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Workers sit around cocoa pods which they are checking. The cocoa pods are multicoloured

Cocoa fermentations and chocolate flavours

November 8, 2022

During the first week of July, a team of researchers from the Future Food Beacon travelled down to London to join the Royal Society Summer Science festival. After a competitive selection process, endless organising, liaising with external suppliers, and sourcing cocoa saplings, we were finally ready to share our awesome research on cocoa fermentations with …

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Fascination of Plants Day 2022

May 26, 2022

This post is written by Dr Sina Fischer. The 18th of May 2022 was Fascination of Plants Day. Researchers invited young and old to come along and find out what was happening in the Plant and Food Sciences at the University of Nottingham. People from around the Sutton Bonington village but also as far as Loughborough …

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Pint of Science, in Greek

June 15, 2021

This blog post is written by Niki Tsoutsoura, PhD candidate with the Future Proteins Platform. Pint of Science is a worldwide, annual science festival, communicating science in an informal setting. It started in the UK by bringing scientists to pubs and cafes to present and explain their complicated research projects in a way ordinary folk …

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Eating chocolate in the name of science!

November 20, 2019

The Future Food Beacon is currently leading a Prosperity Fund/Innovate UK funded project titled Controlling cocoa bean fermentation for enhanced chocolate flavour. The project draws together Colombian female farmers with a Nottingham bean-to-bar chocolate maker, Luisa’s Vegan Chocolates, working alongside our researchers to improve the flavour of chocolate. The first harvest of cocoa took place …

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Engaging with Engagement – Connecting Science, Public Engagement Masterclass at the Wellcome Genome Campus

November 7, 2019

This post is written by Dr Peter Craigon At the beginning of July I visited the Wellcome Genome campus south of Cambridge to attend the ‘Public Engagement Masterclass’ put on by the Connecting Science project supported by the Wellcome Trust (https://coursesandconferences.wellcomegenomecampus.org/our-events/pem2019/ ). Whilst I felt like I had an understanding of the role of public …

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Why should academics participate in public engagement?

April 24, 2019

March was a busy month for Future Food Beacon researchers Dr Sina Fischer and Dr Michael Wilson as they participated in Science in the Park and Family Discovery Day. Here, they recall their experiences, and explain why they participate in these types of public engagement activities.  Sina: In March Michael Wilson and I teamed up …

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The Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity

March 1, 2019

Last week the Future Food Beacon participated in the Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity. The Festival (FOSAC for short) is a yearly celebration of all things science, in and around the city. The main festival day is the Saturday, and there are also activities taking place in schools the week before, and in libraries …

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