This report highlights the 31st annual meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS), held in Sarasota, Florida April 22-26, 2009. This twelve page summary, by AChemS President Donald A. Wilson and colleagues, is a special supplement to Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Volume 1170: International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste (July 2009); it is available free online thanks to a generous grant from PepsiCo.

As part of its commitment to improving health and wellness and creating products that consumers enjoy, PepsiCo is pleased to support the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by providing free online access to this summary of the AChemS meeting.