Rutgers University–New Brunswick has been named a top producer for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, as announced by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and recognized in the Chronicle of Higher Education. The university has 19 grant recipients this year, one from SEBS and including six from the School of Graduate […]
Research
Post-Doc Kimberly Wiersielis Wins Prestigious National Institutes of Health Career Development Award
Kimberly Wiersielis, postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Animal Sciences, is the recipient of an NIH Pathway to Independence Award that supports outstanding postdoctoral researchers in completing needed mentored training and transition in a timely manner to independent, tenure-track or equivalent faculty positions. Also known as the K99/R00, the award is considered a career transition […]
Award-winning film highlights Rutgers efforts to protect basil from blight
James Simon – Dept. of Plant Biology; Andy Wyenandt – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Award-winning Film Highlights Rutgers Efforts to Protect Basil from Blight
Fields of Devotion provides a window into the science behind developing disease- and climate change-resistant food crops When a devastating disease wiped out New Jersey farmers’ basil fields, growers turned to Rutgers scientists for help. Now the public will be able to follow the unique partnership between local farmers and Rutgers scientists in Fields of Devotion, […]
Why are there so many germs in the kitchen?
Donald Schaffner – Department of Food Science
Faculty Spotlight: Malin Pinsky
By: Carol Peters, Institute for Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science (EOAS) Communications The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded EOAS faculty member Malin Pinsky, associate professor in SEBS Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, and collaborators from Princeton University $1.3 million in funding for the project “Climate Change, Resource Reallocation and Great Power Competition.” The funding stems […]
The Germiest Place In Your Kitchen Isn’t Your Bin And We’re Shook
Donald Schaffner – Department of Food Safety
Inaugural Rutgers Shellfish Research Symposium Brings Together Growers and Researchers
The inaugural Rutgers Shellfish Research Symposium, in partnership with the New Jersey Aquaculture Association and the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, was held on January 18 at the NJAES Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve The symposium was organized by Michael DeLuca, director of the Rutgers Aquaculture Innovation Center, and Michael Acquafredda, (GSNB’19) a Rutgers graduate […]
Spice rack revealed as germiest place in the kitchen – and it’s more likely to get you sick than the bin lid
Donald Schaffner – Department of Food Science
The surprising kitchen hazards that are putting your health at risk
Donald Schaffner – Department of Food Science
