Bas Fronen

Bas Fronen is a Research Officer at Wageningen University & Research, specializing in molecular biology and food safety. He contributes to the Team Bacteriology, Molecular Biology & AMR, focusing on allergen detection, food authentication, and rapid diagnostic techniques.

• Research Interests: Food science, PCR optimization, allergen detection, and DNA metabarcoding.
• Recent Work: Includes development of LAMP-LFD assays for soy DNA detection, comparative studies of DNA extraction kits, and nanopore-based food authentication pipelines.
• Collaborations: Active in interdisciplinary projects involving food matrices, molecular diagnostics, and edible insect allergen analysis.