| Saturday, October 24, 2009 |
| 7:00 AM–6:30 PM |
Registration |
| 8:00 AM–12:05 PM |
Saturday Workshop 1
Bacterial Mutagenicity Screening for Discovery Support and Drug Candidate Selection |
| 10:00 AM–12:30 PM |
EMS Executive Board Meeting |
| 1:00 PM–4:30 PM |
EMS Council Meeting |
| 1:00 PM–4:30 PM |
Saturday Workshop 2
Gene Mutation Assays Based on the Endogenous Pig-A Locus |
| 4:45 PM–6:00 PM |
Plenary Lecture 1
National Science Education Policy (40th Anniversary Event)
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| 6:00 PM–7:30 PM |
Welcome Reception and Student and New Investigator Poster Session |
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| Sunday, October 25, 2009 |
| 7:00 AM–5:00 PM |
Registration |
| 7:00 AM–8:30 AM |
Breakfast Meetings |
| 8:30 AM–12:00 NOON |
Plenary Lecture 2
Past EMS Presidents Plenary Symposium |
| 12:00 NOON–1:30 PM |
Lunch on Own |
| 12:30 PM–1:30 PM |
Committee Meetings |
| 1:30 PM–4:30 PM |
Symposium 1
Intrinsic Genomic Instability from Naturally Occurring DNA Structures |
| 1:30 PM–4:30 PM |
Symposium 2
Mutagenic Mode(s) of Action and Their Application in Cancer Risk Assessment |
| 1:30 PM–4:30 PM |
Symposium 3
The Next 50 Years of Research in Germ Cell Mutagenesis |
| 4:30 PM–6:30 PM |
Poster Session 1 and Exhibits |
| 6:30 PM–7:30 PM |
Committee Meetings |
| 7:30 PM–8:00 PM |
Committee Meeting |
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| Monday, October 26, 2009 |
| 7:00 AM–6:00 PM |
Registration |
| 7:00 AM–8:30 AM |
Breakfast Meetings |
| 8:30 AM–5:30 PM |
Networking Room Open |
| 8:30 AM–7:30 PM |
Exhibit Hall Open |
| 8:30 AM–11:30 AM |
Symposium 4
Genetic Polymorphisms in Metabolism of Xenobiotics: Implications for Health Risk Assessment of Drugs and Environmental Agents |
| 8:30 AM–11:30 AM |
Symposium 5
The Comet Assay: Theory and Application Studies on the Public Health and the Environment |
| 11:30 AM–12:45 PM |
Lunch Meetings |
| 11:30 AM–1:00 PM |
Lunch on Own |
| 12:00 NOON–1:00 PM |
Committee Meeting |
| 1:00 PM–3:00 PM |
Symposium 6
Genetic Toxicology in the 21st Century |
| 1:00 PM–3:00 PM |
Symposium 7
Environmental Effects on the Germline: Classic Genetics Meets Epigenetics |
| 3:15 PM–4:30 PM |
Platform Session 1
DNA Damage/Repair
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| 3:15 PM–4:30 PM |
Platform Session 2
Toxicogenomics Gene Expression
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| 4:30 PM–5:30 PM |
Plenary Lecture 3
The Structural Logic of DNA Repair Enzymes
Plenary Lecturer:Tom E. Ellenberger, Washington University School of Medicine |
| 5:30 PM–7:30 PM |
Poster Session 2 and Exhibits |
| 7:30 PM–8:30 PM |
Committee Meetings |
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| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 |
| 7:00 AM–8:30 AM |
Breakfast Meetings |
| 7:00 AM–4:30PM |
Registration |
| 8:30 AM–11:30 AM |
Exhibit Hall Open |
| 8:30 AM–5:45 PM |
Networking Room Open |
| 8:30 AM–10:30 AM |
Symposium 8
The DNA Damage Response As a Therapeutic Target |
| 8:30 AM–10:30 AM |
Symposium 9
Aneuploidy: Cancer Cause or Consequence? |
| 10:30 AM–11:30 AM |
EMS Business Meeting |
| 11:30 AM–12:30 PM |
Lunch on Own |
| 11:30 AM–12:30 PM |
Lunch Meeting |
| 12:30 PM–1:30 PM |
Plenary Lecture 4
DNAzyme and Aptamer Sensors for On-Site and Real-Time Detection of a Broad Range of Environmental Toxins
Plenary Lecturer: Yi Lu, University of Illinois |
| 1:30 PM–3:30 PM |
Symposium 10
Assessing the Relative Cancer Risks of Genotoxic and Non-Genotoxic Exposures in Light of Mixed Modes of Action |
| 1:30 PM–3:30 PM |
Symposium 11
Development and Application of Rapid Detection Devices for Environmental Toxins |
| 3:45 PM–5:45 PM |
Symposium 12
Advanced Technologies for Cancer Epidemiology |
| 3:45 PM–5:45 PM |
Symposium 13
Epigenome and the Environment: From Understanding the Mechanisms to Risk Assessments |
| 6:30 PM–7:00 PM |
Cash Bar/Networking |
| 7:00 PM–11:45 PM |
EMS Banquet |
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| Wednesday, October 28, 2009 |
| 7:00 AM–12:00 NOON |
Registration |
| 7:00 AM–9:00 AM |
Committee Meetings |
| 7:30 AM–9:00 AM |
Web Site Committee |
| 8:30 AM–5:30 PM |
Networking Room Open |
| 9:00 AM–11:00 AM |
Symposium 14
Chemical and Radiation Induced Persistent and Untargeted Genetic Instability |
| 9:00 AM–11:00 AM |
Symposium 15
Women in Environmental Mutagen Society Special Interest Group Women’s Health Issues: Diagnosis and Treatment in the 21st Century |
| 11:00 AM–12:00 NOON |
Plenary Lecture 5
EMS Award Recipient
Mending Human Genes
Lecturer: James E. Cleaver, University of California, San Francisco |
| 12:00 NOON–1:15 PM |
Lunch on Own |
| 12:10 PM–1:15 PM |
Town Hall Meeting |
| 1:15 PM–3:15 PM |
Platform Session 3
Risk/Regulation
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| 1:15 PM–3:15 PM |
Platform Session 4
Genetic Toxicology/Environmental Mutagenesis
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| 3:30 PM–5:30 PM |
Symposium 16
Nanotechnology: An Insight on the Toxicology of Nanoparticles |
| 3:30 PM–5:30 PM |
Symposium 17
Use of DNA Adduct Data in Risk Assessment: Context is Everything! |
| 6:00 PM–8:00 PM |
EMS Council Meeting |
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