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The SoftComp/EUSMI Annual Meeting 2023 took place in Ancona, Italy from May 23 through 25, 2023. Ben Kew (PhD student, ERC LubSat Project) and Megan Holdstock (PhD Student, SoFi2 CDT) presented a keynote talk and a poster respectively at the meeting. Ben Kew (see picture) presented a keynote speech in the young scientists session titled...
Frances Brown (PhD Student, BBSRC DTP and Mondelez) presents a talk titled "Oral Frictional Properties of Plant and Dairy Proteins-the role of saliva" at the 77th STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Long Beach Convention Center, California, US on May 21-25, 2023. Part of her lecture can be followed in her initial systematic review paper below: Brown...
Dr. Andrea Araiza-Calahorra (Postdoctoral Fellow, Eat4Age Project) has co-authored the paper titled "Static in vitro #digestion model adapted to the general older adult population: an INFOGEST international consensus" publihsed in Food and Function, Volume 14, pp. 4569-4582 led by Dr. Didier Dupont (INRAe, France). The objectives of the present paper were: (1) to conduct an exhaustive...
Team members from Sarkar Lab (Dr. Andrea Araiza-Calahorra, Dr. Siavash Soltanahmadi, Kwan Mo-You, Megan Holdstock, Frances Brown and Nitsuwat Supatchayaporn participated in the Be Curious Event at the University of Leeds on 13th May 2022. Stalls on “Feel for Food” and “Udderstanding alternatives” got so many curious minds engaged delivering the true impact of science of...
Prof. Anwesha Sarkar (PI, Sarkar Lab) gives a talk at the Online Inaugural Symposium, Food Sensory Science at Zhejiang Gongshang University, China on 10th May 2023 on "Multiscale tribology of soft materials: Case studies on plant proteins and chocolate". In this talk, she talks about macroscale and nanoscale tribology, how to design relevant biomimetic surface and finally...
A new paper has been published by Shikha Aery (Commonwealth Split-side Visiting PhD Student) on designing ultra-stable liquid crystal droplets using sustainable plant-based materials. Using a combination of cross-polarized microscopy, confocal microscopy, microfluidics and supporting evidences, this paper titled "Ultra-stable liquid crystal droplets coated by sustainable plant-based materials for optical sensing of chemical and biological...
Dry mouth is a troublesome condition linked to lubrication failure and leads to other diseases such as fungal infections and wounds in the oral cavity. There are many commercial salivary substitutes in the market, but none with a long-lasting lubrication effect. Prof. Hiorth from University of Oslo, Norway and team have fabricated polymer-coated liposomes as a formulation strategy for retrieving...
Prof. Anwesha Sarkar (PI, Sarkar Lab) presented a keynote speech as well as a course lecture at the 32nd Nordic Rheology Conference (12-14th April, 2023) at Aarhus, Denmark. Her keynote speech title was "Soft tribology of soft matter". Her course lecture for early career scientists was titled "Stickey or slippery, rough or smooth: marrying rheology...
Elizabeth Tenorio Garcia (PhD Student funded by Conacyt, Mexico) presented an oral talk at the 32nd Nordic Rheology Conference (12-14th April, 2023) at Aarhus, Denmark. Her oral presentation title was "W/O emulsions stabilized solely by cocoa butter-based oleogels: effects of crystal-crystal interactions on rheological performance.
Two new members have joined Sarkar Lab! Welcome Jennifer (Jenny) A. McLauchlan and Bianca Hatz (left to right in the photograph): Both Jenny and Bianca are PhD students, part of the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Soft Matter for Formulation and Industrial Innovation (SOFI2), funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)....