AOCS Division Newsletter




	printer-friendly version . send feedback on this newsletter . unsubscribe AOCS Phospholipid Division Newsletter April 2007 Greetings From the Chair, by Bruce Sebree Hello once again, for the last time, to the members of the Phospholipids Division of AOCS... Short Course on Lecithin Properties and Technological Functions May 11-12, 2007, Québec City, Québec, Canada... GRAS Approval for Enzyme Technology Diversa Corporation based in San Diego, California, USA, announced on December 19 that its Purifine(TM) enzyme had obtained GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for edible oil applications... USB recognizes List A long-time AOCS member and Contributing Editor to inform, Gary List has been recognized by the United Soybean Board (USB) with its bestowing of the USB Outstanding Achievement Award 2006, the organization's highest award... Announcement of Research Funds Improvement of bioavailability and tolerance of actives by phospholipids in oral, topical, pulmonary und parenteral systems... ICBL–ILPS–ELIFE: Three successful lipid conferences in Pécs, by Willem van Nieuwenhuyzen and Laszlo Vigh A joint meeting of three lipid associations was organized by the staff of the Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Science (BRC-HAS) and held during September 5–10, 2006, in the city of Pécs,120 miles south of Budapest, Hungary... A number of drivers affect the protein bioadhesives market, by Edgar J. Acosta Proteins and polysaccharides were the adhesive material of choice before World War II... News Briefs: HPLC - LSc Method for Phospholipid Composition Approved Last autumn ILPS submitted their validated method for quantitative analyses of the Phospholipid composition in lecithin to AOCS. Richard Cantrill, Technical Director of AOCS announced that the AOCS Analytical Committee has approved the method. Official publication is expected soon. 31P-NMR Round Robin is on Schedule Within the American Organization of Analytical Chemists (AOAC), Bernd Diehl of Spectral Service Laboratories Germany has organized a round robin with 23 laboratories, analyzing four types of lecithin. ILPS Analytical Secretary Dr. Diehl will present the first results at the Annual Meeting in session PHO 4, General Phospholipids, on May 16. AOCS, 2710 S. Boulder, Urbana, IL 61802-6996 USA	Division Officers Chairperson Bruce Sebree phone: +1-217-451-4067 fax: +1-217-451-2693 e-mail: sebree@admworld.com Vice Chairperson Jonathan Maynes phone: +1-314-982-3162 fax: +1-314-982-2899 e-mail: Jmaynes@solae.com Secretary Gary List phone: +1-309-681-6388 fax: +1-309-681-6340 e-mail: listgr@ncaur.usda.gov Treasurer Moghis Ahmad phone: +1-847-573-0707 fax: +1-847-573-0770 Email: Moghis@jinapharma.com Member-at-Large Bernie Szuhaj phone: +1-260-489-6849 Member-at-Large Lance Colbert phone: +1-217-451-5802 fax: +1-217-451-2457 e-mail: colbert@admworld.com Member-at-Large Randy Zigmont phone: +1-203-262-7100 fax: +1-203-262-7101 e-mail: rzigmont@aol.com Member-at-Large Walt Shaw phone: +1-205-663-2494 fax: +1-205-663-0756 e-mail: waltshaw@avantilipids.com Member-at-Large Susan Gurkin phone: +1-770-986-6268 fax: +1-770-986-6282 e-mail: susan.gurkin@degussa.com Member-at-Large Willem van Nieuwenhuyzen phone: +31 72 505 5617 fax. +31 72 505 5618 e-mail: willem@lecipro.nl Immediate Past Chair Susan Carlson phone: +1-913-588-5359 fax: +1-913-588-8946 e-mail: scarlson@kumc.edu Past Chairperson Joseph Casey e-mail: JCasey@solae.com