Luca Cocolin

University of Torino-DISAFA
Grugliasco Italy

Biographical Sketch: Full professor of food microbiology at the University of Torino, Italy. Executive board member of the ICFMH. Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Food Microbiology an academic editor of PLOS One. Member of the Editorial Board of Food Research Internation, Frontiers in Microbiology, Current Opinion in Food Science and Food Analytical Methods. He is co-author of about 300 papers on national and international journals. Expert in (i) Molecular methods for the detection, quantification and characterization of foodborne pathogens; (ii) Study of the microbial ecology of foods by using culture independent and dependent methods; (iii) Bioprotection: (iv) Human microbiome.

Papers:
S34 How is Whole Genome Sequencing Impacting Assessments of Risk and Setting of Standards?
S23 How to Exploit Omics Data on Pathogen Behavior in Microbiological Risk Assessment: An Update on the Current Research