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Neogen Corporation: Mycotoxin detection in grain extracts

Neogen is looking to create HPLC/LC-MS method or equivalent test using extractions that are paired with commercially available lateral flow devices. A strong collaborator would have experience in developing HPLC or LC-MS methods to assist them in analytical methods detecting mycotoxins from organic extraction solutions.  

Private company: Corn sample for food safety tests (liquid matrix)

This international private sponsor is looking for collaborators with experience creating standard protocols for mycotoxins detection in corn that can be used in a lateral flow assay. Alternatively, they would be interested in opportunities to purchase material that meets their requirements.  

Private company: Improving sample preparation for pathogen testing molecular assays

This international private sponsor is seeking improvements to sample preparation to neutralize inhibitors and lyse (both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria) in an enriched sample. The ideal solution or technology should achieve these tasks with only two manual pipette steps: adding the sample to the reaction tube and withdrawing the processed sample.  

Private company: Reducing nausea in multivitamin tablets

This Global 500 sponsor is looking for experts who understand the root cause of common nausea, stomach ache, vomiting complaints from VMS (vitamins, minerals and supplements) tablets. They are also seeking to create a formulation with improved consumer experience that is gentle on the stomach and/or can be taken without food.  

Kraft Heinz: Natural food preservation ingredients against molds and yeasts

Kraft Heinz is looking for natural ingredients and technologies that can replace artificial preservative ingredients in foods to inhibit spoilage microorganisms like molds and yeasts including the acid-tolerant yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii.  

Kraft Heinz: Encapsulation technologies for probiotics in low pH beverages

Kraft Heinz is looking for encapsulation of probiotics to allow for long-term stability of probiotics in a low pH, shelf-stable beverage. The encapsulant should have minimal to no effect on the organoleptic qualities of the beverage.