EMS 2009 Annual Meeting

The Environmental Mutagen Society is the primary professional society for scientists involved in understanding mechanisms of DNA repair and mutagenesis, the consequences of mutation such as cancer, and the evaluation of risk from genotoxic agents for mutagenesis, carcinogenesis, or birth defects and other disorders. The Society, and the Annual Meeting, are unique in bringing together scientists carrying out basic research with those involved in risk estimation and regulatory concerns related to the consequences of exposure to environmental and pharmaceutical agents. The result is a dynamic meeting that is sufficiently large enough to cover a broad range of contemporary topics yet focused and small enough to facilitate interactions between students and renowned scientists in academia, government, and industry.

The theme of the EMS 40th Annual Meeting is "Genomics in the Environmental Century." The goals of this meeting are to, (i) review our past contributions to the field of environmental and molecular mutagenesis, (ii) integrate applied genetic toxicology with basic research in DNA damage and repair, toxicogenomics, and epigenetics, (iii) determine how this intermingled information can be best used to direct epidemiological studies, (iv) have these data serve as a foundation for human risk assessment for disease and disease prevention, and finally (v) aid in the support of knowledge-based regulation to protect the public health and the environment.

EMS invites you to join your colleagues in St. Louis, and hopes that you will enjoy the beautiful location while renewing old friendships and making new acquaintances.

You are encouraged to help promote the meeting by distributing the PDF of the meeting brochure to your colleagues. As you make presentations to groups with interests common to EMS, please include the PowerPoint slide in your presentations to help further promote the celebration of the 40 years of scientific excellence performed by EMS.

Program Overview

The scientific program consists of 17 symposia, 2 Saturday workshops, 5 plenary lectures, 2 poster sessions, and 4 platform sessions. In addition to the scientific program, the Annual Meeting will convene 8 Special Interest Groups (SIGS) that have the responsibility to identify fore-front speakers and topics for the 2010 meeting.

The program represents the full spectrum of strengths of our uniquely multi-disciplinary Society and includes something for everyone. The detailed agenda and information about the meeting are located under the Meeting Agenda. We invite you to experience the friendly and warm culture of EMS in St. Louis.