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AOCS Biotechnology Division
Newsletter February 2007International Symposia on Biocatalysis and Biotechnology (ISBB)
by Ching Hou
Invited speakers of the "First International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Biotechnology: Functional Foods and Industrial Products"The first ISBB, held November 19-21, 2005 at the National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, was a great success. It was organized by Division members Ching T. Hou and Jei-Fu Shaw, with many AOCS members participating as speakers. A book based on this symposium's papers (35 chapters) is being published jointly by the AOCS Press and Taylor and Francis Company.
Invited speakers of the "Second International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Biotechnology: Biocatalysis and Bioenergy"The second ISBB - focused on "Biocatalysis and Biofuels" - was held December 6-8, 2006, again at the National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan. Another book is being composed from proceedings of this recent conference. Please contact Ching T. Hou at NCAUR, USDA, Peoria, IL 61604, at houct@ncaur.usda.gov for information about the conferences or books.
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Biotechnology Division Events at the AOCS Annual Meeting Division Awards New Board Members Obituary AOCS, 2710 S. Boulder, Urbana, IL 61802-6996 USA
Chairperson
David Hildebrand
phone: 859-257-7319
fax: 859-257-2185
e-mail: dhild@uky.edu
Vice Chair/Prog. Comm.
Thomas McKeon
phone: 510-559-5754
fax: 510-559-5768
e-mail: tmckeon@pw.usda.gov
Secretary/Treasurer
Ramesh Patel
phone: 732-519-2026
fax: 732-519-1166
e-mail: patelr@bms.com
Member-at-Large
Yuji Shimada
phone: 669638073
fax: 669638079
e-mail: shimaday@omtri.city.osaka.jp
Member-at-Large
Randall Weselake
phone: 403-329-2303
fax: 403-329-2057
e-mail: weselake@uleth.ca
Member-at-Large
Daniel Solaiman
phone: 215-233-6476
fax: 215-233-6795
e-mail: dsolaiman@errc.ars.usda.gov
PC Vice Rep.
Ching Hou
phone: 309-681-6263
fax: 309-681-6672
e-mail: houct@mail.ncaur.usda.gov
Immed. Past Chair
Casimir C. Akoh
phone: 706-542-1067
fax: 706-542-1050
e-mail: cakoh@uga.edu