CAFPNA Student Presentation Award Competition
Purpose
- To encourage undergraduate/graduate students and recent graduates of M.S. or Ph.D. programs to present their original research at the CAFPNA Annual Meeting.
- To foster professionalism among students and recent graduates through communicating with peers and professional members of CAFPNA.
- To encourage participation by students and recent graduates in the CAFPNA and IAFP Annual Meeting.
Eligibility
Competition entrants must attend IAFP (virtual) annual meeting with their accepted abstracts and obtain approval from their advisors to participate in this competition.
CAFPNA Student Presentation Award Competition 2022:
1st place: Yaqi Zhao, PhD student, Florida State University
Title: Immunodetection of Finfish in Non-finfish Food Product
2nd place: Kaidi Wang, PhD candidate, McGill University
Title: Rapid Identification of Foodborne Bacteria Using Single-Cell Raman Spectroscopic Analysis Combined with a Conditional Generative Adversarial Network
3rd place: Xingyi Jiang, PhD, Florida State University
Title: Application of Novel Non-thermal Processing Technologies in Seafood Protein Analysis
CAFPNA Student Presentation Award Competition 2021:
1st place: Biyu Wu, PhD student, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Title: Effect of Ohelo berry (Vaccinium calycinum) Juice on Physicochemical Properties, Biofilm Formation, and Virulence Gene Expression of Listeria monocytogenes
2nd place: Lianger Dong, PhD student, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Title: Comparison of the Behavior of Salmonella Typhimurium and Listeria monocytogenes on Papaya and Avocado during Storage and Chlorine Dioxide Treatment
3rd place: Lang Sun, PhD student, University of Connecticut
Title: Antimicrobial Effects of a Bioactive Glycolipid on Spore-forming Spoilage Bacteria in Milk
CAFPNA Student Presentation Award Competition 2020:
1st place: Wenqian Wang, PhD Candidate, Poultry Science, University of Arkansas
Title: Application of Polydopamine Molecular Imprinted Polymer on a Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor for Detection of Multi-antibiotics in Chicken Meat
2nd place: Xingyi Jiang, PhD Candidate, Florida State University
Title: Immunodetection of Meat Adulterants
3rd place: Yafang Shen, PhD Candidate, Zhejiang University
Title: A Novel Optical Biosensor Based on Target-induced Immunomagnetic Beads Aggregation for Label-free and Portable Detection of Enrofloxacin
CAFPNA Student Presentation Award Competition at IAFP 2019:
1st place: Key Factors Influencing Thermal Resistance of Bacterial Pathogens in Low-Moisture Foods, Ren Yang, Washington State University;
2nd place: Inactivation of Salmonella enterica and Enterococcus faecium in Cumin Seeds Using Gaseous Ethylene Oxide, Long Chen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln;
3rd place: Behavior of Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., and Listeria monocyotgenes on Dried Apricots Made with and without Sulfur Dioxide, Zhuosheng Liu, University of California Davis
3rd place: Food Allergy or food intolerance? Exploring food safety practices among campus food service employees, Soojin Lee, University of Missouri-Columbia
