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May
7, 2008 Belfort Lecture given by Dr. Eric Bertoft
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The 2008 Belfort Lecture was given
by Dr. Eric Bertoft Wednesday,
May 7, 2008 at the Whistler Center Belfort Lecture and Technical
Conference held at Purdue University. The title of his
presentation was "Examination
of the Cluster Structure of Amylopectins".
Dr. Bertoft was born in Stockholm,
Sweden, in 1953. In 1973 he moved to Turku, Finland, to study
chemistry, biochemistry, and biology. After obtaining a master
degree of science 1980, Dr. Bertoft worked for some years at
industry as a R&D chemist and was the head of the laboratory at the
Department of Forensic Medicine at the University of Turku, before
returning to the Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacy at Åbo
Akademi University (which is the Swedish spoken university in
Finland, meaning "The Academy of Turku"), where he received his
Ph.D. in 1990. He has been teaching at Åbo Akademi since 1979 and
became Docent in carbohydrate chemistry (corresponds approximately
to Adjunct Professor) in 1993. His research concerning starch and
its enzymatic degradation began in 1978 and has been presented in
approx. 50 peer reviewed publications. Dr. Bertoft was a co-founder
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Whistler Center News
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Dr. Genyi Zhang joins Whistler
Center Faculty
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Dr. Genyi
Zhang joined the Whistler Center faculty April 2007 as an
assistant professor. Dr. Zhang earned a B.S. degree in biology
from Lanzhou University and a M.S. degree in genetics from the
Institute of Genetics, Academia Sinica, Beijing. He obtained a
second M.S. degree at Purdue, investigating sorghum starch
digestibility. For his Ph.D. thesis (Dr. Bruce Hamaker’s lab),
Genyi investigated an interesting 3-component interaction among
amylose, free fatty acid, and soluble protein and its affect on
paste viscosity. He joined the Whistler Center as a Visiting
Professor from Southern Yangtze University in December 2004. He is
researching alternative ways to achieve, and fundamental structures
of, slowly digestible starches. |
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May
11, 2007 Belfort Lecture given by Dr. Marta Izydorczyk
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The
2007 Belfort Lecture was given by Dr.
Marta Izydorczyk Friday,
May 11, 2007 at the WCCR Belfort Lecture and Technical Conference held
at
Purdue
University. The title of her
presentation was "Cereal Cell-wall
Polysaccharides: Molecular Structures, Physicochemical
Characteristics, and Functional Properties".
Dr. Marta S. Izydorczyk is
currently a research scientist and program manager of Basic Barley
Research at the Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain
Commission, and an adjunct professor at the Department of Food
Science, University of Manitoba. She has authored and co-authored
numerous research papers, book chapters, and conference
contributions in the area of structure-function relationships of
food carbohydrates. She is an active member of the America
Association of Cereal Chemists International (AACCI), a member of
the AACCI Scientific Advisory Panel, and a member of the organizing
committees of the World Grains Summit: Foods and Beverages (2006),
Plant Polysaccharide Workshop (2006), and Canadian Barley Symposium
(2007). She sits on the editorial Board of the journal Cereal
Chemistry. Her area of expertise is in the molecular structure and
physicochemical properties of non-starch polysaccharides. Her
research program focuses on identifying, understanding, and gaining
control over mechanisms responsible for technological performance
and physiological functionality of carbohydrate polymers from barley
and other economically important Prairie grains in complex
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New
Sustaining Industrial Board Members Join Whistler Center:
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Whistler Center would like to welcome
our newest
Sustaining Members to our Industrial Board.
Bayer BioScience GmbH is one of
the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the
areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds
and plant biotechnology. They offer an outstanding range of
products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable
agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. You may
visit their website at
http://www.bayercropscience.com
Cargill
is an international provider of food,
agricultural and risk management products and services committed
to using its knowledge and experience to collaborate with
customers to help them succeed. You may visit their
website at
http://www.cargill.com
National Starch Food Innovation
can trace its roots back over 120 years to a series of mergers by
regional starch producing companies in the United States to form
what was known as the National Starch Company of New Jersey (still
headquartered in the state of New Jersey today). As a
starch producer, National Starch Food Innovation is unique in its
science-based approach to delivering new types of functionality out
of these agricultural materials. To visit their website please
go to
http://www.foodinnovation.com/NSFI-Home/Homepage.htm
Roquette Frères
and Roquette America, Inc.
has more than
six hundred carbohydrates derivatives in production, the widest
range within the industry. They reflect the innovation, versatility
and uncompromising quality with which the company has become
associated. The main sectors served are food, pharmaceuticals,
paper, fermentation, chemistry and industrial applications. Roquette
is one of Europe's more significant suppliers of starches, glucose
syrups, maltodextrins and dextrose. You may visit their website at
http://www.roquette.com/eng/pdts.htm
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Whistler Center Short Course to be held
October 22-24, 2007
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Whistler Center for
Carbohydrate Research will hold a 3 day short course October 22-24, 2007
at Purdue University for our Industrial Board Member Companies.
For more information
please click here:
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Past
Whistler News Articles:
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Dr. Ann-Charlotte Eliasson 2006 Belfort Lecturer (May 10, 2006)
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Two-day Short Course Held at Purdue University (October 10, 2005)
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Dr.
Alain Buleon Belfort Lecturer (May 11, 2005)
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Dow AgroSciences join Whistler Center's Industrial Consortium (April
1, 2005)
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Dr. Yuan Yao joins Whistler Center Faculty (March 3, 2005)
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Corn Products International and Grain Processing Corporation join
Whistler Center's Industrial Consortium (October 1, 2004)
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Dr.
Sven Pedersen presents seminar (June 10, 2004)
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2004 Belfort Lecture given by Dr. Kwan-Hwa Park
(May 2004)
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Dr.
David Ludwig presents seminar (November 19, 2003)
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Dr.
Abenaa Akuamoa-Boateng presents seminar (October 24, 2003)
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Dr.
John Taylor presents seminar (September 24, 2003)
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AACC
Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon (September 2003)
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Bruce
Hamaker New Director of Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research (July 1,
2003)
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Dr.
Roy Whistler receives Honorary Degree (June 5, 2003)
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Dr.
Hamaker Receives Trask Award (June 2003)
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Kellogg
Company Equipment Donation (June 2003)
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Dr.
Alison Smith 2003 Belfort Lecturer (May 14, 2003)
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