EMS 2011 Annual Meeting

The breakfast meetings of the EMS SIGs are a time-tested favorite of the Annual Meetings. The format provides free-form discussions and short presentations of the key challenges and research needs. The SIGs provide a casual way for young investigators and seasoned researchers to interact. The SIGs also play a major role in identifying the scientific topics for symposia and workshops during the next Annual Meeting, which will be held in Bellevue, Washington in September 2012.

For more information about the SIGs, visit the EMS Web site and EMS Connect. If you are interested in attending one or more SIG breakfasts, please check the appropriate boxes when you register. Each breakfast meeting is $15; the WEMS lunch is $25. All SIG meetings are open to all registrants.

Below are sessions organized by SIGs.
Sunday, October 16
7:00 AM–8:30 AM
		Breakfast Meetings Applied Genetic Toxicology Special Interest Group Leaders: Krista L. Dobo, Pfizer Global R&D and Patricia A. Escobar, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Environmental Genetic Toxicology Special Interest Group Leaders: Christopher M. Somers, University of Regina and Carol D. Swartz, Integrated Laboratory Systems *Transgenic and In Vivo* Mutagenesis Special Interest Group** Leaders: Mugimane G. Manjanatha and Nan Mei, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. FDA
9:45 AM–12:15 PM
		Symposium 2 Epigenetics: DNA Modifications and Repair Organized by DNA Repair Special Interest Group and Epigenetics Special Interest Group
2:00 PM–4:30 PM
		Symposium 4 Etiology of Autism: Genetics, Epigenetics, Epigenetics, and the Environment Organized by Epigenetics Special Interest Group
		Symposium 5 Genotoxic Impurities: The Current Environment and Future Possibilities Organized by the Applied Genetic Toxicology Special Interest Group
Monday, October 17
7:00 AM–8:30 AM
		Breakfast Meetings DNA Repair and Mutagenic Mechanisms Special Interest Group Leaders: Mats Ljungman, The University of Michigan Medical School and Joann B. Sweasy, Yale University School of Medicine Heritable Mutation and Disease Special Interest Group Leaders: Francesco Marchetti, Health Canada and Carole Yauk, Health Canada Risk Assessment Special Interest Group Leaders: David A. Eastmond, University of California, Riverside and Nagu Keshava, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
9:45 AM–12:15 PM
		Symposium 6 Mechanisms and Roles of PARP in Response to Environmental Genotoxins Organized by the DNA Repair Special Interest Group
		Symposium 7 Environmental Exposures’ Impact on Male Germ Cells and Consequences to the Embryo: Is the Predominant Damage Genetic/Epigenetic? Organized by the Heritable Mutations Special Interest Group
2:00 PM–4:30 PM
		Symposium 8 Application of Epigenetics and Epigenomics Approaches in the Investigation of Human Disease Organized by the New Technologies Special Interest Group
Tuesday, October 18
7:00 AM–8:30 AM
		Breakfast Meetings Epigenetics Special Interest Group Leaders: Janet E. Baulch, University of Maryland, Baltimore and Dana C. Dolinoy, University of Michigan New Technologies Special Interest Group Leaders: Brinda Mahadevan, Abbott Laboratories and Jennifer C. Sasaki, Alkermes, Inc.
9:45 AM–12:15 PM
		Symposium 10 Transcription and Genetic Instability Organized by the DNA Repair Special Interest Group
12:30 PM–1:45 PM
		WEMS Luncheon Leaders: Janice M. Pluth, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Glenda J. Gentile, University of Arizona Organized by the Women in the EMS Special Interest Group Lecturer: Geraldine L. Richmond, COACh Program, University of Oregon
2:00 PM–3:15 PM
		Symposium 12 Risks Associated with Inadvertent Exposures to Pharmaceutical and Prescription Drugs Organized by the New Technologies Special Interest Group and the Applied Genetic Toxicology Special Interest Group
3:30 PM–4:45 PM
		Symposium 14 Environmental Oil Contamination: Effects on Marine Life and Human Life Organized by the Molecular Epidemiology Special Interest Group and the Environmental Genetic Toxicology Special Interest Group
Wednesday, October 19
7:00 AM–8:30 AM
		Breakfast Meeting Molecular Epidemiology Special Interest Group Leaders: Miriam Poirier, National Cancer Institute and Radim Sram, Institute of Experimental Medicine
9:30 AM–12:15 PM
		Symposium 16 The Multiplicity of DNA Polymerases: A Strategy for Maintaining Genome Stability Organized by the DNA Repair Special Interest Group