The analysis of antimicrobial bioactive components of Australian Leptospermum honeys and nectars – Target species; Best Storage; How it Matures; How to Sample; Blending to an Activity and the Numbers? View the latest updates from this project led by Dr Peter Brooks from the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC). Project objective: Continue to build …
Our researchers, Soheila Beiranvand, Peter Brooks, and Fraser Russell, have recently published their paper in Food Chemistry. Read the ‘Use of kinetic data to model potential antioxidant activity: Radical Scavenging Capacity of Australian Eucalyptus Honeys’ to learn about the exciting potential of Australian honey. Abstract Antioxidant activity of honeys may be beneficial in wound healing processes by …
Researchers from the CRC for Honey Bee Products have recently published a paper in the Journal of Planar Chromatography. The paper presents an innovative and simple way of quantifying common sugars in honey. Researchers Cornelia Locher, Kate Hammer, and Khairul Islam were involved in the development and validation of a new method for quantifying common …
Omar Anwar presents the “Science behind the Art of beekeeping”
PhD student Omar Anwar recently presented at the University of Western Australia’s Postgraduate Showcase 2020 on the topic of remote beehive monitoring. Omar completed his BS Electronic Engineering in 2007 from Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad and his MS Embedded Systems Engineering in 2009 from University of Leeds. Before pursuing his PhD, he worked as …
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Particle Podcast Episode: Do Bees Bee-have? With Jessica Moran
PhD student Jessica Moran recently appeared on the Particle Podcast to chat about all things bee-related. “I’m a PhD candidate with the CRC for Honey Bee Products at the University of Western Australia within the Honeybee Health Research Group. Basically, that means I’m a massive bee-nerd, and I get to spend my days researching honeybees …
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