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A Visit to an "Emerald City" of Science - Science Careers Blog

A Visit to an "Emerald City" of Science - Science Careers Blog | Research from the NC Agricultural Research Service | Scoop.it

Science Careers visited with researchers at the collaborative North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) in Kannapolis, NC, a joint venture of several North Carolina universities. The innovative campus, designed to foster interdisciplinary research, includes the Plants for Human Health Institute (PHHI), part of the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences at NC State University.

 

Among other researchers interviewed were PHHI researchers, food scientist Mary Ann Lila, molecular geneticist Allan Brown, metabolic engineer Xu "Sirius" Li, and pharmacogeneticist Slavko Komarnytsky, The group studies health-promoting properties of foods and food-derived products. Among the crops studied are berries and broccoli.

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NC Research Campus adds post-doctoral fellowship - Charlotte Business Journal

NC Research Campus adds post-doctoral fellowship - Charlotte Business Journal | Research from the NC Agricultural Research Service | Scoop.it

CALS' Plants for Human Health Institute (PHHI) at the NC Research Campus, and the Dole Nutrition Research Lab are partnering on post-doctoral fellowship.

 

New Post-doc, Dr. Scot Neff, will research fruit & vegetable phytochemicals for production of healthy, protein-rich foods. His current research subjects include walnut & banana.

 

In addition to the story linked at the title, you can see a video, here:

http://plantsforhumanhealth.ncsu.edu/2012/08/03/phhi-postdoc-jump-starts-campus-collaboration/

 

PHHI web site:

http://plantsforhumanhealth.ncsu.edu/

 

 

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