PG Credit Food Allergen Analysis and Management (CPD), 9-13 July 2018, Manchester, UK

The unit will next run in June/July/August 2018 including a residential week of face-to-face teaching in Manchester from the 9^th-13^th July 2018. The course is run at the  Manchester Institute of Biotechnology with elements also hosted by Waters Corporation (Wilmslow). 

1. The course is led by Professor Clare Mills, a biochemist with research interests in food allergy and expertise in risk assessment and analysis including bioanalysis and mass spectrometry and who led the IFAAM and EuroPrevall EU projects on food allergy and is a member of UK ACNFP and EFSA GMO panel self-task allergenicity working group. The deputy lead for the course is René Crevel,  HonorarySenior Lecturer who is responsible for advice and guidance on food allergy, risk assessment and management, exChair, Food Allergy Task Force, ILSI-Europe and is a member of the UK's Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment.
2. The course gives an overview of IgE and non IgE-mediated adverse reactions to foods, the protein molecules that cause such reactions and the impact that food processing and the food matrix has on their structure and properties and how to undertake allergen risk assessment. You will also learn about the way in which complementary allergen analytical methods, including DNA-based, immune-based and mass spectrometry methods, can be used to inform the risk assessment process.
3. Students completing this short-course will be given a certificate of completion. Those continuing with a further five weeks of online teaching and successfully completing the assessment will be awarded 15 credits. You will learn through a combination of online and a week of face-to-face teaching (including practicals) and will gain an overview of IgE and non IgE-mediated adverse reactions to foods, the protein molecules that cause such reactions and the impact that food processing and the food matrix has on their structure and properties.

For more information please contact Dr Chiara Nitride: Chiara [dot] nitride [at] manchester [dot] ac [dot] uk

To register for the short course please visit https://estore.manchester.ac.uk/short-courses/faculty-of-biology-medicine-and-health/school-of-biological-sciences

For the credit bearing option please register at: https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/cpd/courses/food-allergen-analysis-and-management-cpd-unit/).