AChemS 2022 Conference

Sun and Science, what’s not to love?! After 2 years of online conferences, the SSEB group was ready and happy to attend an in-person conference again. Eva Cad, Matjaz Pirc and Sanne Boesveldt headed off to Bonita Springs, Florida, for the annual AChemS meeting, a conference solely focusing on smell and taste research.

Though this also includes a lot of work on receptors and animals, for our group the most interesting sessions and symposia revolved around fat perception (more than taste and smell), smell loss in covid, a clinical symposium on parosmia, and an industry symposium on bitter taste.

Moreover, what’s really interesting at this conference is the poster sessions. These are truly where the (scientific) magic happens: presenters talk for 2 hours non-stop to interested people stopping by, asking questions, challenging ideas, and overall discussion. Both Eva and Matjaz presented their work there: on psychophysical and psychohedonic sweetness function for familiar and unfamiliar foods; and a systematic review on olfactory fat perception. Their posters attracted quite a bit of interest, and they thoroughly enjoyed it.

SSEB is eager for more live conferences to happen!