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The special online report below highlights the 31st annual meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS), held in Sarasota, Florida April 22-26, 2009, attracting approximately 600 registrants and nearly 400 abstracts. In addition to poster and platform presentations, the program offered symposia, special lectures, and various National Institutes of Health-sponsored workshops, including one on computational approaches to olfaction.
This twelve page summary, by AChemS President Donald A. Wilson and colleagues, is a special supplement to Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Volume 1170: International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste (July 2009).
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Chemoreception Scientists Gather under the Florida Sun: The 31st Annual Association for Chemoreception Sciences Meeting
Topics discussed include research
- challenging the longstanding notion that pure fat is tasteless
- on how the mammalian olfactory system integrates information about odors
- indicating that perceptions of taste and smell are influenced by expectation and experience
- on evolution of chemoreceptors
- on gender differences in chemoreception
The Association for Chemoreception Sciences meeting report is a special supplement to:
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Volume 1170: International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste (July 2009) |
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