National Program Leader For:

• Umbrella Project for Food Safety
  
  Accession Number: 144153
  
  
• Mitigation of Foodborne Pathogens in Water and Fresh Produce via Application of Biochar
  
  Accession Number: 438140
  
  
• Human Pathogens within the Produce Production Continuum; their Detection, Mechanisms for Persistence, and Ecology
  
  Accession Number: 438551
  
  
• Novel Methods for the Mitigation of Human Pathogens and Mycotoxin Contamination of High Value California Specialty Crops
  
  Accession Number: 438564
  
  
• Technologies for the Detection of Bacterial and Plant Toxins and Allergens that Impact Food Safety and Food Defense
  
  Accession Number: 438572
  
  
• Improving Food Safety by Controlling Mycotoxin Contamination and Enhancing Climate Resilience of Wheat and Barley
  
  Accession Number: 438642
  
  
• Innovative Approaches to Monitor, Predict, and Reduce Fungal Toxins
  
  Accession Number: 438643
  
  
• Innovative Food and Feed Safety Research to Eliminate Mycotoxin Contamination in Corn and other Crops
  
  Accession Number: 438647
  
  
• Detection and Fate of Environmental Chemical and Biological Residues and their Impact on the Food Supply
  
  Accession Number: 438774
  
  
• Detection and Characterization of Zoonotic and Emerging Parasites Affecting Food Safety and Public Health
  
  Accession Number: 439556
  
  
• Incidence of Bacterial Pathogens in Regulated Foods and Applied Processing Technologies for Their Destruction
  
  Accession Number: 439564
  
  
• Development and Validation of Predictive Models and Pathogen Modeling Programs; and Data Acquisition for International Microbial Databases
  
  Accession Number: 439573
  
  
• Technology Development, Evaluation and Validation for the Detection and Characterization of Chemical Contaminants in Foods
  
  Accession Number: 439576
  
  
• Validation and Commercialization of Innovative Processing Technologies
  
  Accession Number: 439577
  
  
• Innovative Detection and Intervention Technologies Mitigating Shellfish-borne Pathogens
  
  Accession Number: 439581
  
  
• Development of Innovative Technologies and Strategies to Mitigate Biological, Chemical, Physical, and Environmental Threats to Food Safety
  
  Accession Number: 439590
  
  
• Smart Optical Sensing of Food Hazards and Elimination of Non-Nitrofurazone Semicarbazide in Poultry
  
  Accession Number: 439723
  
  
• Development of Aflatoxin Resistant Corn Lines Using Omic Technologies
  
  Accession Number: 440095
  
  
• Aflatoxin Control through Identification of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Governing the Aspergillus Flavus-Corn Interaction
  
  Accession Number: 440096
  
  
• Influence of Ingredients and Processing Methods on the Safety of Fermented and Acidified Foods
  
  Accession Number: 440115
  
  
• Elucidating the Factors that Determine the Ecology of Human Pathogens in Foods
  
  Accession Number: 440168
  
  
• Foodborne Parasites and their Impact on Food Safety
  
  Accession Number: 440184
  
  
• Integration and Validation of Alternative and Multiple Intervention Technologies to Enhance Microbial Safety, Quality, and Shelf-life of Food
  
  Accession Number: 440207
  
  
• Advanced Methods for Predictive Modeling of Bacterial Growth and Survival in Foods
  
  Accession Number: 440376
  
  
• Intervention Strategies to Mitigate the Food Safety Risks Associated with the Fresh Produce Supply Chain
  
  Accession Number: 440378
  
  
• Improvement of the Aflatoxin Biocontrol Technology Based on Aspergillus flavus Population Biology, Genetics, and Crop Management Practices
  
  Accession Number: 440431
  
  
• Detection, Quantification and Characterization Technologies for Foodborne Pathogens
  
  Accession Number: 440529
  
  
• Advancement of Sensing Technologies for Food Safety and Security Applications
  
  Accession Number: 440790
  
  
• Improving Pre-harvest Produce Safety through Reduction of Pathogen Levels in Agricultural Environments and Development and Validation of Farm-Scale Microbial Quality Model for Irrigation Water Sources
  
  Accession Number: 440973
  
  
• Molecular Analysis of Foodborne Pathogen Responses to Stressors
  
  Accession Number: 441489
  
  
• Strategies to Reduce Mycotoxin Contamination in Animal Feed and its Effect in Poultry Production Systems
  
  Accession Number: 441776
  
  
• Mitigation and Control of Aflatoxin Contamination of Corn
  
  Accession Number: 444124
  
  
• Pecan Processing Technology
  
  Accession Number: 444176
  
  

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

Predictive models to manage mycotoxin outbreaks in the USA - (Abstract Only)

Predictive models to manage mycotoxin outbreaks in the USA - (Abstract Only)

Gradient boosting and bayesian network machine learning models predict aflatoxin and fumonisin contamination of maize in Illinois – First USA case study - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Castano-Duque, L., Vaughan, M., Lindsay, J., Barnett, K., Rajasekaran, K. 2022. Gradient boosting and bayesian network machine learning models predict aflatoxin and fumonisin contamination of maize in Illinois – First USA case study. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. Article 1039947. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1039947.

Identification of colonies of cultured shellfish-associated Arcobacter species by elastic light scatter analysis - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

On, S.L., Miller, W.G., Yee, E., Sturgis, J., Patsekin, V., Lindsay, J.A., Robinson, J.P. 2021. Discrimination of shellfish-associated Arcobacter species by Elastic Light Scatter analysis. Current Research in Microbial Science. 2. Article 100033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmicr.2021.100033.

Genetic diversity and virulence gene profiles of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from the 2010-2013 interagency market basket survey - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Chen, Y., Chen, Y., Pouillot, R., Dennis, S., Xian, Z., Luchansky, J.B., Porto Fett, A.C., Lindsay, J.A., Allard, M., Brown, E., Van Doren, J.M. 2020. Genetic diversity and virulence gene profiles of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from the 2010-2013 interagency market basket survey. PLoS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231393.

Survey for Listeria monocytogenes on ready-to-eat foods from retail establishments in the United States (2010-2013): assessing potential changes of pathogen prevalence and levels in a decade - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Luchansky, J.B., Chen, Y., Porto Fett, A.C., Pouillot, R., Shoyer, B.A., Johnson-Derycke, R., Eblen, D.R., Shaw, W.K., Van Doren, J.M., Catlin, M., Lee, J., Tikekar, R., Gallagher, D., Lindsay, J.A., Adams, A., Agnella, S., Akingbade, D., Ayala, A., Baker, E.G., Barlow, K., Bauer, N., Benjamin, L.A., Berry, K., Call, J.E., Campano, S.G., Cook, V., Gallagher, D., Gathercole, L., Ghazzi, D., Govoni, J.A., Hay, G., Harvey, C., Hoelzer, K., Kanjanakorn, A., Kause, J., Khokhar, S., King, J., Klein, V., Lopez, J., Martino, K., Mbandi, E., Murphy, M., Nasella, J., Nguyen, T., Oryang, D., Osoria, M., Papadakis, L., Rajakumar, A., Reed, C., Same, M., Shane, L., Spurlino, C.A., Starks, H.E., Torrence, M.E., Williams, L., Wadsworth, S., Wyszkowski, K., Yoo, K., Dennis, S. 2017. Survey for Listeria monocytogenes on ready-to-eat foods from retail establishments in the United States (2010-2013): assessing potential changes of pathogen prevalence and levels in a decade. Journal of Food Protection. 80:903-921.

Casamino acids and oxyrase enhance growth for Listeria monocytogenes in muulti-pathogen enrichments - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Gehring, A.G., Paoli, G., Reed, S.A., Tu, S., Lindsay, J.A. 2013. Casamino acids and oxyrase enhance growth for Listeria monocytogenes in muulti-pathogen enrichments. Food Control. 40:93-99.

Prevalence and levels of Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) in ready-to-eat foods (RTE) at retail. - (Abstract Only)

Luchansky, J.B., Porto Fett, A.C., Dennis, S., Chen, Y., Pouillot, R., Hoelzer, K., Gathercole, L., Papadakis, L., Williams, L., Shoyer, B.A., Lee, J., Lindsay, J.A., Kause, J., Mbandi, E., Eblen, D., Shaw, W., Gallagher, D., Cook, V., Bauer, N.E., Johnson, R., King, J., Murphy, M., Nasella, J., Starks, H.E., Khokhar, S., Spurlino, C., Nguyen, T., Berry, K., Kanjanakorn, A., Wadsworth, S., Baker, E.G., Harvey, C., Reed, C., Martino, K., Benjamin, L.A. 2012. Prevalence and levels of Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) in ready-to-eat foods (RTE) at retail [abstract]. Annual Meeting of the International Association for Food Protection. July 22-25, 2012, Providence, Rhode Island, 1:1.

WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES F2365, A SEROTYPE 4B STRAIN, AND COMPARISON TO OTHER L. MONOCYTOGENES STRAINS - (Abstract Only)

Fouts, D.E., Kolonay, J., Forberger, H.A., Khouri, H.M., Lindsay, J.A., Luchansky, J.B., Tran, B., Uhlich, G.A., Wonderling, L.D., Nelson, K.E. 2003. Whole genome sequencing of listeria monocytogenes f2365, a serotype 4b strain, and comparison to other l. monocytogenes strains. American Society of Microbiology. Abstract # R-058, p. 621.