CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND PREPRINTS!
POLYMER DESIGN FOR FOOD AND NUTRITION

The ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY) cordially invites you to participate in an interdisciplinary symposium entitled POLYMER DESIGN FOR FOOD AND NUTRITION at the Fall National Meeting of the ACS. Abstract and preprint are due April 04, 2007, and we are accepting both lecture and poster submissions.

Sessions include:
Active Polymer Packaging for Food and Therapeutics
Natural Polymers for Functional Foods
Designing Food Packaging
Sensory Challenges for Polymers in Food Packaging

For further information, contact Tim Long, Virginia Tech, Department of Chemistry, 540-231-2480 or telong@vt.edu or Susan Duncan, Virginia Tech, Food Science and Technology, 540-231-8675 or duncans@vt.edu.

All the best. Tim Long

Professor
Department of Chemistry
Co-Director Macromolecular Interfaces with Life Sciences (MILES) NSF IGERT