Dr. Lynne A. McLandsborough

Title:      Associate Professor
Specialty:  Food Microbiology
Office:     Room 344, Chenoweth Lab.
Off. Tel.:  (413) 545-1016
Lab(s):     Rooms 428, 434 & 439, Chenoweth Lab.
Lab. Tel.:  (413) 545-1024 (Rm. 443), 545-1008 (4th floor corridor)

Research Interests:
Current research projects in my laboratory use E. coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes as the model organisms to study the following research interests:

1. Bacterial adhesion and growth on foods and processing surfaces
• Influence of bacterial surface structures on microbial adhesion
• Mechanisms of bacterial adhesion
• Methods of removal
• Mechanisms of biofilm formation on food processing surfaces
• Ecology of biofilm formation
2. Rapid detection of pathogens in foods
• Pathogen detection utilizing PCR and immunoassays
• Media formulation
3. Food fermentations and Lactic acid bacteria

Recent Publications:
P. Prachaiyo and L. A. McLandsborough. 2003. Oil-in-water emulsion as a model system to study the growth of E. coli O157:H7 in a heterogenous food system. J. Food Sci. 68:1018-1024.

D. Djordjevic, M. Wiedmann, and L. A. McLandsborough. 2002. Microtiter plate assay for assessment of Listeria monocytogenes biofilm formation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:2950-2958.

Li, J., D. J. McClements and L. A. McLandsborough. 2001. Interaction between emulsion droplets and Escherichia coli cells. J. Food Sci. 66:570-575.

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