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AOAC Annual Meeting and Exposition 2025

• San Diego, CA

Join the Neogen team at the AOAC Annual Meeting and Exposition for unparalleled professional development, networking and collaboration in methods-based science.

Neogen is proud to be sponsoring the Community Mixer Reception on Sunday August 24, 2025, at 6-7pm. This event will be a great time to connect with AOAC community leaders and network with colleagues.

Neogen Team in Action!

Community Meetings

Sunday

August 24, 2025

1:00 – 2:00 pm

Fostering Students and Early Career Researchers: An Interactive Mentoring Session

 

Palm 3-5

Speaker:
Luke Gray, Neogen® Global Validation & Certification Principal Specialist

1:00 – 2:30 pm

Mycotoxin Community Meeting

 

Pacific E

Speaker:
Brooke Roman, Neogen Director, Research and Development Validations

Talk Title: FGIS Study Design Proposal

5:00 – 6:00 pm

Microbiology Community Meeting

 

Pacific E

Speakers:
Mike Clark, Neogen Senior Manager, Global Portfolio - Food Safety
Erin Crowley, Neogen Head of Global Thought Leadership

6:00 – 7:00 pm

Community Mixer - Sponsored by Neogen

 

Pacific A and Look Out Pt

Join us at the Community Mixer where all the AOAC communities can come together to continue collaborating, networking, and meeting new connections.

 

Sessions

Monday

August 25, 2025

4:30 – 5:00 pm

Stakeholder Voices: Impact of the GFA
Validation Guidelines and End-User Guidance — Panel Discussion

 Session Speaker:
Luke Gray, Neogen Global Validation & Certification Principal Specialist

Tuesday

August 26, 2025

8:15 – 9:45 am

Complementary Analytical Methods and Robust Sampling for Comprehensive Quality Evaluation of Botanical and Fungal Dietary Supplements

 

Town & Country D

Session Speaker:
Lucie Charmier Sweeney, Neogen Senior Supervisor - Biochemistry Research

Talk Title: Measurement of β-glucan in Mushrooms and Derived Critical Evaluation and Improved Methodology

10:15 – 11:45 am

Navigating the Landscape of Accredited Dietary Fiber Methods

 

Town & Country C

Session Speaker:
David Mangan, Neogen Research Director - Organic Chemistry
Tadas Kargelis, Neogen Organic Chemistry Specialist

Talk Title: Recent Developments in Dietary Fiber Methodology

1:00 – 2:30 pm

Hot Topic: Microbiological Food Safety Focus
on Salmonella

 

Town & Country A

Session Speaker:
April Schumacher, Neogen Global Scientific Affairs Specialist

Talk Title: Quantitative Salmonella Detection: Current Methodologies and Validation Challenges

Wednesday

August 27, 2025

8:15 – 9:45 am

Analyzing Chemical Contaminants: From PFAS to Natural Toxins

 

Town & Country D

Session Speaker:
Quynh-Nhi Le, Neogen Global Validation & Certification Principal Specialist

AOAC 2025 Scientific Posters

  1. An Evaluation of Rapid Lateral Flow Assays for Total Milk Detection
    Author: Alex Kostin, Jennie Orantes, Dana Dvoracek-Driksna, and Max Wolf

     

  2. Chromatographic Considerations and Emerging Applications in Dietary Fiber Analysis
    Author: Tadas Kargelis

     

  3. Refining Enzymatic Approaches for β-Glucan Testing in Functional Mushrooms and Derived Products
    Author: Lucie Charmier Sweeney

     

  4. Harmonized Validation Study: Bacillus cereus (BC) Count Plate for Quantitative Determination of the Bacillus cereus Group in a Broad Range of Foods and Animal Feed
    Author: Quynh-Nhi Le, Christina Barnes, Wesley Thompson, M. Joseph Benzinger, Benjamin Bastin, and Erin Crowley

Location Details

Town and Country San Diego

Address

500 Hotel Circle North
San Diego, CA 92108