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AOCS Protein and Co-Products Division
Newsletter April 2008

Message from the Chair
Keshun Liu

The 2008 AOCS Annual Meeting and Expo is next month (May 18-21, Seattle, WA). Once again, AOCS and its Protein & Co-Products (PCP) Division have prepared high-quality technical and social programs for this year's Annual Meeting. There will be more than 650 technical presentations in twelve interest areas, more than 100 exhibits, plus pre-meeting short courses, hot topic sessions, and tours of local research and processing facilities. More than 1,500 academic, governmental, and industrial colleagues from more than 60 countries are expected to attend the meeting. On the PCP Division level, thanks to the efforts of Mike Dowd, PCP vice chair and PCP technical program chair, and session organizers, we will have seven oral sessions and one poster session. The full program of our division is listed on the AOCS website. So do not hesitate to register now.

The PCP board meeting will be held on Sunday, May 18, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., along with other division board meetings, in the same big room. In order to attend this meeting, some board members are advised to start their trip on Saturday. The PCP roundtable discussion is scheduled on Tuesday, May 20, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Open to all meeting participants, its purpose is planning technical programs of future annual meetings. I invite and encourage every one of you to participate in this discussion and provide your ideas and suggestions.

Again, on Tuesday, May 20, in the evening, our division will hold the annual recognition/dinner event. This year 's event will be held at the Washington Athletic Club, just a few blocks from the Washington State Convention & Trade Center. It features a social hour with cash bar, a full-service dinner, recognition of winners of the ADM Best Paper Awards, and a dinner speech by Dr. Ray Hilborn. Dr. Hilborn is a professor of Fisheries Management in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington. His short bio was presented in our February newsletter. He will talk about the current status and challenges of world fishery and the role of plant proteins in sustaining the industry. The full-course dinner menu has been selected, including mixed greens salad, salmon and chicken combination, chocolate marbled cheesecake, freshly baked rolls, sticky buns, coffee, tea, milk, and iced tea. Tickets for the event can be purchased at the time of meeting registration. The ticket prices are set at $55 early/$65 standard. The student price will be $20, the rest is subsidized by the PCP Division.

Also, to keep the tradition for the 2008 Annual Meeting we will run the PCP T-shirt drive. Thanks to the effort of PCP Secretary/Treasurer Phil Kerr, Solae (St. Louis) has agreed to be the sponsor again. Solae was also the sponsor for PCP T-shirt drive during the 2006 Annual Meeting.

A new event this year our members may be interested in is the tour to a nearby research facility—the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Manchester Research Station. The tour is arranged by AOCS in conjunction with the Agricultural Microscopy Division, the PCP Division, and the Processing Division.

2008 is the PCP Division's election year. Mila Hojilla-Evangelista, PCP immediate past chair, is handling the process. At the time of writing this message, the election has not been completed yet. So, I encourage all our members to vote, and convey my congratulations to all the members of the new PCP board. For candidates who are not selected this year, please do not get discouraged. Continue your involvement and you will be elected next time.

Finally, my term as chair ends this year. It has been my privilege to serve the division board for the past ten years (as member-at-large, book and publication rep., secretary/treasurer, chair elect, and chair). I have encountered challenges and spent many hours of volunteering services. Yet at the same time, I have reaped many rewards of professional service. I am grateful to past and present officers and members of the PCP Division, AOCS staff and colleagues for your encouragement and support.

See you all in Seattle.

Keshun Liu
President, Protein & Co-Products Division

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Also in this newsletter:

NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center Tour

Message from the Secretary / Treasurer

Candidates for the 2008 Elections of the Officers of Protein & Co-Products Division

Preparation of Protein-Stabilized β-Carotene Nanodispersions by Emulsification-Evaporation Method by Boon-Seang Chu, Sosaku Ichikawa, Sumiyo Kanafusa, and Mitsutoshi Nakajima

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