INTEGRATED APPROACH TO ADVANCE FOOD SAFETY TEACHING, RESEARCH & EXTENSION USING NANO-BIOSENSOR, GENOMICS, AND MICROBIOME AT TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY

A. Enhance capacity to teach Food Safety by incorporating novel contents such as Nano-biosensors, Microbiome, andMolecular technologies into the existing course of food safetyB. Enhance research infrastructure in food safety1. Study design, sampling & classification of animals into shedders, intermittent shedders and non-shedders2. Identification of priority four pathogens3. Multiple genes PCR array for specific identification of priority four pathogens4. Metagenomics study of shedders, and non-shedders of cattle in cow-calf farms5. Multiplex nanoparticle-based DNA BiosensorC. Educate minority farmers of the black belt counties of Alabama on better herd health management system, to alleviate preharvestfood contamination