Recent results and development from the Freshness Lab in the area of referigeration applications will be presented at the VIII Congreso Ibérico y VI Congreso Iberoamericano de las Ciencias y Técnicas del Frío (CYTEF), Coimbra, Portugal, May 3 - 6, 2016.

1. Saquet, A., Barbosa, A. & Almeida, D. 2016. Cooling rates of fruits and vegetables. VIII Iberian Congress & VI Ibero-American Refrigeration Sciences and Technologies (CYTEF 2016), Coimbra, Portugal, 3-6 May.

2. Saquet, A., Streif, J., Cristóvão, L., Carreira, P. & Almeida, D. 2016. Experimental device to study temperature effects on food quality. VIII Iberian Congress & VI Ibero-American Refrigeration Sciences and Technologies (CYTEF 2016), Coimbra, Portugal, 3-6 May.

The Freshness Lab coordinator, Dr. Almeida serves as a member of the organizing and scientific committees of CYTEF 2016 and delivered in the invited address on "Food refrigeration as a competitiveness factor: challenges in translating theory into practice".