Contact
Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UA, United Kingdom
E-mail: jozsef@baranyi.plus.com
Website: http://www.ifr.bbsrc.ac.uk
Role and Contribution 
Participant 6 contributes to the following main objectives of the project:
- Modelling the effect of food structure, microbial interactions and dynamic
storage conditions on meat pathogens and spoilage bacteria.
- Combination of validated pathogen growth models with data on prevalence/concentration,
dose response and chill chain conditions for risk assessment with and without
SMAS application.
- Development of SMAS into a user-friendly computer software.
- Evaluation of the applicability and effectiveness of SMAS in real conditions
of meat distribution.
Participant 6 will provide a database protocol to collect and computerise microbiological
data. It will take part in the model development from data generated by all
involved partners. Particular attention will be payed to the experimental design,
to the problems in dynamic and competition modelling, and to the effect of history
on the bacterial growth.
Workplan 
Research Personnel
Dr Jozsef Baranyi
Senior Research Scientist, biomathematician, working in the area of predictive microbiology. His papers on his dynamic mathematical model on bacterial growth have a citation index of more than 300. Dr Baranyi has co-ordinated national microbiology databases commissioned by the UK Ministry of Agriculture Food and Fisheries (MAFF) and currently coordinator of an EU project (BACANOVA, QLRT-2000-01145). Statistical Advisor of J. Appl. Microbiology and Editorial Board member of Appl. Env. Microbiology. He has participated in several Shared Cost projects, as well as Concerted Actions.
Dr Yvan Le Marc
Research Scientist, mathematician working in the field of predictive microbiology. He has participated in several EU funded projects for the development and validation of mathematical models in fish and in other structured foods. He currently works on developing predictive programs and user interface of a database funded by the Food Standards Agency.
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