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International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids
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ISSFAL is an International Scientific Society established in 1991, of more than 500 members from more than 40 countries. ISSFAL members are scientists, medical professionals, educators, administrators, communicators and others with an interest in the health effects of dietary fats, oils and lipids; members include researchers carrying out studies on the health effects of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, conjugated linoleic acids (CLA), saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids as well as other lipids. ISSFAL is the foremost International Scientific Society dealing exclusively with the health impact of dietary lipids.
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Your Society Needs You!
In March 2011, 4 Board directors reach the end of their term of office. We will therefore need nominations for candidates to stand in this election. Board Directors are elected for 4 year terms, and at present the Board meets every 2 years. Nominations, supported by at least three current paid-up members of the Society, should be sent to Peter Clough at
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before Sept 15th 2010. Candidates should submit to Peter a maximum 500 word statement in support of their candidacy by Sept 15th. This will be published in PLEFA, and made available on this website.
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New Post-Doc post in France for 2011.
Details of a new Post-Doc position,with the project title of
"The fat-1 transgenic mouse converts w6 fatty acids in w3: does it represent a breast cancer resistant model?
have been sent to ISSFAL. It is only open to non-French nationals, so is a great opportunity for someone to do some cutting edge research in France for a year. Details can be downloaded by clicking here. Closing date for applications is November 30th 2010.
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Board and Executive Committee Minutes now available to members.
In a move designed to encourage greater transparency within the Society, the minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors from the Maastricht meetings onwards will be available for logged-in members to read.Members meeting minutes have always been available to members, and will continue to be available. To access the page from which the minutes can be downloaded, click here.
New Era in the Society
At the end of June Ray (and his Kingfisher!) retired as Secretary/Treasurer after 12 years. His role has been divided into three for the future. Peter Clough is the new Honorary Secretary, and Seth Baum the new Honorary Treasurer. Ray has been appointed Temporary Administrator until Dec 2010, with the brief of managing the transition to the new Administrator, Graham Hauck of Hauck Associates, who will take over the Administration role on January 1st 2011. Details of the current Executive Committee members can be seen on the Executive Committee page under the "Society Matters" menu item.
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ISSFAL 2010-has come and gone!
After about 6 years of planning,our meeting in Maastricht is now mostly memories, and what great memories too! 600 of us gathered, listened, argued,ate,drank and enjoyed the "dynamic equilibrium" of the congress and especially the Gala Dinner.Well done to all the Maastricht team for a very successful meeting.
If you could not attend the meeting, or have mislaid your Program Book, you can download a .pdf copy by clicking here.
Now comes the process of wrapping up the loose ends, getting the abstracts put on the website, and the photos of course. As soon as there is any news on that, it will be set out here. The planning now starts in earnest for the 2012 meeting in Vancouver, and in a somewhat less frantic pace for the 2014 meeting which will be held in Stockholm,Sweden.
The photographs from Maastricht are now available on the meeting website at www.unimaas.nl/congresbureau/issfal2010/ Click on the link on the homepage.
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