14 Aug 2018
Koenraad Van Hoorde describes how next-generation sequencing is being utilized in food safety and testing systems in this exclusive interview filmed at Asset 2018. He is currently using NGS to detect pathogens along the food chain from farm to fork, and is particularly interested in the pathogens found in dairy products. In this video, discover how Van Hoorde is researching cronobacter, which has been found in baby foods of a dairy origin, including infant formula.
PhD, Microbiologist; EFSA EU-FORA Fellow and Visiting Scientist at the UCD Centre for Food Safety, Dublin
As postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University Koenraad has been exploring the possibilities of mass spectrometry tools, e.g. MALDI-TOF MS, for describing and monitoring microbiota associated with various environments but his main attention is still drawn towards the many microbial aspects related to food.