Hendrik Frentzel
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Germany
Biography
Hendrik Frentzel is a Scientific Assistant in the Laboratory for Spore Formers in the unit Microbial Toxins, Department Biological Safety of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR). His research focusses on the risks related to the occurrence of Bacillus cereus group species in food. In this context, research activities are directed towards species identification, toxin-gene/toxin detection and phylogenetic analysis.