Education

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1972-74; Department of Pharmacology, University of Southern California School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

Ph.D., Biochemistry, 1972; University of California, Davis, CA

M.S., Food Science and Technology, 1968; Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

B.S., Dairy Science and Technology, 1966; Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Professional Background (Academic Appointments)

1995-current --- California State Polytechnic University, College of Agriculture
 Professor with tenure, Department of Human Nutrition and Food Science, 2007-current
 Dean, College of Agriculture, 1995-2007

1992-1995 --- Iowa State University, College of Agriculture and College of Family and Consumer  Sciences
Department Executive Officer, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, 1992-1995
Director, Center for Designing Foods to Improve Nutrition, 1992-1995
Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, 1992-1995
Courtesy Appointment, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 1992-1995

1974-1992 --- University of Southern California, School of Medicine
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Nutrition, 1974-1992
Assistant Dean of Medical Student Affairs, School of Medicine, 1988-1991
Interim Chairman, Department of Pharmacology and Nutrition, 1990-1992

Honors and Awards

1972, American Oil Chemists' Society, Honored Student Award
1972, NIH Biology of Aging Conference, Selected Student Participant
1971, Sigma Xi; President, USC Chapter, 1981
1987-1988, Outstanding Teacher Award in Postgraduate Education, USC School of Medicine    
1990, Meritorious Service Award, California Dietetic Association
1990, Distinguished Achievement Award, Southern California Institute of Food Technologists
1996, Golden Key, National Honor Society, honorary member
1998, Gamma Sigma Delta, Agricultural Honor Society
1998, Fellow, Institute Food Technologists
1998, Bautzer Faculty, University Advancement Award, CSU
2002, Wang Family Administrator Award of Excellence, CSU (statewide)
2003, Outstanding Faculty-Administration Award of Merit, Cal Poly Pomona Chapter Gamma Sigma Delta

Professional Memberships
    
Southern California IFT, 1979-Present    
American College of Nutrition, 1988-Present ; Certified Nutrition Specialist  (1994)
American Society Nutritional Sciences, 1979-Present    
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 1981-Present
Institute of Food Technologists, 1979-Present ; Professional Member, Fellow, 1998

Professional Society Memberships & Elected Positions

Institute of Food Technologists
    Toxicology and Safety Evaluation Division:  Chairman, 1989-1990; Executive Committee, 1985-1991; Program Chairman,
    1988-1989; Lecturer, 1986-1990; Nominations Committee, Chairman1990-1991;Editor, Newsletter, 1985-1989;
    Chair, Abstract  & Symposium Review Committee, 1994; Counselor, 1996-1998
    
    Nutrition Division:  Executive Committee, 1990-1992; Nominations Committee, 1993-1994; Regional Communicator,
    Los Angeles, 1986-1992; Annual Program Committee, 1985-1988; Expert Panel Nutrition and Food Safety, 1988-1993

    Status Summary Committees, Chairman: Nutrition and the Elderly, 1984-1986; Scientific Lecturer Committee, 1990-1992;
    IFT Lecturer, 1989-1994 IFT Fellow, 1998

    IFT Executive Committee, Counselor Representative, 2000-2003; Constitution and By-Laws Committee, ExCom Liaison,
    2000-2003; Strategic Planning Committee, Member, 2000-2002 and Chair, 2004-2007 IUFOST 12th World Congress 2003,
   July 2003; CoChair Technical Program Committee, 2000-2003 Finance and Audit Committee, Member, 2003-2006, and Chair,
    2006-2009

International Life Sciences Institute
    FNSC Scientific Advisor, Food, Nutr. and Safety Committee, 1994-1997; FNSC Subcommittee: Iron and Health, Scientific Advisor
   1994-1996; FNSC Subcommittee: Apoptosis: Fumonisin, 1999-2001; Program Planning Committee, Scientific Advisor,
   1995-1997; Program Organizer and Session Chair for Functional Foods (Presentation: Double Edged Sword), 1996, and Food
    Allergy, 1997

Southern California Food Industry Conference
    Program Committee, 1990-1991; CoChair, 1996-1998; Organized and Chaired Sessions, 1991, 1997 Lecturer, 1987-1991

Southern California Institute of Food Technologists
    Chairman, 1988-1989; Councilor, 1988-1990, 1998-2000; Program Chairman, 1987-1988; Lecturer, 1982-1990; Long Range
    Planning Committee, Member, 1995-1996, 2000-2001; Chair, 1996-1998

Society of Toxicology
    Food Safety Specialty Section (Founding member), 1993-2005; Vice President and Program Chairman, 1994-1995; President,
    1995-1996; Past President/ Executive Committee, 1996-1997; Symposium: B-Carotene Friend or Foe? Co-chair and lecturer,
    1997; Toxicology—ENI Section, Editorial Board member, 2000-2003

Research Background and Interests

Food Science: food toxicology and food safety; phytochemicals; natural bioactive agents; protein modification; functional foods

Lipid Peroxidation:  peroxidative damage to membrane lipids; membrane turnover; evaluation of reactive oxygen species; detoxification pathways for hydroperoxides; role of hydroperoxides in biological oxidation reactions; role of vitamin E, selenium and glutathione in detoxification reactions; malondialdehyde-amine fluorescent chromophores related to lipofuscin pigment

Nutrition: nutrient interrelationships, emphasizing ascorbic acid, iron, copper and zinc; effects of physiological state; role of nutrients in drug metabolism and detoxification reactions; nutritional status of the elderly; drug-nutrient interactions; vitamin metabolism and transport (vitamin C); mineral metabolism and transport (magnesium); regulation of gene expression, naturally occurring bioactive agents and  nutrigenomics

Publications

A.  Refereed Papers (partial list)

Peroxidase/Peroxidation
Bidlack, W. R., Tappel, A. L.   A Proposed Mechanism for the NADPH Enzymatic Lipid Peroxidizing System of Rat Liver
  Microsomes. Lipids 7: 564-565, 1972.

Bidlack, W. R., Tappel, A. L.   Damage to Microsomal Membranes by Lipid Peroxidation. Lipids 8:  177-182, 1973.

Bidlack, W. R., Tappel, A. L.   Fluorescent Products of Phospholipids During Lipid Peroxidation  Lipids 8: 203-207, 1973.

Bidlack, W. R., Okita, R. T. , Hochstein, P.  The Role of NADPH Cytochrome B5 Reductase in Microsomal Lipid Peroxidation
  Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.  53:  459-465, 1973.

Bidlack, W. R., Hochstein, P.   Hydroperoxide Peroxidase Activity in Liver Microsomes. Life Sciences 14:  2003-2010, 1974.

Wolff, D. G, Bidlack, W. R.  The Formation of Carbon Monoxide During Peroxidation of Microsomal Lipids. Biochem. Biophys.
  Res. Commun. 73:  850-857, 1976.

Bidlack, W. R.   Microsomal Peroxidase Activities:  The Effect of Cumene Hydroperoxide on the Cytochrome B5 Steady State.
  Biochem. Pharmacol. 29:  1605-1608, 1980.

Drug and Toxicant Metabolism
Cheong, E. H., Bidlack, W. R.  A Proposed Mechanism for Destruction of Cytochrome P-450 During Carbon Tetrachloride
  Metabolism. Proc. Western. Pharmacol. Soc. 20: 97-102, 1977.

Lowery, G. L., Bidlack, W. R.  Multiple Drug Metabolism in Isolated Hepatocytes: Enhancement of Aniline Hydroxylation.  
  Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 83:  747-753, 1978.

Lowery, G. L., Wolff, D. G., Bidlack, W. R.  Isolated Hepatocytes as a Cellular Model for Studying Drug Metabolism. Proc.
  Western Pharmacol. Soc. 21:  345-351, 1978.

Bidlack, W. R.  The Microsomal Peroxidase:  Interrelationship with the Hepatic Drug Metabolizing System.  Proc. Western
  Pharmacol. Soc. 21: 329-335, 1978.

Muakkassah,  S. F., Lowery, G. L., Bidlack, W. R.  Multiple Drug Metabolism in Hepatic Subcellular Fractions.  Proc. Western
  Pharmacol. Soc. 22: 119-224. 1979.

Bidlack, W. R. Advani, S. V., Andresen, J. W.  Carbon Tetrachloride Altered Binding of Carbon Monoxide to Reduced
  Cytochrome P-450 in Phenobarbital Microsomes. Biochem. Med. 23: 205-208, 1980.

Lowery, G. L., and Bidlack, W. R.  An Evaluation of Microsomal and Parenchymal Cell Models in Multiple Drug Metabolism.  Proc.
  Western Pharmacol. Soc. 24: 141-145, 1981.

Muakkassah, S. F., Bidlack, W. R., Yang, W. C.T.  Mechanisms of the Inhibitory Action of Isoniazid on Microsomal Drug
  Metabolism. Biochem. Pharmacol. 30: 1651-1658, 1981.

Muakkassah, S. F., Bidlack, W. R., Yang, W. C. T.  Reversal of the Effects of Isoniazid on Hepatic Cytochrome P-450 by
  Potassium Ferricyanide. Biochem. Pharmacol. 31: 249-251, 1982.

Bidlack, W. R., Lowery, G. L.  Multiple Drug Metabolism:  Reversal of Acetone Enhancement of Aniline p-Hydroxylation by
  p-Nitroanisole. Biochem. Pharmacol. 31: 311-317, 1982.

Tortoriello, P., Advani, S. V., Riebow, J. F., Bidlack, W.R.  Microsomal Metabolism of Carbon Tetrachloride:  Participation of
  Pyridine Nucleotide Synergism. Biochemical Medicine and Metabolic Biology 44: 18-28, 1990.

Tortoriello, P., Riebow, J. F., Advani, S. V., Bidlack, W. R.  The Anomaly of Pyridine Nucleotide Synergism in Carbon
  Tetrachloride Metabolism. Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine 10:387-396, 1991.

Dragan, Y., Bidlack, W. R., Cohen, S. M., Goldsworthy, T., Hard, G., Howard, P., Riley, R., Voss, K.  Apoptosis and Its
  Implications for Toxicity, Carcinogenicity and Risk: Fumonisin B1 As An Example.  (ILSI Apoptosis Working Group) Tox. Sci. 61:
  6-17, 2001.

Nutrition/Nutrient Interaction
Smith, C.H.,  Bidlack, W. R.  The Interrelationship of Dietary Ascorbic Acid and Iron on Tissue Distribution of Ascorbic Acid,
  Iron and Copper in Female Guinea Pigs. J. Nutrition 110:  1398-1408, 1980.

Smith, C. H., Bidlack, W. R.  The Effect of a Scorbutic Diet on Ferritin-Hemosiderin Iron Stores in the Liver and Spleen of
  Female Guinea Pigs.  Biochem. Med. 24: 43-48, 1980.

Bidlack, W. R., Kirsch, A., Meskin, M.  Nutritional Requirements of the Elderly Food Technology 40:61-70, 1986.

Bidlack, W. R., Smith, C. H., Clemens, R. A., Omaye, S. T.  Nutrition in the Elderly (A Scientific Status Summary by the Institute
  of Food Technologists Expert Panel on Nutrition and Food Safety). Food Technol 40:81-87, 1986.

Kirsch, A.,Bidlack, W. R.  Nutrition and the Elderly: Vitamin Status and Efficacy of Supplementation Nutrition 3: 305-314,
  Sept/Oct., 1987.

Bidlack, W. R.,Smith, C.H.  Nutrition and the Aged CRC Critical Reviews 27: 189-218, 1988.

Meskin, M.S.,Bidlack, W.R.  Carbohydrate Update Nutrition Research 26: 1-6, 1988.

Weaver, C.M., Schmidl, M.K., Wotechi, C.E., Bidlack, W.R.  Research Needs in Diet, Nutrition and Health Food Technology
  47:14S-17S, 25S, 1993.

Bidlack, W.R.  Interrelationships of Food, Nutrition, Diet and Health: NASULGC White Paper  J. Amer. College of Nutr. 15:
  422-433, 1996.

Omaye, S.T., Krinsky, N.I., Kagan, V.E., Mayne, S.T., Liebler, D.C., Bidlack, W.R.   ß-Carotene Friend or Foe? Fundamental
  and Applied Toxicology, 40: 163-174, 1997.

Drug/Nutrient Interactions
Bidlack, W. R.  Toxicant Metabolism and the Role of Nutrients  Food Technology 36:  106-113, 1982.

Smith, C. H., Bidlack, W. R.  Food and Drug Interactions Food Technology 36: 99-103, 1982.

Bidlack, W. R., Smith, C. H.  Effect of Nutritional Factors on Hepatic Drug and Toxicant Metabolism.  J. Amer. Dietetic Assoc.
  84: 892-898, 1984.

Smith, C. H., Bidlack, W. R.  Dietary Concerns Associated with the Use of Medications  J. Amer. Dietetic Assoc. 84:
  901-914, 1984.

Bidlack, W. R., Brown, R. C., Mohan, C.  Nutritional Parameters That Alter Hepatic Drug Metabolism, Conjugation and
  Clearance  Fed. Proc. 45:142-148, 1986

Bidlack, W.R., Brown, R.C., Meskin, M., Lee, T., Klein, G.L.  The Effect of Aluminum Treatment on the Hepatic Mixed Function
  Oxidase and Glucuronyl Transferase  Drug Nutrient Interactions  5: 33-42, 1987

Brown, R. C.,Bidlack, W. R.  Rapid Isolation of Parenchymal Cells Using a Self-Generating Percoll Gradient.  J. Toxicol.
  and Environ. Health 24:129-139, 1988.

Brown, R.C., Bidlack, W.R.  Effect of Dietary Magnesium Depletion on p-Nitroanisole Metabolism and Conjugation  in Isolated
  Hepatocytes and Microsomal Membranes. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 197: 85-90, 1991.

Bidlack, W.R., Wang, W., Riebow, J.F., Meskin, M.S., Brown, R.C.  Magnesium Depletion: Effect on Glucuronosyl Transferase
  Activity Nutrition Research, 13: 1065-1076, 1993.

Genchi, G., Wang, W., Barua, A. Bidlack, W.R., Olson, J.A.  Formation of beta-glucuronides and beta-galacturonides of various
  retinoids catalyzed  by induced and non-induced microsomal UDP-glucuronosyltransferases of Rat Liver.  BBA 1289:284-290,
 1996.

Brown, R.C., Wang, W., Meskin, M.S., Bidlack, W.R.  Effect of Dietary Magnesium Deficiency on Rat Hepatic Drug Metabolism
  and Glucuronidation  Environmental-Nutritional Interactions 1: 253-271, 1997.

Wang, W., Farley, R.A., Bidlack, W.R.  Effect of 3-Methylcholanthrene Induction on Dietary Magnesium Depletion
  UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase Expression in Rat Liver Microsomes Environmental-Nutritional Interactions, 2:203-217, 1998.

Genchi, G., Barua, A.B., Wang, W, Bidlack, W.R., Olson, J.A.  The Effects of pH on the Enzymatic Formation of B-glucuronides
  of Various Retinoids by Induced and Non-induced Microsomal UDPGA-glucuronosyltransferases of Several Rat Tissues in vitro. 
  J. Nutr. Biochem. 9: 676-681, 1998.

Food Safety
Bidlack, W.R., Taylor, S.  Pesticide Residues: Food Safety Issues Related to Children and Other Human Beings.
   J. Pediatric Health Care, 6: 355-360, 1992.

Bioactive Food Chemicals
Naidu, N., Bidlack, W.R.  Lactoferrin: A Natural Microbiological Blocking Agent  Environmental-Nutritional Interactions,
  2: 35-50, 1998.

Bidlack, W.R.  Phytochemicals: A Potential New Health Paradigm  Food Technology 52: 168, 1998.

Bidlack, W.R., Omaye, S.T., Meskin, M.S., Jahner, D., Editors.   Phytochemicals: A New Paradigm.  Technomics Publishing
  Company, Lancaster, 1998.

Naidu, N., Bidlack, W.R., Clemens, R.A.   Probiotic Spectrum of Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) CRC Critical Reviews in Food
  Science and Nutrition, 39: 113-126, 1999.

Bidlack, W.R., Omaye, S.T.,  Meskin, M.S., Topham, D., Editors.  Phytochemicals As Bioactive Agents.  Technomics
  Publishing Company, Lancaster, 2000.

Ametj, B.N., Nonnecke, B.J., Franklin, S.T., Horst, R.L., Bidlack, W.R., Stuart, R.L., Beitz, D.C.  Dietary Vitamin A Modulates the
  Concentrations of RRR-?-Tocopherol in Plasma Lipoproteins from Calves Fed Milk Replacer  J. Nutr. 130: 629-636, 2000.

Meskin, M.S., Bidlack, W.R., Omaye, S.T., Davies, A.J., Editors.  Phytochemicals in Nurition and Health CRC Press, Boca Raton,
  FL, 240p, 2002.

Meskin, M.S., Bidlack, W.R., Davies, A.J., Lewis, D.S., Randolph, R.K. Editors.  Phytochemicals: Mechanisms of Action. 
  CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2003.

Meskin, M.S., Bidlack, W.R., Randolph, R.K., Editors.  Phytochemicals:  Nutrient Gene Interactions CRC Press, Boca Raton,
  FL, 2005.

Clydesdale, F., Bidlack, W.R., Birt, D.F., Bistrain, B.R., Borzelleca, J.F., Clemens, R.A., Dreher, M.L., Erdman, J.W., Fogg-Johnson,
  N., Israelsen, L. Leahy, M., Leveille, G.A., McColl, D.B., McNamara, S.H., Mercurio, K.C., Milner, J.A., Sathe, S.K., Vanderveen,
  J.E..  Functional Foods: Opportunities and Challenges.  IFT Expert Report, 1-66, 2005.

B.  Chapters  (partial list)

Bidlack, W.R., Riebow, J.  Chapter: Toxicological and Pharmacological Interactions as Influenced by Diet and Nutrition, Book
  entitled "Food Toxicology: A Perspective on the Relative Risks", eds. S. Taylor and R. Scanlan, Marcel Dekker, p 331-396, 1989.

Bidlack, W. R., Wang, W.  Nutritional Requirements of the Elderly, in Geriatric Nutrition, edited by J.E. Morley, Z. Glick and L.Z.
  Rubenstein, Raven Press, chapter 4, 25-49, 1995.

Bidlack, W. R.  Nutrition Misinformation: Health Fraud and the Elderly, in Geriatric Nutrition, edited by J.E. Morley, Z. Glick and L.Z.
  Rubenstein, Raven Press, chapter 34, p351-366, 1995.

Bidlack, W.R. And Wang, W., Designing Functional Foods, in Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease.  Shils, M.E., Olson, J.A.,
  Shike, M., editors.  Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, Chaper 112, 1823-1833, 1998.
 
Bidlack, W.R. And Wang, W., Designing Functional Foods to Enhance Health, in  Phytochemicals As Bioactive Agents, Bidlack,
  W.R., Omaye, S.T., Meskin, M.S., Topham, D., editors.  Technomics Publishing Company, Lancaster, Chapter 13, 2000.

Bidlack, W.R., Wang, W.  Designing Functional Foods in Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease.  Shils, M.E., Cousins, R.,
  Shike, M, editors., Techbooks, York, PA, Chapter 114, 1789-1808, 2005

C.    Book and Journal Editing

    Monograph/Book Editor (Technomics Publishers/CRC Press):
    Natural Protectants Against Natural Toxicants 1994
    CoEditor (W.R. Bidlack and S.T. Omaye)

    Phytochemicals: A New Paradigm 1997-1998
    CoEditor (W.R. Bidlack, S.T. Omaye, M.S. Meskin and D. Jahner)

    Phytochemicals As Bioactive Agents 1998-1999
    CoEditor (W.R. Bidlack, S.T. Omaye, M.S. Meskin and D. Topham)

    Phytochemicals: Their role in Nutrition and Health  2000-2001
    CoEditor (M.S. Meskin, W.R. Bidlack, A.J. Davies and  S.T. Omaye)

    Phytochemicals: Mechanisms of Action  2002-2003
    CoEditor (M.S. Meskin, W.R. Bidlack, A.J. Davies, R. Keith Randolph and  D.S. Lewis)

    Phytochemicals: Nutrient-Gene Interactions  2004-2005
    CoEditor (M.S. Meskin, W.R. Bidlack and R.K. Randolph)

    Phytochemicals: Aging and Health  2006-2007
    CoEditors (M.S. Meskin, W.R. Bidlack and R.K. Randolph)
    
    Journal Editor:
    Biochemical Medicine and Metabolic Biology, Associate Editor, 1986-1987
    and Editorial Board, Member, 1982-1987

    Journal American College of Nutrition            
     Editor book reviews, 1994-Present ; Contributing Associate Editor, 2001-Present

Abstracts and Presentations (partial list)

Bidlack, W.R., Trautman, T.  Naturally Occuring Substances in Foods: A Balance of Toxic and Protective Properties.  The
  Toxicologist 34: 85, Abstract No. 450, 1995.  Presented at SOT Meeting, Baltimore, March, 1995.

Wang, W., Genchi, G., Barua, A., Olson, J.A., Bidlack, W.R.  Selective Induction of Retinoic Acid UDP-Glucuronosyl Transferase
  by 3-Methylcholanthrene and Clofibrate, FASEB J. 9: A169, Abstract No. 986, 1995.  Presented at Experimental Biology Meetings,
  Anaheim, April, 1995

Genchi, G., Wang, W., Barua, A., Bidlack, W.R., Olson, J.A.  Substrate Specificity of Rat Liver Microsomal UDP-Glucuronosyl
  Transferases Towards Isomeric Retinoids, FASEB J. 9: A168, Abstract No. 979, 1995.  Presented at Experimental Biology
  Meetings, Anaheim, April, 1995.
    
Olson, J.A., Nagao, A., Genchi, G., Wang, W., Bidlack, W.  Formation of Retinoic Acids from Isomeric B-carotenes and their
  Glucuronidation by Rat Tissue Preparations in Vitro. Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on Retinoids,
  p. 85.  Presented at European Retinoid Research Group Conference on Retinoids, ’95. Sophia Antipolis, France, October, 1995.

Wang, W., Bidlack, W.R.  Characterization of Rat Microsomal Retinoic Acid UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase Isoenzymes Using
  Chromatofocusing, FASEB J. 10: A524, Abstract No. 3022, 1996. Presented at Experimental Biology Meetings, Washington, DC,
  April, 1996.

Wang, W. , Olson, J., Bidlack, W.R.  Selective Evaluation of Retinoic Acid UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase Isoenzymes in Wistar
  and Gunn Rats. Toxicologist 36: 317, Abstract no. 1624, 1996.  Presented at Society of Toxicology Meetings, Anaheim, March,
  1996.

Genchi, G., Barua, A., Wang, W., Bidlack, W., Olson, J.A.  PH profiles of Retinoid UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase Activities
  (UDP-GT) in Non-Induced and 3-Methylcholanthrene Induced Rat Liver Microsomes, FASEB J. 10: A525, Abstract No. 3025,
  1996.

Omaye, S.T., Bidlack, W.R.  B-Carotene: Friend or Foe? Toxicologist 36: 48, A244, 1997.  Presented at Society of Toxicology
  Meetings, Cincinnati, OH, March, 1997.

Wang, W., Olson, J.A., Bidlack, W.R.  Retinoic Acid, p-Nitrophenol and Bilirubin UDP-Glucuronosyl Transferase Isoenzyme
  Activities in Human Microsomes, FASEB J. 11: A410 , Abstract No. 2376, 1997.  Presented at Experimental Biology Meeting,
  New Orleans, April, 1997.  

Olson, J.A., Genchi, G., Wang, W. Barua, A.B., Napoli, J.L., Bidlack, W.R.  Factors Affecting the Formation of B-Glucuronides
  of Retinoic Acid, Presented at the 17th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1997, Annual Meeting of
  American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, San Francisco, CA, August 1997.

Bidlack, W.R., Wang, W.  Designing Functional Foods to Enhance Health. Presented at 2nd Phytochemical Conference
  entitled Phytochemicals: A New Health Paradigm,  November 17, 1998 at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Bidlack, W.R., Wang, W., Still, D.W.  Phytochemicals: Naturally Occuring Bioactive Agents Are Creating Value Added Specialty
  Crops, Presented at the  California Plant and Soil Conference: Farming in Crisis—Sustaining Agriculture in California, California
  Chapter American Society of Agronomy and the California Fertilizer, Association, Stockton, CA, January 2000.

Cohen, S.M., Bidlack, W.R., Dragan, Y., Goldsworthy, T., Hard, G., Howard, P., Riley, R., Voss, K.  Apoptosis and Its
  Implications for Toxicity, Carcinogenicity and Risk: Fumonisin B1 As An Example.  (ILSI Apoptosis Working Group), Presented:
  FDA/USDA/WHO Fumonisin Risk Assessment Workshop, January 10-12, 2000, Washington, D.C.

Bidlack, W.R.  Functional Foods to Enhance Health, Presented at Orange County Dietitians Meeting:  Irvine, CA  April, 2001.

Bidlack, W.R., Wang, W., Clemens, R.A.  Functional Foods to Enhance Health, Presented 2001 Cultured Dairy Products
  Conference, International Dairy Foods Association, Las Vegas NV, May 15, 2001.

Bidlack, W.R., Wang, W.  Proactive Nutrition and Health.  What Matters Most, Presented California Animal Nutrition
  Conference, May 17, 2001, Fresno, CA.

Bidlack, W.R., Wang, W.  Nutrition and the Elderly: Misinformation for Profit, Presented Northern California IFT, University of
  California, Davis, September, 2001.

Bidlack, W.R.  Water: The World’s Most Precious Resource, Presented at IUFOST: XII World Congress of Food Science and
  Technology, Feeding the World Without Boundaries, Chicago, Il, July 16-20, 2003.

Bidlack, W.R.  Functional Foods to Enhance Health, Presented at Sixth Annual CSL/JIFSAN Symposium on Food Science and
  Nutrition: Bioactive Food Components, JIFSAN, Md, June 28-30, 2005.

Bidlack, W.R.  The Science for Determining Safety, Presented at IFT workshop: Bringing Functional Foods to the Consumer:
  From Concept to Market”, New Orleans, LA, July 15-16, 2005.   

Bidlack, W.R.  Assuring Healthy Food Through Integrated Programs, Presented at ASN-IFT Nutrition Division Forum: Bringing
  Nutrition to Life Through Food Science, Experimental Biology Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 4, 2006.