Rapid Enumeration of Microorganisms

Webinar

Tuesday, May 25, 2021  
10:00 am to 11:00 am EST

Flow cytometry (FCM) has become a valuable tool in food microbiology. It has been developed to rapidly enumerate microorganisms, to distinguish between viable, metabolically-active and dead cells, which is of great importance in food development and food spoilage.

Currently, the food industry is still using quality control analytical techniques based on plating of diluted samples onto media and counting the resultant colonies after incubation under defined condition of time and temperature. This method is labour and time consuming. In the case of certain pathogens such as E. coli, this process can take up to 5 days. Moreover, further biochemical identification can prolong the duration for up to 7 days.

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Presented by:

Joanna Śliwa-Dominiak

Joanna Śliwa-Dominiak has a Ph.D. in biological sciences, specialising in microbiology from the University of Szczencinski where she studied bacteriophages found in the digestive system and their presence in the aquatic environment as indicators of faecal pollution. After her PhD she went on to lecture in microbiology and microbial genetics at the University of Szczencinski.

Presented by:

Katarzyna Sielatycka

Katarzyna Sielatycka, has Ph.D., from Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, where she studied in the field of adult stem cell biology and probiotic bacteria. After completing her studies, she conducted fellowship research at the Stem Cell Institute, University of Louisville, USA. Before returning back to Poland.