Food and Nutrition Overview

Center of Excellence in
Biotechnology Research
King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Funded by Ministry of Higher Education

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KEY RESEARCH ACTIVITY AREAS

Food Safety and Authenticity
Food Bioactive Utilization

Scientific strategic objectives of these programs

The main objective of this group is to study food safety and nutrition by developing diagnostic tools for food borne pathogen, detection of genetically modified food and to study different food bioactive materials for optimal health.

RESEARCH GOALS OF EACH AREAS

Food safety and authenticity

Detection of GMO in Food products
Detection of food borne pathogen
Food authenticity using molecular tools

Food Bioactive Utilization.

Processing and characterization of food bioactives.
Design of nano-particles for target delivery of bioactives.
Development of biomarkers for the measurement of health outcomes of the bioactive natural products.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 June 2010 10:50