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News article: Pancakes won’t turn you into a zombie as in HBO’s ‘The Last of Us,’ but fungi in flour have been making people sick for a long time

 

Originally published in the Conversation. by Dr. Sheryl Barringer

In the HBO series “The Last of Us,” named after the popular video game of the same name, the flour supplies of the world are contaminated with a fungus called Cordyceps. When people eat pancakes or other foods made with that flour, the fungi grow inside their bodies and turn them into zombies.

News article: Chocolate chemistry – a food scientist explains how the beloved treat gets its flavor, texture and tricky reputation as an ingredient
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By Sheryl Barringer Professor of Food Science and Technology, The Ohio State University

News article: Barringer Named Managing Site Director of CAPPS

After five years of dedicated leadership, Dr. Dennis Heldman is stepping down as the managing director of the Center for Advanced Processing and Packaging Studies (CAPPS). CAPPS is a National Science Foundation (NSF) founded Industry University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) that has fostered this consortium between the food industry and universities for over 30 years. These partnerships mutually benefit both parties and advance food processing and packaging research. During the past 5 years, CAPPS sponsored 35 research projects with industry partners.

News article: How (and why) CFAES faculty should apply for the Food Systems Leadership Institute

If you’re a faculty member in CFAES and are thinking about applying for the national Food Systems Leadership Institute (FSLI), Sheryl Barringer has some advice for you. “Do it!” Barringer, who is professor and chair of the CFAES Department of Food Science and Technology, recently completed FSLI’s intensive leadership development program.

News article: Sheryl Barringer honored as Food Systems Leadership Institute Fellow

Sheryl Barringer was one of twenty-five Fellows of the Food Systems Leadership Institute (FSLI) who were honored November 4th during a recognition ceremony in the virtual annual meeting of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU).  The Fellows were recognized for their accomplishments in completing the FSLI executive leadership development program and for contributions they have made to their individual organizations and the broader higher education and food systems. 

Multimedia: IAFoST Academy Induction Ceremony 2020

Congratulations to three of our faculty members - Sheryl Barringer, Ken Lee, and Ahmed Yousef - on being named 2020 Fellows of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST). Fellows are acknowledged by their peers as outstanding representatives of international food science and technology. This video is the virtual induction ceremony.

News article: Three FST Faculty Named 2020 IAFoST Fellows

Congratulations to Dr. Sheryl Barringer, Dr. Ken Lee, and Dr. Ahmed Yousef on being named 2020 Fellows of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST). Click here to see a complete list of the 2020 Fellows.