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	printer-friendly version . send feedback on this newsletter AOCS Agricultural Microscopy Division Newsletter November 2007 Preview of Agricultural Microscopy Division Technical Sessions Planned for the 99th AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo Neil Vary Planning for the upcoming 99th AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo is well underway. This event will be held at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, WA May 18-21, 2008. Our Division is planning a full slate of technical sessions once again this year. Monday's technical session will be two general Agricultural Microscopy technical sessions that will consist of a number of experts discussing a wide range of agricultural microscopy issues. Tuesday morning will be the AOCS Hot Topic Symposia (topics have not yet been released). Our Division has teamed up with the Processing and Co-Products Division to organize another session on the use of plant proteins in aquafeeds which will be held the Tuesday afternoon. Last year both Divisions hosted a similar symposium which was well received and attracted a large number of interested members. This year, we're planning on including a greater variety of presentations while reducing the technical aspects of the talks. The aquaculture theme will continue the following morning as we have joined forces with the Processing Division to organize a symposium on Processing Methods and Concerns for Fish Oil and Fish Meal. Many of the presentation time slots of all of the technical sessions have been filled already, but we are still in the process of seeking presenters. If you know of anyone who would fit well into any of the planned sessions (including yourself), please contact one of our Division Officers, or submit a declaration of intent to present through the AOCS website: http://www.aocs.org/meetings/annual_mtg/index.asp?page=am08_call.htm A more detailed schedule will be published in our next newsletter. Also in this newsletter: Let Us Share the Light, by Patricia Ramsey In Focus, by Marge McCutcheon, Chair Division Profile, by Catherine Watkins Division Representative Meeting, by Neil Vary AOCS Agricultural Microscopy Laboratory Proficiency Program Series, by Gary Ideus, Program provider Microscopy Websites Agricultural Microscopy Division web page AOCS, 2710 S. Boulder, Urbana, IL 61802-6996 USA	Division Officers Chairperson Marge McCutcheon phone: 304-558-2208 fax: 304-558-3594 Vice Chairperson Neil Vary phone: 613-792-3432 fax: 613-759-1260 Secretary/Treasurer Christine Rogers-Kelly phone: 662-325-0638 fax: 662-325-7807 Member-at-Large Jim Makowski phone: 717-796-0537 fax: 717-796-0537 Member-at-Large Annie Fournier phone: 613-759-1221 fax: 613-759-1260 Member-at-Large Gary Ideus phone: 217-222-7100 fax: 217-231-2141 Member-at-Large Beth Anne Woody phone: 765-494-1573 fax: 765-494-4331 Past Chair/Prog.Comm. Patricia Ramsey phone: 916-457-5115