Foods Webinar | The Use of Biopreservation and Bioactive Components as a Sustainable Strategy for Food Safety and Shelf Life Prolongation
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Dr. Danijela Skroza
Department of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University of Split, Split, Croatia;
Danijela Skroza is an assistant professor at the Department of Food Technology and Biotechnology in the Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University of Split. She started working as a research novice at the Department of Food Technology and Biotechnology in 2009. She is a lecturer of several courses at undergraduate and graduate university study of Food technology. She received a reward for young scientists for their success in scientific research in 2014 from the Faculty of Chemistry and Technology. She participated in the organizing committee of the Food for Health Congress (2016) and serves in the editorial board of the Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineers of Croatia (Chemistry in the industry). Since 2020, she has been the Head of the Department of Food Technology and Biotechnology. Her field of interest is food technology, isolation, and characterization of bioactive compounds, chromatography, and food microbiology. As an associate, participated in the realizations of one scientific research national project, two research projects of the Croatian Science Foundation, and two bilateral projects. Currently is a researcher on the two European H2020 Prima projects “Bioprotective cultures and bioactive extracts as sustainable combined strategies to improve the shelf life of perishable Mediterranean food” (BioProMedFood) and Innovative sustainable organic sea fennel (Crithmum maritimum L.) - based cropping systems to boost agrobiodiversity, profitability, circularity, and resilience to climate changes in Mediterranean small farms (SEAFENNEL4MED). She published over 40 scientific and professional papers (https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?origin=resultslist&authorId=36665166100&zone).
On Tuesday, 17 January 2023, MDPI and the Journal Foods organized the second webinar on Foods, entitled "The Use of Biopreservation and Bioactive Components as a Sustainable Strategy for Food Safety and Shelf Life Prolongation".
The theme of the webinar covered the main objectives and results of the H2020 PRIMA BioProMedFood project. Four speakers, Prof. Dr. Fatih Ozogul, Prof. Dr. Vida Šimat, Dr. Giulia Tabanelli, and Prof. Dr. Lidija Zemljič Fras provided background and main results from the valorization of agro-food by-products, characterization of new cultures of lactic acid bacteria for improved bio-protective cultures and functional starters and new formulations for active coating for polylactic packaging foils as a new opportunity for the development of sustainable solutions for the food industry. The webinar emphasized the importance of providing new biotechnological tools to meet consumer demand for safe, minimally processed products, reduce safety concerns in traditional small-scale production, and increase the value of sustainable sources and by-products.
The presentations were followed by a Q&A and a discussion, moderated by the Chair. The webinar was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found here on Sciforum website. In order to stay updated on the next webinars on Foods, be sure to sign up for our newsletter by clicking on “Subscribe” at the top of the page.
Guest Editors: Dr. Danijela Skroza & Dr. Vida Šimat
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022)