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Genes and the Environment: From Molecular Mechanisms to Risk

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Friday, October 17, 2008
3:00 PM–5:00 PM Registration

 

Saturday, October 18, 2008
7:00 AM–6:00 PM Registration
10:00 AM–12:30 PM EMS Executive Board Meeting
1:00 PM–4:30 PM EMS Council Meeting
1:30 PM–4:30 PM Saturday Workshop: “Omics” Applications and Impacts on Genotoxicity Assessment
4:45 PM–6:00 PM Mentoring Workshop
6:00 PM–8:00 PM Student and New Investigator Poster Session and Welcome Reception

 

Sunday, October 19, 2008
7:00 AM–6:00 PM Registration
7:30 AM–9:00 AM Breakfast Meetings
9:00 AM–12:00 Noon Symposium 1
Transcription Meets DNA Damage
9:00 AM–12:00 Noon Symposium 2
Systems Toxicology: An Emerging Approach for Investigating Mechanisms of Toxicity and Risk Assessment
9:00 AM–12:00 Noon Symposium 3
Mode of Action Cancer Research and Risk Assessment: A Case Study Using Propylene Oxide
12:00 Noon–4:00 PM Open Time
12:00 Noon–12:30 PM Box Lunches Provided
12:00 Noon–2:00 PM Lunchtime Workshop
Rapid In Vivo Mutation Analysis Using the Endogenous PIG-A Gene
12:00 Noon–2:00 PM Lunchtime Workshop
Women in Environmental Mutagen Society (WEMS)
1:00 PM–4:00 PM Committee Meetings
4:00 PM–6:10 PM Symposium 4
Consequences of Genotoxic Damage to Mitochondrial DNA
4:00 PM–6:00 PM Symposium 5
Insights Into Germline Mutagenesis
4:00 PM–6:00 PM Symposium 6
Global Warming and Environmental Health
6:15 PM–7:30 PM Dinner on Own
7:30 PM–8:30 PM Plenary Lecture (PL1)
The Unique Vulnerabilty of the Developing Human Brain to Early Neurotoxic Exposures
Plenary Lecturer:  Philip J. Landrigan, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
8:30 PM–10:30 PM Poster Session I and Exhibits

 

Monday, October 20, 2008
7:00 AM–6:00 PM Registration
7:30 AM–9:00 AM Breakfast Meetings
9:00 AM–12:00 Noon

Symposium 7
Global Health in the Americas: The Impact of the Environment
A Symposium Showcasing Latin American Scientists

9:00 AM–12:00 Noon Symposium 8
Formaldehyde and Leukemia: Epidemiology, Potential Mechanisms, and Implications for Risk Assessment
9:00 AM–12:00 Noon Symposium 9
Methylphenidate Treatment of ADHD: Are Pediatric Patients at Risk of Induced Genetic Damage?
12:00 Noon–1:30 PM Buffet Lunch with Exhibitors
12:00 Noon–4:00 PM Open Time
1:30 PM–4:00 PM Committee Meetings
4:00 PM–6:00 PM Platform Session 1
4:00 PM–6:15 PM Symposium 10
DNA Damage in Neurodegeneration, Aging and Cancer
4:00 PM–6:15 PM Symposium 11
New Perspectives and Issues Emerging from 30 Years of Research on Drinking Water Disinfection By-Products
6:15 PM–7:30 PM Dinner on Own
7:30 PM–8:30 PM Plenary Lecture (PL2)
Aging and Cancer: Are Telomeres and Telomerase the Connection?
Plenary Lecturer: Jerry W. Shay, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
8:30 PM–10:30 PM Poster Session II and Exhibits

 

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
7:00 AM–8:30 AM Breakfast Meetings
8:00 AM–11:30 AM Registration
8:30 AM–10:30 AM Symposium 12
The U-Shaped Curve: When More is Not Better
8:30 AM–10:30 AM Symposium 13
Low Dose Radiation-Induced Genome and Epigenome Instability
8:30 AM–10:30 AM Platform Session 2
8:30 AM–1:15 PM Exhibits and Posters
10:30 AM–10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM–11:45 PM Plenary Lecture (PL3)
Unraveling Genetic Regulatory Networks of Mammalian Retroelements

Plenary Lecturer: Kenneth S. Ramos, University of Louisville
11:45 AM–1:15 PM EMS Business Meeting
1:15 PM–7:30 PM Open Time
2:00 PM–6:30 PM Optional Tour, Old San Juan
7:30 PM–11:30 PM Society Banquet and EMS Awards Presentation

 

Wednesday, October 22, 2008
7:00 AM–9:00 AM Breakfast Meeting
8:00 AM–12:00 Noon Registration
9:00 AM–11:00 AM Platform Session 3
9:00 AM–9:50 AM Topical Review 1
Functional Approaches in Studying Inter-individual Variability of DNA Repair and Cancer Risk
10:00 AM–10:50 AM Topical Review 2
Repair of Ionizing Radiation-Induced DNA Double-Strand Breaks: Complex Pathways for Complex Lesions
11:00 AM–12:00 Noon Plenary Lecture (PL4)
EMS Award Winner
Somatic Cell Genetics Fostered DNA
12:00 Noon–1:15 PM Lunch on Own
1:15 PM–3:15 PM Symposium 14
Spontaneous and Oxidative Mutagenesis In Vivo
1:15 PM–3:15 PM Symposium 15
Development of Novel, Rapid, and Portable Environmental Detection Methods
3:15 PM–5:20 PM Symposium 16
Epigenetic Mechanisms, DNA Repair, and Chromatin
3:15 PM–5:15 PM Platform Session 4
6:00 PM–8:00 PM EMS Council Meeting