FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The U of A's Sensory Science Journal Club, which reviews recent research and advancements in the area of sensory and consumer science, is holding its first virtual meeting of the year Monday at 4 p.m.

The club is open to all faculty, staff and students, and is led by associate professor Han-Seok Seo in the Department of Food Science.

For each meeting, a facilitator distributes an article to all club members prior to the meeting. Members are encouraged to read the article prior to the meeting and prepared to discuss possible implications within food industries.

Meetings are on Mondays the second week of each month.

This week's discussion is on the article "Sensory Sensitivity to Sour and Bitter Taste Among People with Crohn's Disease and Folic Acid Supplementation" from the Journal of Sensory Studies. The study compares differences in sensory sensitivity to basic tastes between healthy individuals and those with Crohn's disease.

Students across all disciplines are encouraged to participate. Benefits include professional development, critiquing and appraising research, research utilization, networking and team building.

More on the club, including Zoom meeting info: http://bit.ly/2YJv4J9.

Seo is a member of the faculty of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, and a researcher and scientist with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the research arm of the U of A System Division of Agriculture.

About the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences: Bumpers College provides life-changing opportunities to position and prepare graduates who will be leaders in the businesses associated with foods, family, the environment, agriculture, sustainability and human quality of life; and who will be first-choice candidates of employers looking for leaders, innovators, policy makers and entrepreneurs. The college is named for Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and longtime U.S. senator who made the state prominent in national and international agriculture. For more information about Bumpers College, visit our website, and follow us on Twitter at @BumpersCollege and Instagram at BumpersCollege.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among fewer than 3% of colleges and universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the U of A among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.