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Contract Drying For Functional Foods and Beyond
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- Published 11 February 2007
- Global Food Alaska Conference and Show
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Denali is a full-service company that will provide contract drying of materials using Refractance Window® heat transfer technology. DENALI BioTechnologies uses this unique method to gently, efficiently, and cost-effectively remove the moisture from delicate products and preserve superior levels of color, flavor, aroma, nutrients, and actives for use in nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, and functional food products.
Global Food Alaska 2007 exhibitors and buyers had an opportunity to tour the Kenai plant, on June 13th and 14th. Nearly everyone that visited the plant came away with ways to collaborate on new products utilizing the services of Denali. Aurora Blue, a nutraceutical, produced from Alaska's wild blueberry is one such example of a product utilizing Denali's drying system. For more information, please contact Laura Forbes at 907-283-5000 or by e-mail to laura@denali-biotechnologies.com to discuss Denali's drying services.
Denali's President and CEO is Dr. Maureen McKenzie who has almost 20 years of experience in biotechnology as an entrepreneur, researcher and executive. She founded DENALI BioTechnologies, the only company in Alaska dedicated to pharmaceutical and nutraceutical discovery and development from boreal territories. DENALI BioTechnologies focuses on plants, microbes, and marine organisms that thrive in harsh habitats, with special emphasis on novel molecules from psychrophiles (“cold-lovers”).
Dr. McKenzie was Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the College of Veterinary Medicine of Iowa State University, Ames, in 1994, and was an Assistant Professor of Chemical Biology and Pharmacognosy and member of the Laboratory for Cancer Research in the College of Pharmacy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, from 1990-1993. From 1989-1990, she was a Research/Teaching Specialist in the Departments of Biochemistry and Environmental and Community Medicine of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey. Dr. McKenzie was a Staff Fellow Scientist in the Diabetes Branch of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, from 1987-1989. Prior to graduate school, she was a Microbiologist for the Mobil Oil Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey, from 1979-1981. Dr. McKenzie received a Diabetes Research and Education Foundation Fellowship in basic research from the Hoechst-Roussel Corporation (1990-1992), The New Jersey State Commission for Cancer Research -Ciba Geigy Corporation Award for Scientific Excellence in Cancer Research (1992), and the Epsilon Award for Teacher of the Year in the College of Pharmacy at Rutgers University (1993). She was selected by the American Chemical Society in 1993 as a Preceptor for Science Experience for the Economically Disadvantaged. In 1994, she was chosen by the Des Moines Register as an Iowa “Up and Comer” for extraordinary leadership in business. In 1995, she received the Linda K. Neuman Award for the Professions by the Quad-Cities Women’s Encouragement Board, and was honored as a “Woman of Spirit and Note” in the community. She served on the Board of Directors of the Quad-Cities Chapter of the American Red Cross in 1995. She has authored or co-authored numerous peer-reviewed articles, patents and is the editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants scheduled for publication in 2006. Dr. McKenzie holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from a joint program of Rutgers, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Princeton University (1987), a M.S. in Food Science from Rutgers (1982) and a B.S. in Nutrition/Food Technology from Iowa State University (1978).
Global Food Alaska 2007 exhibitors and buyers had an opportunity to tour the Kenai plant, on June 13th and 14th. Nearly everyone that visited the plant came away with ways to collaborate on new products utilizing the services of Denali. Aurora Blue, a nutraceutical, produced from Alaska's wild blueberry is one such example of a product utilizing Denali's drying system. For more information, please contact Laura Forbes at 907-283-5000 or by e-mail to laura@denali-biotechnologies.com to discuss Denali's drying services.
Denali's President and CEO is Dr. Maureen McKenzie who has almost 20 years of experience in biotechnology as an entrepreneur, researcher and executive. She founded DENALI BioTechnologies, the only company in Alaska dedicated to pharmaceutical and nutraceutical discovery and development from boreal territories. DENALI BioTechnologies focuses on plants, microbes, and marine organisms that thrive in harsh habitats, with special emphasis on novel molecules from psychrophiles (“cold-lovers”).
Dr. McKenzie was Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the College of Veterinary Medicine of Iowa State University, Ames, in 1994, and was an Assistant Professor of Chemical Biology and Pharmacognosy and member of the Laboratory for Cancer Research in the College of Pharmacy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, from 1990-1993. From 1989-1990, she was a Research/Teaching Specialist in the Departments of Biochemistry and Environmental and Community Medicine of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey. Dr. McKenzie was a Staff Fellow Scientist in the Diabetes Branch of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, from 1987-1989. Prior to graduate school, she was a Microbiologist for the Mobil Oil Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey, from 1979-1981. Dr. McKenzie received a Diabetes Research and Education Foundation Fellowship in basic research from the Hoechst-Roussel Corporation (1990-1992), The New Jersey State Commission for Cancer Research -Ciba Geigy Corporation Award for Scientific Excellence in Cancer Research (1992), and the Epsilon Award for Teacher of the Year in the College of Pharmacy at Rutgers University (1993). She was selected by the American Chemical Society in 1993 as a Preceptor for Science Experience for the Economically Disadvantaged. In 1994, she was chosen by the Des Moines Register as an Iowa “Up and Comer” for extraordinary leadership in business. In 1995, she received the Linda K. Neuman Award for the Professions by the Quad-Cities Women’s Encouragement Board, and was honored as a “Woman of Spirit and Note” in the community. She served on the Board of Directors of the Quad-Cities Chapter of the American Red Cross in 1995. She has authored or co-authored numerous peer-reviewed articles, patents and is the editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants scheduled for publication in 2006. Dr. McKenzie holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from a joint program of Rutgers, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Princeton University (1987), a M.S. in Food Science from Rutgers (1982) and a B.S. in Nutrition/Food Technology from Iowa State University (1978).
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