies (2017)
Journal Article
Zhang, P., Di Bari, V., Briars, R., Taher, Z. M., Yuan, J., Liu, G., & Gray, D. A. (2017). Influence of pecan nut pretreatment on the physical quality of oil bodies. Journal of Food Quality, 2017(38641), Article 3864126. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3864126

A supply of pure, intact oil bodies is essential for carrying out morphological and biochemical studies of these plant organelles, and exploring their application. Preparation requires a carefully controlled breakage of plant cells, followed by separ... Read More about Influence of pecan nut pretreatment on the physical quality of oil bodies.

The Vip3Ag4 Insecticidal Protoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis Adopts A Tetrameric Configuration That Is Maintained on Proteolysis (2017)
Journal Article
Palma, L., Scott, D., Harris, G., Din, S., Williams, T. L., Roberts, O. J., …Berry, C. (2017). The Vip3Ag4 Insecticidal Protoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis Adopts A Tetrameric Configuration That Is Maintained on Proteolysis. Toxins, 9(5), Article 165. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins9050165

Consumer-orientated development of hybrid beef burger and sausage analogues (2017)
Journal Article
Neville, M., Tarrega, A., Hewson, L., & Foster, T. (2017). Consumer-orientated development of hybrid beef burger and sausage analogues. Food Science and Nutrition, 5(4), 852-864. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.466

Hybrid meat analogues, whereby a proportion of meat has been partially replaced by more sustainable protein sources, have been proposed to provide a means for more sustainable diets in the future. Consumer testing was conducted to determine consumer... Read More about Consumer-orientated development of hybrid beef burger and sausage analogues.

Application of calibrations to hyperspectral images of food grains: example for wheat falling number (2017)
Journal Article
Caporaso, N., Whitworth, M. B., & Fisk, I. D. (2017). Application of calibrations to hyperspectral images of food grains: example for wheat falling number. Journal of Spectral Imaging, 6(a4), https://doi.org/10.1255/jsi.2017.a4

The presence of a few kernels with sprouting problems in a batch of wheat can result in enzymatic activity sufficient to compromise flour functionality and bread quality. This is commonly assessed using the Hagberg Falling Number (HFN) method, which... Read More about Application of calibrations to hyperspectral images of food grains: example for wheat falling number.

Investigating the oronasal contributions to metallic perception (2017)
Journal Article
Skinner, M., Lim, M., Tarrega, A., Ford, R. A., Linforth, R. S., Thomas, A., & Hort, J. (2017). Investigating the oronasal contributions to metallic perception. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 52(6), 1299-1306. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.13417

Metallic taints elicited when consuming food can be unpleasant for the consumer, and are therefore problematic to food manufacturers. Although metallic has been proposed as a taste in the past, evidence remains inconclusive. This study investigates... Read More about Investigating the oronasal contributions to metallic perception.

Stability of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG incorporated in edible films: impact of anionic biopolymers and whey protein concentrate (2017)
Journal Article
Soukoulis, C., Behboudi-Jobbehdar, S., Macnaughtan, W., Parmenter, C. D., & Fisk, I. D. (2017). Stability of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG incorporated in edible films: impact of anionic biopolymers and whey protein concentrate. Food Hydrocolloids, 70, 345-355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2017.04.014

The incorporation of probiotics and bioactive compounds, via plasticised thin-layered hydrocolloids, within food products has recently shown potential to functionalise and improve the health credentials of processed food. In this study, choice of pol... Read More about Stability of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG incorporated in edible films: impact of anionic biopolymers and whey protein concentrate.

Effects of aroma and taste, independently or in combination, on appetite sensation and subsequent food intake (2017)
Journal Article
Yin, W., Hewson, L., Linforth, R. S., Taylor, M. A., & Fisk, I. D. (in press). Effects of aroma and taste, independently or in combination, on appetite sensation and subsequent food intake. Appetite, 114, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2017.04.005

Food flavour is important in appetite control. The effects of aroma and taste, independently or in combination, on appetite sensation and subsequent food intake, were studied. Twenty-six females (24 ± 4 years, 20.9 ± 1.9 kg⋅m-2) consumed, over 15 min... Read More about Effects of aroma and taste, independently or in combination, on appetite sensation and subsequent food intake.

Metal Resistance and Its Association With Antibiotic Resistance (2017)
Book Chapter
Pal, C., Asiani, K. R., Arya, S., Rensing, C., Stekel, D. J., Larsson, D. J., & Hobman, J. L. (2017). Metal Resistance and Its Association With Antibiotic Resistance. In R. K. Poole (Ed.), Microbiology of metal ions (261-313). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.ampbs.2017.02.001

Antibiotic resistance is recognised as a major global threat to public health by the World Health Organization. Currently, several hundred thousand deaths yearly can be attributed to infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The major driver for... Read More about Metal Resistance and Its Association With Antibiotic Resistance.

Optimisation of octinyl succinic anhydride starch stablised w1/o/w2 emulsions for oral destablisation of encapsulated salt and enhanced saltiness (2017)
Journal Article
Chiu, N., Tarrega, A., Parmenter, C. D., Hewson, E. L., Wolf, B., & Fisk, I. D. (in press). Optimisation of octinyl succinic anhydride starch stablised w1/o/w2 emulsions for oral destablisation of encapsulated salt and enhanced saltiness. Food Hydrocolloids, 69, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2017.03.002

Sodium (salt) was encapsulated within the inner water phase of w1/o/w2 food emulsions externally stabilised by starch particles with the ultimate aim of enhancing saltiness perception. The physical properties of the starch particles were modified by... Read More about Optimisation of octinyl succinic anhydride starch stablised w1/o/w2 emulsions for oral destablisation of encapsulated salt and enhanced saltiness.

Characterisation of aerotolerant forms of a robust chicken colonizing Campylobacter coli (2017)
Journal Article
O'Kane, P. M., & Connerton, I. F. (in press). Characterisation of aerotolerant forms of a robust chicken colonizing Campylobacter coli. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00513

Campylobacter contaminated poultry meat is a major source of human foodborne illness. Campylobacter coli strain OR12 is a robust colonizer of chickens that was previously shown to outcompete and displace other Campylobacter strains from the chicken’s... Read More about Characterisation of aerotolerant forms of a robust chicken colonizing Campylobacter coli.

Perceived bitterness character of beer in relation to hop variety and the impact of hop aroma (2017)
Journal Article
Oladokun, O., James, S., Cowley, T., Dehrmann, F., Smart, K., Hort, J., & Cook, D. (2017). Perceived bitterness character of beer in relation to hop variety and the impact of hop aroma. Food Chemistry, 230, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.03.031

The impact of hop variety and hop aroma on perceived beer bitterness intensity and character was investigated using analytical and sensory methods. Beers made from malt extract were hopped with 3 distinctive hop varieties (Hersbrucker, East Kent Gold... Read More about Perceived bitterness character of beer in relation to hop variety and the impact of hop aroma.

ZYZ-168 alleviates cardiac fibrosis after myocardial infarction through inhibition of ERK1/2-dependent ROCK1 activation (2017)
Journal Article
Luo, S., Hieu, T. B., Ma, F., Yu, Y., Cao, Z., Wang, M., …Zhu, Y. Z. (in press). ZYZ-168 alleviates cardiac fibrosis after myocardial infarction through inhibition of ERK1/2-dependent ROCK1 activation. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 43242. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep43242

Selective treatments for myocardial infarction (MI) induced cardiac fibrosis are lacking. In this study, we focus on the therapeutic potential of a synthetic cardio-protective agent named ZYZ-168 towards MI-induced cardiac fibrosis and try to reveal... Read More about ZYZ-168 alleviates cardiac fibrosis after myocardial infarction through inhibition of ERK1/2-dependent ROCK1 activation.

Bacterial resistance to arsenic protects against protist killing (2017)
Journal Article
Hao, X., Li, X., Pal, C., Hobman, J. L., Larsson, D. J., Saquib, Q., …Rensing, C. (2017). Bacterial resistance to arsenic protects against protist killing. BioMetals, 30(2), 307-311. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10534-017-0003-4

Protists kill their bacterial prey using toxic metals such as copper. Here we hypothesize that the metalloid arsenic has a similar role. To test this hypothesis, we examined intracellular survival of Escherichia coli (E. coli) in the amoeba Dictyoste... Read More about Bacterial resistance to arsenic protects against protist killing.

Antenatal weight management: Diet, physical activity, and gestational weight gain in early pregnancy (2017)
Journal Article
Swift, J. A., Elliott-Sale, K. J., Pearce, J., Jethwa, P. H., Taylor, M. A., Avery, A., …McMullen, S. (2017). Antenatal weight management: Diet, physical activity, and gestational weight gain in early pregnancy. Midwifery, 49, 40-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2017.01.016

Objective: to investigate women's physical activity levels, diet and gestational weight gain, and their experiences and motivations of behavior change. Design: analysis of cross-sectional data collected during a longitudinal, cohort study examinin... Read More about Antenatal weight management: Diet, physical activity, and gestational weight gain in early pregnancy.

Endocrinology of the Fetal Testis (2017)
Book Chapter
Ivell, R., Anand-Ivell, R., & Morley, S. D. (2017). Endocrinology of the Fetal Testis. In M. Simoni, & I. Huhtaniemi (Eds.), Endocrinology of the Testis and Male Reproduction (245-272). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44441-3_7

The human fetus, already at a very early stage in its development, is hormonally active, with the testis and adrenal gland being major contributors. Following sex determination at around weeks 5–6, the somatic cells of the testis begin to differentia... Read More about Endocrinology of the Fetal Testis.

Electromagnetic heating for industrial kilning of malt: a feasibility study (2016)
Journal Article
Ferrari-John, R., Katrib, J., Zerva, E., Davies, N., Cook, D. J., Dodds, C., & Kingman, S. (in press). Electromagnetic heating for industrial kilning of malt: a feasibility study. Food and Bioprocess Technology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-016-1849-0

Industrial malting operations use ~800kWh/t of energy to produce the heat required to kiln malt. Electromagnetic heating technologies are suggested as a way to potentially improve the energy efficiency of the kilning processing. In this work, the pot... Read More about Electromagnetic heating for industrial kilning of malt: a feasibility study.

The minor flagellin of Campylobacter jejuni (FlaB) confers defensive properties against bacteriophage infection (2016)
Journal Article
Lis, L., & Connerton, I. F. (in press). The minor flagellin of Campylobacter jejuni (FlaB) confers defensive properties against bacteriophage infection. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01908

A screen of bacteriophages infecting a panel of Campylobacter jejuni PT14 gene knock-out mutants identified a role for the minor flagellin encoded by the flaB gene, in the defense of the host against CP8unalikevirus bacteriophage CP_F1 infection. Ina... Read More about The minor flagellin of Campylobacter jejuni (FlaB) confers defensive properties against bacteriophage infection.