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ISNFF Annual Conference and Exhibition

The Annual Conference and Exhibition of the International Society for Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods (ISNFF) will be held 1-4 November 2009 in San Francisco, CA, USA.  For further information and registration, please visit the   ISNFF website. For further information, contact Peggy Ann Parsons pparsons@mun.ca.   Journal of Functional Foods is the official scientific journal of ISNFF.

Fereidoon Shahidi Fellowship Award
The   International Society for Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods (ISNFF) has announced the establishment of the Fereidoon Shahidi Fellowship Award for graduate students. For further information about nominations and applications, please visit the ISNFF website:   www.isnff.org.   Journal of Functional Foods is the official scientific journal of ISNFF.

Help to make missing links
Elsevier wants to foster web tools that 'improve' science by making the oceans of data online more navigable

The Times Higher Education interviews   Anita de Waard, principal researcher, disruptive technologies and talks to her about the   Elsevier Grand Challenge, the   results of the competition and how web tools can improve science.

International Dairy Journal Editor Receives International Award
Professor Alan Kelly of University College Cork, and an editor of IDJ, has been awarded the Danisco International Dairy Science Award. This important award recognises outstanding accomplishments in research and development outside of the USA and Canada in chemistry, microbiology, technology, or engineering pertaining to the dairy industry. The award citation specifically recognised Prof. Kelly’s contributions in the areas of milk enzymology and high-pressure processing of dairy products. As part of the award ceremonies, Professor Kelly delivered a keynote address titled “From the udder to the fridge: the impact of milk proteins and enzymes through the dairy chain”.

The presentation ceremony took place on July 14th 2009 during the annual meeting of American Dairy Science Association, held this year in Montreal, Canada.

Meat Science Editor Keynote Speaker at Chinese Author Workshop
An author workshop held in June 2009 at China Pharmaceutical University attracted over 400 participants from 10 universities. Guanghong Zhou, an editor of Meat Science and Vice President of Nanjing Agricultural University, was among the speakers advising delegates on how to prepare a scientific paper for publication in academic journals. Information for new authors, including advice on how to prepare a scientific paper, is available here.

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