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In the press

Our research on developing infrared spectroscopy for the rapid quantitative detection of food spoilage has recently featured on the radio, in newspapers and of course on the web:

Web: University of Manchester - Wired - Spectroscopy Now - foodproductiondaily.com - National Science Museum - Foodindustry.com - SGM Press release - Spectroscopy Europe - The Engineer - Business Link - Ivy Rose - Safe Spectrum - Food Manufacture -

Newspapers and Radio:

  • Metro, p. 11 (20 Sept, 2005). "Red meat"
  • BBC Great Manchester Radio (21, Sept, 2005).
  • Manchester Evening News, p. 21 (28 Sept, 2005). "The light dawns in bug war"
  • Manchester Metro News p. 11 (30 Sept, 2005). "Infrared beams can be used to stop food poisoning cases"
  • BBC Radio 4 You and Yours (13 Oct, 2005).  Go to listen again, approx 22 min in

Recent news

New book now available entitled Metabolome analyses: strategies for systems biology (2005) Editors: Seetharaman Vaidyanathan, George G. Harrigan and Royston Goodacre. Springer, Boston. 383 pages. Get your copy from: Springer - Barnes and Noble.

Metabolome analyses is now recognized as a crucial component of functional genomic and systems biology investigations. Innovative approaches to the study of metabolic regulation in microbial, plant and animal systems are increasingly facilitating the emergence of systems approaches in biology. This book highlights analytical and bioinformatics strategies now available for investigating metabolic networks in microbial, plant and animal systems. The contributing authors are world leaders in this field and they present an unambiguous case for pursuing metabolome analysis as a means to attain a systems level understanding of complex biological systems.

 

The January 2005 special issue on Making Sense of the Metabolome features on the front cover an image from our paper* illustrating the role of metabolomic studies in understanding gene function.

 

*Goodacre, R. (2005) Making sense of the metabolome using evolutionary computation: seeing the wood with the trees.  Journal of Experimental Botany 56, 245-254.

 

Last updated 08 April 2008