SuChAQuality
MID-TERM MEETING
2022
Belgrade, SERBIA
Hosted by SG Isotech
Hosted by 
SG Isotech
DATE
May 23th - 25th
TIME
09:00 - 16:30
DAY 1
9.00 – 9.10 Welcoming by Host
9.10 – 9.30 Introduction by the Coordinator
9.30-9.50 PO’s Message
9.50-11.00 General status of the project and the WP implementation (Coordinator and WP leaders)
- Main research objectives of the network
- Scientific progress of the action
- Deliverables and Milestones
- Deviations from the initial work plan
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break
11.30-13.00 Training, Transfer of Knowledge & Networking and Dissemination (Coordinator)
- Secondment implementation and Gantt chart planning
- Secondments – new knowledge acquisition, training activities, new soft skills acquisition and Career development opportunities
- Built-in return mechanism (return phase) for knowledge sharing and long-term collaboration
- Dissemination & Communication activities by Eren Basdemir & Zikrullah Bolukkaya
13.00-13.30 Management Aspects (Coordinator)
- Financial Aspects
- Any proposed re-orientations of the networks’ activities
- Open access requirements
- Ethics
- IP or any other issue related to the management and the implementation of the
project
13.30-14.30 Lunch
14.30-15.30 Meeting between seconded staff members and the PO
14.30-16.30 Round Table Discussion on Dissemination & Impact
- How can we increase the impact of our project?
- Presentations by teams
DAY 2
Scientific Section I
Moderator: Dr. Mecit Oztop, METU
9:00-9:30 Dr. Hussnain Janjua (NUST)
- Interaction of taste receptors with sugars through computational biology approaches
- Using molecular biology and synthetic biology approaches for application of Algae in the confectionery
9:30-10:00 Dr. Rob Morris (NTU)
10:00-10:30 Dr. Margarita Smajlovic
- What has SG-Isotech done with SuChAQuality?
10:30-11:00 Dr. Danuta Kruk (UWM)
- NMR relaxometry – overview of methodological approaches
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break
Scientific Section II
Moderator: Dr. Marena Manley, SU
11:30-12:00 Dr. Muhammad Qasım Hayat, NUST
- Applications of Medicinal Plants in Sugar, Chocolate, and other Confectionary Products and their Quality Assurance Methods
12:00-12:30 Hilmi Eriklioglu/Esmanur Ilhan (ESRs of METU)
- Is there a possibility to differentiate beet vs cane sugar by spectrophotometric methods?
12:30-12:50 Aylin Özgür/Hatice Gül Solmaz (ER and ESR of KS)
- What has Kayseri Sugar done with SuChAQuality ?
12:50-13:10 Ozan Tas (ESR of METU)
- Investigation on the Hydration Behavior of Different Sugars by Time Domain-NMR
13:10-13:30 Shafia Maryam (ESR of NUST)
- Use of Algae Biomass in the Formation of Hard Candies
13:30-14:30 Lunch
Scientific Section III
Moderator: Dr. Leonid Grunin, RS
14:30-14:50 Jana Van Rooyen (ESR of SU)
- Dry thermal modified wheat starch in soft candies
14:50-15:10 Sirvan Sultan Uguz (ESR of METU)
- A closer look at the quality of hard candies
15:10-15:30 Macarena Rojas Rioseco (ESR of UdeC)
- First secondment – Focus on sugar beets and molasses
15:30-15:50 Cristian Andres Fuentes Zepeda (ESR of UdeC)
- Sugar Beet and the use of chemometrics on NMR spectroscopy
15:50-16:10 Imran Fakhar (ESR of NUST)
- Exploring the Differences of Beet and Cane Sugar through Multiple Approaches
16:10-16:30 Hilmi Eriklioglu (ESR of METU)
- Possibility of Using Thz Spectroscopy to Investigate Quality Parameters of Chocolate
DAY 3
9.00-11.00 Random gathering of ESRs and ERs to talk about secondments and future works
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break
11.30-13.30 Presentations by Project Board Members on future potential research and activities
13.30-14.30 Lunch
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