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Health and Nutrition Division Poster Competition 

Created to stimulate additional interest in the submission of quality poster presentations by students at the AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo.

Eligibility

All poster abstracts submitted and selected for the Health and Nutrition Division Poster session are eligible for the competition.

Application Procedure

Submit abstract through AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo website.

Award

  • Certificate(s) for recipient(s)
  • Award ribbon for poster display
  • Cash prize:
    • Best overall (open to all poster presenters): $300
    • Student posters: $300 (1st place), $200 (2nd place),
      $100 (3rd place)
  • Complimentary Division dinner ticket

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2012 Recipients

Best Overall
Moumita Pal, University of Calcutta, India
Effect of alpha-eleostearic Acid on Methylmercury induced Oxidative Stress, DNA Damage and Structural Changes in Rat Model

Student Posters
1st place — Hiroyuki Kamogawa, Hokkaido Graduate University, Japan
Anti-obesity Effect of Vegetable Allenic-carotenoid, Neoxanthin

2nd place — Shunji Kato, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Japan
LC-MS/MS Determination of Phosphatidylcholine Hydroperoxide in Human Plasma

3rd place — Terronica Blackmon, Prairie View A&M University, USA
The Effects of Dietary Oxidize and Unoxidized Sunflower Oil on the Quality and Fatty Acid Content of Meat Cuts of Finishing Pigs