Research in Food Safety Laboratory focuses on the pathogenesis of foodborne diseases, pre- and postharvest food safety and on improving our understanding of the transmission of foodborne bacterial pathogens from farm animals and from foods to humans. A better understanding of the transmission pathways of foodborne pathogens is necessary to design better strategies to prevent and control human disease. Both basic and applied research in the laboratory is targeted toward developing the scientific knowledge necessary to improve our ability to prevent foodborne diseases.
EQUIPMENT:
- RiboPrinter, microbial characterization system
- Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE), genetic fingerprinting
- PCR and Sequence Based characterization (16S, rpoB, etc.)
- Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer, REP-PCR based microbial characterization
- Illumina, Full Genome Sequencing (Life Sciences Core Laboratory)
- ABI Prism, Real time PCR detection system