UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., May 28 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Quinn Burnett, a fourth-year food science student in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, was recognized for her research on how sourdough starter microbiomes affect the digestibility of breads at the IPA World Congress + Probiota 2026 conference earlier this year in Dublin.

Her abstract, titled "Distinct sourdough microbiomes alter FODMAPs of final breads," was selected as the top-rated student-led research submission at the international conference, which brings together more than 500 leading scientists and industry professionals in the probiotics and microbiome space.

As part of this honor, Burnett was aske...