From the 15th to the 17th of September, the 9th International Conference on the Application of Magnetic Resonance in Food Science will be held at the Nordic House in Reykjavík. It is Matís who has problems with her preparation. According to María Guðjónsdóttir, who has had difficulties in preparing for the conference, almost 100 people from all over the world have already announced their participation in the conference.
The conference is the ninth in a series of popular conference series, held every two years. It brings together the leading experts in Magnetic Resonance in food research in the world today, together with participants from the food industry and others. This time the emphasis will be on the use of this technology in fish and meat research and how the technology can be used in food production processes in general.
Although nuclear and electronic research is not new, the technology has only been used in food research to a limited extent in Iceland so far. By holding the conference here in Iceland, an attempt is made to present the great possibilities and advantages that this technology has for Icelandic researchers and the food industry, thus deepening the understanding of the Icelandic food industry and researchers of behavior and the changes that food undergoes in its production processes.
Paper presented at the conference will also be published in the form of scientific articles in a magnificent conference proceedings, which will be distributed to all participants. The publication is published by the Royal Society of Chemistry in the United Kingdom. All posters presented at the conference will also be published on its website after the conference.
It should be noted that the last time the conference was held in Nottingham, England, in July 2006, Mary was invited to give a talk on the project. "Low field NMR study of the state of water at superchilling and freezing temperatures and the effect of salt on freezing processes of water in cod mince”Which she presented on a poster and was chosen as one of the four most interesting posters of the conference.
Further information on the conference agenda and presentations can be found on the conference website www.matis.is/mrinfood2008 Registrations and inquiries are accepted at the e-mail address mrinfood2008@matis.is or in phone 422 5091 (María Guðjónsdóttir).
The conference is sponsored by Matís ohf., The University of Iceland, the Nordic Marine Academy, Bruker Optics, Stelar, Woodhouse Publishing and the Royal Society of Chemistry in the UK.