Citizen Science Insights

Celebrating the Journey: Our HealthFerm Citizen Scientists Have Received Their Sourdough Reports!

After months of dedication, bubbling jars, and enthusiastic fermentation adventures, we are thrilled to announce: 661 HealthFerm citizen scientists who contributed a sample of their sourdough have n...

Understanding your sourdough report: A guide to reading and interpreting figures

How to understand figures and interprete results

Keep scrolling to explore the individual figures and learn how to efficiently interpret the data presented in the Citizen Science report. Each sectio...

Get to know Dough-Pro, your go-to expert for all things microbial and doughy!

Hello fellow fermentation enthusiast!

Big news from the bubbling world of microorganisms and dough: meet Dough-Pro! 🥖✨

Dough-Pro is your brand-new, flour-powered AI sidekick — custom-built to ch...

Aflați câteva informații despre borșul din România

Când spui ciorbă românească, te gândești automat la borș, acel lichid acru și aromat obținut prin fermentarea tărâțelor de grâu sau secară, care dă savoare mâncării. Numele de borș provine din cuvântu...

Galaxy of sourdoughs: exploration of twinkling microbial constellations

Dear Sourdough Enthusiasts,

As the year winds down and the days grow shorter here in Zurich, the city comes alive with sparkling Christmas lights, casting a warm glow over the streets. But this year...

Citizen Science Research phase 1 - Wrap-up

Dear HealthFerm Enthusiasts,

We are thrilled to announce that the collection phase of your sourdough samples is officially complete! Thanks to your enthusiastic participation, we’ve gathered an impr...

Am terminat de colectat maielele!

În septembrie 2023, am lansat proiectul citizen science HealthFerm. Am primit un număr mare de răspunsuri și, în lunile următoare, am început să vă contactăm pentru a vă întreba dacă ați fi dispuși să...

An update from the Nordics

We've successfully wrapped up our sourdough collection campaign in Northern Europe with outstanding results! We received 189 responses in total: 142 from Finland, 25 from Sweden, 17 from Denmark, 4 fr...

“Change must be enjoyable and a positive experience overall” Interview with Prof. Armando Perez-Cueto, PhD, from the HealthFerm project

HealthFerm is organized into different work packages. Yours is the one about consumer acceptance. Can you tell me something about your work and what your specific role within the whole project is?

A...

How do we get the microorganisms from your sourdough samples?

There are a lot of microscopically small organisms in sourdough. Knowing which ones tells us a lot about the characteristics of the sourdough, as each microbial species exhibits a particular, characte...

Say hello to this month’s workhorse at ETH: the KingFisher

Dear HealthFerm Citizen Scientists, hello world!

Let me introduce you to one of my favorite collegues in the wetlab: the KingFisher. It’s not a bird and doesn’t even have hands. It’s a robot! The Ki...

The HealthFerm sourdough community is growing!

Over the past weeks, we have been receiving many new registrations from sourdough enthusiasts from all over Europe, motivated to become part of our HealthFerm project. The HealthFerm Citizen Science c...

Is sourdough bread always healthier than yeast bread? As a home baker, you can give science a hand to find an answer to this question!

Many people are convinced that sourdough bread is healthier than yeast bread, but in Belgium there is no legislation about when you can call a bread a sourdough bread. There are countless recipes for ...

HealthFerm Citizen Science - update and delicious recipe!

Dear HealthFerm Citizen Scientists,
thank you very much for your active participation in the HealthFerm citizen sourdough project! Since the project collection launch in September, our sourdough comm...