
Carla Cervini
@cervinicarla
Research Fellow Applied Mycology Cranfield University
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03-10-2020 17:55:27
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Great first morning at the #Aflatoxin: Awareness and mitigation strategies workshop Haramaya University! Capacity building and Knowledge transfer happening as part of the #NutriNuts project funded by Innovate UK!


Knowledge Transfer afternoon session on #Mycotoxin introduction and pre/post-harvest good practices to reduce Aflatoxin in #peanuts. #NutriNuts funded Innovate UK #Collaboration


Back to the laboratory in 2023 to teach #FoodSafety, #FoodQuality and #Certification to our Cranfield AgriFood Courses. Congrats Carla Cervini for managing the practicals! Can you see the plans in the back? #onlyincranfield.


The #Applied #Mycology group is growing thanks to our new member!!! Welcome to Andrea Patriarca that has joined this January as #Lecturer in #Food Mycology. She will expand our current expertise on #metabolomics and #mycotoxin research Cranfield Agrifood Cranfield University




Busy day today at #Haramaya University, working on implementation of post harvest strategies to mitigate #aflatoxin risk in Ethiopian peanuts. Here Dr. Dr Carol Verheecke-Vaessen ๐ฌ๐ง๐ซ๐ท and Dr. Abdi Mohammed Hassen smiling while adjusting water activities of peanuts for testing an hand-operated sheller.


Back from Ethiopia!! After intense few days we closed the #Nutrinuts #project from there. Our SUPER-thanks to @HilinaFoods and Haramaya University Abdi Mohammed Hassen for these years of collaboration and thanks to Innovate UK for the great opportunity!! #aflatoxin #peanuts Cranfield Agrifood



Anabel from Grupo UCOLIVO is getting ready to prepare her olive-based media to grow #fungal species isolated from #olives and study the effects of changes in the #environment driven by #climatechange. Universidad Cรณrdoba DAUCO UCO FQM-227 Research group Cranfield Agrifood





๐ Three of our students have made it to the finals of the prestigious Sustainable Food Challenge 2023! Part of the GreenSCENT Project project, the competition aims to educate and empower people to change their behaviour towards the environment. Read more: bit.ly/3pm0JkP


The art pieces have arrived! ๐๐๐ J-2 for the exhibition of Anna Dumitriu #BioArt on Mysteries and Mycotoxins. Come to Cranfield University Stafford Cripps and join us on an artistic exploration of #mycotoxins. Supported by British Mycological Society and Cranfield University!


Great group presentation by our MSc students yesterday, focused on enhancing post-harvest tech in Ethiopia's peanut chain. Proud of their innovative work in #FoodSustainability! ๐๐ฅ #Research #Innovation Carla Cervini Dr Carol Verheecke-Vaessen ๐ฌ๐ง๐ซ๐ท Cranfield AgriFood Courses



Happy to be in Athens presenting on molecular methods for Aspergillus identification. Thanks FunShield4Med for this opportunity!

It was great to work with such passionate students and I wish them the best of luck in their future careers. #FoodSafety #mycotoxins #storage EWA-BELT - a EU Horizon2020 Project

I am happy to share that our latest review paper is now out! ๐ We explored the potential of #Teff in #sustainable and #glutenfree diets, tackling current production challenges to boost food and nutrition security. ๐ฑ๐ #FoodSecurity Dr Carol Verheecke-Vaessen ๐ฌ๐ง๐ซ๐ท doi.org/10.3390/foods1โฆ