Dr. Bogdan Slominski

• PhD (Biochemistry), University of Agricultural Sciences, Poland
• PDF (Nutrition), University of Uppsala, Sweden
• PDF (Nutritional Biochemistry), University of Manitoba, Canada
• MSc (Microbiology), University of Agricultural Sciences, Poland

Research interests

Dr. Slominski is focused on:

• Development of new generation enzyme supplements for poultry and swine.
• Enzyme hydrolysis products, yeast-derived products, and nucleotides as prebiotics and natural alternatives to antibiotics in poultry and swine nutrition.
• Non-starch polysaccharides, resistant starch, oligosaccharides, glucosinolates, phytate, glycoproteins and dietary fiber components: Measurement and relevance to feedstuffs quality and exogenous enzyme application.
• Quality characteristics and nutritive value of new feed ingredients.

Current research projects

• Effective use of novel canola feed ingredients.
• Novel bioactives of yeast: Enzymatic release, identification and their prebiotic effects.
• Understanding the impacts of canola meal on gut microbiota and potential prebiotic effect of enzymatically-released bioactive fibre components and the long term effects of high levels of canola meal inclusion.
• Development of a tool for rapid analysis of glucosinolate content in canola meal.

Publications

• CV

Awards

• Minister of Agriculture Award for Research in Applied Biochemistry.
• NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation.
• NRC/Alberta Science and Technology Award for Innovation in Industrial Research.