Visit of Dr. John I. Pitt from CSIRO Australia to Brazil

• Grant number: 13/02222-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: April 27, 2013
• End date: May 17, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Food Science and Technology - Food Science
• Principal Investigator: Marta Hiromi Taniwaki
• Grantee: Marta Hiromi Taniwaki
• Visiting researcher: John Ingram Pitt
• Visiting researcher institution: CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences, Australia
• Host Institution: Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos (ITAL). Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios (APTA). Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento (São Paulo - Estado). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Dr. John Pitt is an authority on Fungi and Mycotoxins in foods. The objectives of this visit are: i) to take part in the project on "Biodiversity of toxigenic Aspergillus species in Brazil: ocurrence, poliphasic taxonomy and distribution"; (ii) to identify Aspergillus species isolated from several foods and to establish a phylogenetic relationship among the isolates; (iii) to collect samples of food, meeting with public and private sector. Besides that the Course on Fungi and mycotoxins will be offered at ITAL and will propiciate a training in this area for the participants of research institutes, universities, food industry, students and others promoting a multiplying effect of knowledge on fungi and mycotoxins in foods. (AU)