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The Research Institute of Food Science and Technology/Mashhad-Iran. The Research Institute of Food Science and Technology (RIFST), as the sole research center affiliated to the ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran, enjoys a history of 35 years of experience in the region relying on experienced faculty members and leading specialists as the main elements of mobility and advancement, as well as appropriate research facilities and equipment. The main mission of RIFST is to promote the quality and quantity of food products through enhancement of applied research in order to provide suitable infrastructure intending to promote research and study activities. Besides, the institute avails the purposes through continuous improvement and rise of organizational efficiency with the view to constant development, translation of knowledge into sound technologies and improvement in food safety and security on both national and international scales. RIFST is equipped with high-tech laboratories where its staff and PhD students conduct their projects that are mostly funded by the industries. Moreover, the institute has always been eager to collaborate with international institutes working on different fields of food industry ,namely NIZO Food Research (Netherlands), Lincoln University, Plant and Food Research (New Zealand), Saratov State University (Russia), Philips Hydrocolloid Research Center   (UK), to implement applied and custom-oriented research projects for which it has been bestowed several awards, such as a cash grant of $10000, which is the highest grant of its kind, from ISESCO in 2014 thanks to its committed scientists who are well-informed in various realms of food science. Above all else, RIFST feels enthusiastic to cooperate with scientific and Industerial organizations worldwide in terms of conducting joint research projects, students and faculty exchange, holding joint workshops and lectures. Furthermore, the Institute is going to hold “the 2nd International Conference on Natural Food Hydrocolloids” on September 28th - 29th, 2016 in Mashhad/Iran.