Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Farzad Lab
Led by Razieh Farzad · Food Science and Human Nutrition
What we study
The Farzad Lab studies sustainable seafood production, focusing on aquaculture systems like Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) and aquaponics. They develop novel aquafeeds, improve seafood nutrition, and explore dietary interventions for high-quality seafood.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- A review of scaffold characterization methods for cell-cultured meat and seafood
2026 · Future Foods
Reviews methods to check how 3D scaffolds support cell growth in lab-grown meat.
- Effect of spent brewer’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) inclusion on the physical characteristics, water activity, and stability of fish feed
2026 · Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences
Tests how brewer’s yeast affects fish feed’s texture and stability.
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- The ethics of cellular agriculture: A scoping review
2026 · Future Foods
Summarizes ethical debates about lab-grown meat in academic research.
- Aggregation of Tulane Virus, a Human Norovirus Surrogate, Under Various Ionic Conditions: Implications in Thermal Tolerance
2026 · ACS Omega
Examines how virus particles clump together and survive heat under different conditions.
- Texture engineering in cell-based seafood: Insights from structural and compositional benchmarks
2025 · Food Research International
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