Background
A paradigm shift in food quality and safety testing is required in order to free
resources for an intensified combat against fraud in the food chain. As an
enabling technology solution to the problem, FoodSmartphone proposes
the development of smartphone-based (bio)analytical sensing and
diagnostic tools, for simplified on-site pre-screening of quality and safety
parameters and wireless data transfer to servers of relevant stakeholders.
The consortium has been built upon highly complementary disciplines:
(bio)analytical chemists, biologists, physicists, micro/nano-engineers,
mathematicians, organic- and food chemists will work together on the joint
supra-disciplinary goal.
FoodSmartphone offers the ESRs (early-stage
researchers) an extensive programme of both mandatory and optional
network-wide training events and intersectoral secondments.
The scientific
training in novel smartphone-based sensing technologies plus the
complementary skills training provided, will have a major impact on future
EU monitoring practices and, moreover, pave the road for Citizen Science.
Georgina Ross (ESR1, WFSR) received the Kolthoff award during EuroFAST2022.
The Kolthoff award is the prize of the The Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (KNCV) for the best dissertation in analytical chemistry of the past two years.
After she received her award, Gina has given a key note lecture at EuroFAST2022 titled: "From sample to smartphone: consumer-operable analytical devices for multiplex allergen detection".
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 720325.
