Events & Visitors: 2001

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Syngenta
November 12, 2001
Sponsoring Organizations	NSRL
Participants	Dr. Roger McBroom, Syngenta Seeds, St. Joseph, IL Dr. John Thorne, Syngenta Seeds, Washington, IA Dr. James Graeber, Syngenta Seeds, Bloomington, IL Dr. Gordon Vail, Syngenta Crop Protection, Des Moines, IA Dr. Dave Thomas, Syngenta Crop Protection, Monticello, IL Dr. Rex Wichert, Syngenta Crop Protection, Greensboro, NC Dr. Brian Diers, Dept. of Crop Sciences, UIUC Dr. Randy Nelson, Dept. of Crop Sciences, UIUC Dr. Ted Hymowitz, Dept. of Crop Sciences, UIUC Dr. Terry Niblack, Dept. of Crop Sciences, UIUC
Purpose	Six representatives from Syngenta visited NSRL to exchange information with UIUC scientists on soybean breeding and crop protection chemicals.  Syngenta is the newly formed company that represents the merger of Astra/Zeneca and Novartis.  Three representatives were from Syngenta Seeds and three were from Syngenta Crop Protection.  Presentations were made on soybean breeding activities at Syngenta Seeds and at UIUC as well as Crop Protection research at Syngenta Crop Protection.  Dr. Terry Niblack, UIUC Nematologist, discussed the new HG type system for SCN with the visiting Syngenta breeders.  Interested graduate students and post-docs met with Syngenta personnel to discuss jobs in industry.  Over 20 UIUC Dept. of Crop Sciences and NSRL personnel joined the Syngenta visitors for the presentations and ensuing discussion.

Jun Kamiya, Mitsui, USA
October 26, 2001
Sponsoring Organizations	The Andersons
Participants	Mr. Jun Kamiya, Mitsui, USA, New York, NY Dr. Marilyn Nash, National Soybean Research Laboratory Dr. Karen Bender, National Soybean Research Laboratory Dr. Phil Orwick, National Soybean Research Laboratory
Purpose	Mr. Jun Kamiya of the Produce Department of the Foods Division of Mitsui, USA visited NSRL to learn about the Laboratory's involvement in the Soybean Value Chain including production, use in animal feed, and identity preservation.  He had special interest in the latter given the strict rules that Japan has for importing soybeans and soy products into that country.

REAP Tour
August 9, 2001
Sponsoring Organizations	Illinois Soybean Association
Participants	Steve Sonka, Director, National Soybean Research Laboratory Brian Wansink, Agricultural and Consumer Economics Don Ort, USDA-ARS, Dept. of Crop Sciences Jim Hershey, American Soybean Association Forrest Roberts, American Soybean Association Karl Weingartner, INTSOY, Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition Stephanie Gable, Bayer Corporation Chris Luelf, American Soybean Association Theresa Miller, Illinois Soybean Association Phil Orwick, National Soybean Research Laboratory Megan Puzey, National Soybean Research Laboratory (8) Leading Soybean Growers from the midwestern and southern soybean growing regions
Purpose	REAP (Regional Education and Awareness Program) is an annual program of the American Soybean Association.  This year, the 4-day tour is being hosted by the Illinois Soybean Association and includes soybean farmers and leaders from Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, and Illinois.  The goal of the tour is to educate these leaders about soybean research and production facilities in Illinois so that they can become educated advocates for these programs and facilities. The group, including personnel from ASA and Bayer Corporation (sponsor) ,listened to presentations on NSRL, consumer acceptance of soy in their diet, the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH), and the Illinois Soy Foods Center.  The group also visited the SoyFACE research site and were given a tour of the plot area.  The visit concluded with a soy-enriched luncheon at NSRL.

Millikin University Summer Students
July 24, 2001
Sponsoring Organizations	Milliken University
Participants	Clare Hasler, Professor, Dept. of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition Pradeep Khanna, National Soybean Research Laboratory Marilyn Nash, National Soybean Research Laboratory Lynn Westgren, National Soybean Research Laboratory Phil Orwick, National Soybean Research Laboratory Geetanjali Tandon, National Soybean Research Laboratory 24 students from Taiwan and the Dominican Republic/summer students at Millikin University, Decatur, IL Linda Traub, Group Leader
Purpose	Twenty-four students from Taiwan and the Dominican Republic visited NSRL to learn more about soybeans and their use in animal and human nutrition.  The students are taking summer classes at Millikin University in Decatur, IL in Agribusiness and Illinois Culture.  The Taiwanese students were all from Tunghai University in Taichung City, sister school with Millikin.  The group leader of the students was Linda Traub.

Tom Kurth, President of Urethane Soy Systems
May 31, 2001
Sponsoring Organizations	Urethane Soy Systems
Participants	Tom Kurth, President, Urethane Soy Systems Sharon Covert, ISPOB Lyle Roberts, Executive Director, ISPOB Steve Sonka, Director, National Soybean Research Laboratory Brian Diers, Dept. of Crop Sciences, UIUC Randy Nelson, USDA-ARS, Dept. of Crop Sciences, UIUC Phil Orwick, National Soybean Research Laboratory
Purpose	Tom Kurth, President of Urethane Soy Systems (USS), Princeton, IL, visited NSRL to tell us about his soybean-based urethane products and to learn more about potential soybean varieties that could benefit his business by providing more of certain components.  These components (especially linolentic acid and linoleic acid) are important to USS because higher levels can greatly improve the process chemistry that goes into the production of their products.  Mr. Kurth was accompanied by Sharon Covert, Board Member of the Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board (ISPOB) from Princeton, IL.

Japanese Dealers from Mitsubishi Corporation
May 14, 2001
Sponsoring Organizations	Mitsubishi International Corporation
Participants	Bruce Chassy, Associate Dean, College of ACES Sally Thompson, Professor, Agricultural and Consumer Economics Steve Sonka, Director, National Soybean Research Laboratory Donald Beatty, Mitsubishi Representative for USA, Columbia, TN Phil Orwick, National Soybean Research Laboratory Mitsubishi Dealers (20) from Japan
Purpose	Twenty dealers from Japan that distribute products for Mitsubishi Corporation visited NSRL to learn more about Genetically Modified Crops and e-Commerce as they relate to the world-wide ag business in the future.  Dr. Bruce Chassy spoke on GM crops and Drs. Sally Thompson and Steve Sonka spoke on e-Commerce and other IT related topics in agriculture.

Intellectual Property Seminar
March 21, 2001
Sponsoring Organizations	National Soybean Research Laboratory
Participants	Dick Loe, Office of Research, College of ACES Marcia Rotunda, University Counsel
Purpose	Dick Loe, Office of Research, College of ACES, and Marcia Rotunda, University Counsel, presented a seminar on Intellectual Property as it relates to inventions, trademarks, and trade secrets that are discovered by members of the college.  Special emphasis was put on new germplasm that would be generated by scientists of the college and how to protect these new organisms via the patent and trade secret system.