Eastern Regional Research Center

Dr. Sevim Erhan, Center Director
Eastern Regional Research Center, NAA, ARS, USDA
600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania  19038
Phone:  (215) 233-6400   FAX:  (215) 233-6777

In the Spotlight Global Opportunities in Agri-food Science & Technology   Innovation and R&D - critical to the complex agri-food industry-enhance economic competitiveness and foster new food technologies, food safety, and value-added, healthful foods. Read all about it in the November 2008 issue of Food Technology or view the PDF ___________________________________ Biofuels Engineering Process Technology   Our own John (Nhuan) Nghiem has co-authored a very important book on biofuels.  Click here for more information. ___________________________________ Breaking News Siemens Partners With USDA ARS to Improve Conversion of Second-Generation Feedstocks to Chemicals and Biofuels Atlanta, GA - Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. and the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreegment (CRADA) that will improve the processes used to convert second generation, non-food-based, biofuel feedstocks, including perennial grasses, animal wastes and agricultural residues such as corn stover, into liquid bio-fuel intermediates, such as bio-oil. As part of the CRADA, Logical Innovation of Richmond, VA, will work with researchers at USDA/ARS's Eastern Regional Research Center (ERRC) in Wyndmoor, PA, to improve on pyrolysis oil production via innovative control technologies. Click here to read more about it! ___________________________________ Beefing Up Barley Research Results Have Prompted Ethanol Producers to take Another Look at This Crop   In the ethanol world barley may be corn’s poor cousin, but research efforts have made it an attractive feedstock option in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region. Read more about the research in the October 2008 issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine . ___________________________________ To learn more click here ! ___________________________________ Food Safety Developments are in the Air   An experimental treatment that relies on cold plasma, which is created by introducing electricity into a gas until free electrons are liberated, may one day keep fresh produce like apples and almonds safe from potentially harmful bacteria such as Salmonella, Listeria and E. coli . Photo courtesy of Paul Pierlott. An experimental treatment from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) could one day help protect some fresh produce from potentially dangerous microbes such as Salmonella , Listeria and Escherichia coli O157:H7. The treatment relies on cold plasma, which is generated when some form of concentrated energy--in this case, electricity--is introduced into a gas until free electrons are torn from the gas's atoms. At the ARS Eastern Regional Research Center in Wyndmoor, Pa., microbiologist Brendan Niemira and engineer Joseph Sites --who are developing the process--exposed Golden Delicious apple samples to various microbial pathogens. Then they treated the samples with plasma. Click here to read all about it! ____________________________________ ERRC Participates in Bioenergy Awareness Day in Washington, DC, June 10-20, 2008   Click here to view more photos!

Upcoming Events      January 12 - American Red Cross Blood Drive held in the Auditorium from 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM - sign up sheet in Room 3019 January 19 - Closed for Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. January 28 - Green Team Meeting, Noon to 1 pm in Room 3008 10 Most Recent Publications Additional Publications - We have 5600+ publications online that you can view and print. The following publications are not yet online.  To request a reprint, please email Patti.Durkin@ars.usda.gov with your name, address, and reprint number.   REPRINT TITLE AUTHOR 8014 Factors affecting thermally induced furan formation X. Fan, L. Huang, and K.J.B. Sokorai 8013 Identification and confirmation of chemical residues in food by chromatography-mass spectrometry and other techniques S.J. Lehotay, K. Mastovska, A. Amirav, A.B. Fialkov, T. Alon, P.A. Martos, A. de Kok, and A.R. Fernandez-Alba 8012 Ultratrace analysis of nine macrolides, including tulathromycin A (Draxxin), in edible animal tissues with minicolumn liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry P.A. Martos, S.J. Lehotay, and B. Shurmer 8011 A preliminary study on antimicrobial edible films from pectin and other food hydrocolloids by extrusion method L.S. Liu, T. Jin, C.-K. Liu, K. Hicks, A.K. Mohanty, R. Bhardwaj, and M. Misra 8010 A review: controlled release systems for agricultural and food applications L.S. Liu, J. Kost, M.L. Fishman, and K.B. Hicks 8009 A kinetic study of poorly water soluble drug released from pectin microcapsules using diffusion/dissolution model Z. Muhidinov, J. Bobokalonov, L.S. Liu, and R. Fassihi 8008 Synbiotic matrices derived from plant oligosaccharides and polysaccharides A.T. Hotchkiss, Jr., L.S. Liu, J. Call, P. Cooke, J.B. Luchansky and R.A. Rastall 8007 Innovation and R&D - critical to the complex agri-food industry - enhance economic competitiveness and foster new food technologies, food safety, and value-added, healthful foods C. Onwulata, L.F. Flora, and W. Kramer 8006 Data analysis techniques M.H. Tunick 8005 Modified pectin-based carrier for gene delivery:  cellular barriers in gene delivery course T. Katav, L.S. Liu, T. Traitel, R. Goldbart, M. Wolfson, and J. Kost

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