An opportunity for European scientists working in the area of microbial food safety to visit US laboratories.

The Expert Scientific Exchange programme invites up to 20 European foodborne safety scientists from throughout Europe to apply for travel grants to visit research laboratories in the US and Canada in order to ensure technology transfer, and promote collaboration of expertise sharing. The selection of candidates will be based on joint expressed interest between the Med-Vet-Net and FSSRN networks. The programme covers the areas: ‘Epidemiology and risk attribution’, ‘microbial ecology’, ‘detection’ and ‘control and intervention’.

Application procedure:
1. Identify a laboratory in the US and Canada and make direct contact with an investigator.
2. Discuss the opportunities for cooperative research and training in the field of food safety pre-harvest.
3. Jointly submit and application (please, see the application form for more details).

The application should be submitted at least three months prior to the first date of the visit. The duration of an expert scientific exchange visit is not restricted but will normally be 3-14 days. The host institution may be able to provide housing, which would provide the opportunity for the exchange programme to be extended; we strongly encourage applicants to search for such opportunities.
 

Exchange Reports

Manal AbuOun (VLA , UK ) visited the Pennsylvania State University, State College USA, 27 August - 21 September 2007. Purpose: Development Salmonella metabolic network model using the current E.coli model (iAF1260) (download pdf)

Berith Kummerfeldt (DTU, Denmark) visited the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA, 19 February - 2 March 2007. Purpose: Training in PFGE and MLVA typing methods.
(download pdf)

Karen Elvers (University of Bristol, UK) visited the Richard B. Russell Research Centre, Athens, GA and the American Society for Microbiology 107th General Meeting, Toronto.
(download pdf)

Antonio Vieira (DTU, Denmark) visited the college of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA and the Division of Foodborne, Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA, 22 October - 2 November 2007.
(download pdf)

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