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EMS 2003:
From Mechanisms to Risk Assessment
May 10 - 14, 2003
Fontainebleau Hilton Resort
Miami Beach, Florida

Meeting Program

David A. Eastmond, Program Chair


Saturday
5/10/03
Sunday
5/11/03
Monday
5/12/03
Tuesday
5/13/03
Wednesday
5/14/03

Saturday, May 10, 2003

8:00am -
10:30am
Executive Board Meeting Imperial II

8:30am -
5:00pm
New Developments in Molecular Epidemiology Short Course
Course Organizer, Fred F. Kadlubar, U.S. FDA/NCTR
Monaco
 

The Short Course has been cancelled (April 7, 2003)


10:45am -
12:00pm
ICEM Strategic Steering Committee Meeting Imperial III

1:00pm -
5:00pm
EMS Council Meeting Imperial II

3:30pm -
7:00pm
Registration Fountainebleau Gallerie

6:30pm -
9:00pm
Student Poster Session
{Sponsored by Eli Lilly}
Versailles Gallerie
  Welcoming Reception
{Sponsored by the Genetic Toxicology Association and Pfizer}
 

Sunday, May 11, 2003

7:00am -
8:30am
Breakfast Meetings  
  2004 Program Committee (First Meeting) Imperial I
  Finance Committee Voltaire
  Hollaender Committee Lafayette
  Membership and Professional Development Committee Pasteur
  Student and Young Investigator Breakfast Le Mans

7:30am -
5:00pm
Registration Fountainebleau Gallerie

8:30am -
9:15am

Plenary Lecture: Molecular Epidemiologic Approaches to Evaluating the Effects of Prenatal and Postnatal Environmental Exposures
Frederica P. Perera, Columbia University, New York, NY

Fontainebleau A

9:20am -
12:10pm
DNA Damage Checkpoint Signaling Symposium
Chairpersons, Mats Ljungman, University of Michigan, and Peter J. Stambrook, University of Cincinnati
Fontainebleau B
9:20am Introduction: DNA Damage Checkpoint Signaling - Who’s on First?
Mats Ljungman, University of Michigan
9:50am Activation of and Signaling by the ATM Kinase After DNA Damage
Michael B. Kastan, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
10:20am Break  
10:40am Analysis of the ATR-Mediated DNA Damage and Replication Checkpoints in Xenopus Egg Extracts
Karlene Cimprich, Stanford University
11:10am Convergence of the p53 and MAP Kinase Genotoxic Stress Signaling Pathways in Cell Cycle Control
Al Fornace, National Cancer Institute
11:40am Fanconi Anemia Pathway in the DNA Damage Response
Alan D'Andrea, Harvard University

9:20am -
12:10pm
Embryonic and Fetal Exposure and Children's Health Symposium
Chairpersons, James D. Tucker, Wayne State University, and Radim J. Sram, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Czech Republic
Fontainebleau A
9:20am Physiologic and Genetic Risk Factors for Paternally Transmitted Chromosomal Abnormalities
Andrew J. Wyrobek, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
9:50am Impact of Environmental Pollution on Pregnancy Outcome
Radim J. Sram, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Czech Republic
10:20am Break  
10:40am Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy: Genetic Susceptibility and Cytogenetic Consequences in Mothers and Newborns
James D. Tucker, Wayne State University
11:10am Genetic Polymorphisms and Down Syndrome: Maternal Risk and Fetal Survival
S. Jill James, U.S. FDA/NCTR
11:40am Clinical Consequences of Intrauterine Mutagen Exposures
David K. Manchester, University of Colorado

1:30pm -
4:20pm
Advances in Somatic Mutation Models Symposium
Chairpersons, Suzanne Morris and Daniel A. Casciano, U.S. FDA/NCTR
Brittany/Champagne
1:30pm Introduction
Daniel A. Casciano, U.S. FDA/NCTR
1:35pm Relevance of Model Somatic Mutation Systems to Humans
Richard J. Albertini, University of Vermont
2:00pm Hprt and Tk Mutation in Model Systems
Robert H. Heflich, U.S. FDA/NCTR
2:30pm The Aprt Model for Genomic Instability and Loss of Heterozygosity
Jay Tischfield, Rutgers University
3:00pm Break  
3:20pm Application of the Pink-Eyed Unstable p(un) Mouse for Detection of Genotoxicity In Vivo
Jiri Aubrecht, Pfizer
3:50pm PhiX and Other Transgenic Mutation Systems
Heinrich V. Malling, NIEHS

1:30pm -
4:20pm
Children's Susceptibility to Environmental Agents Symposium
Chairpersons, Nina T. Holland, University of California, Berkeley and William Suk, NIEHS
Fontainebleau A
1:30pm Children's Health and the Environment
William Suk, NIEHS
2:00pm Emerging Environmental Threats to Children's Health - The Situation in Developing Countries
Kalpana Balakrishnan, Deemed University, Chennai, India
2:30pm Functional Genomics and Pesticide Exposure in Children and Pregnant Women
Nina T. Holland, University of California, Berkeley
3:00pm Break  
3:20pm Molecular Epidemiology of Childhood Leukemia
Martyn T. Smith, University of California, Berkeley

1:30pm -
4:20pm
Potential Modifiers of Carcinogenesis at Low Doses Symposium
Chairpersons, R. Julian Preston, U.S. EPA and Antone L. Brooks, Washington State University
Fontainebleau B
1:30pm Bystander Effects: Radiation and Chemicals
Charles R. Geard, Columbia University
2:00pm Molecular Responses to Low Dose Ionizing Radiation
David A. Boothman, Case Western Reserve University
2:30pm Genomic Instability: Radiation and Chemicals
Jeffrey L. Schwartz, University of Washington
3:00pm Break  
3:20pm Gene Expression Approaches: New Ideas
Thomas J. Vasicek, Lynx Therapeutics
3:50pm Risk Assessment Models for Radiation and Chemicals
Suresh H. Moolgavkar, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

4:30pm -
7:00pm
Exhibits and Posters Session 1 Fontainebleau C and D
  {Odd numbered posters to be attended 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM; Even numbered posters to be attended from 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM}  

Monday, May 12, 2003

7:00am -
8:30am
Breakfast Meetings  
  Exhibitor's Breakfast Voltaire
  Genomics Group Imperial II
  Molecular Epidemiology Group Imperial IV
  Risk Assessment Group Imperial I
  Transgenic and In Vivo Mutagenesis Group
{Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.}
Lafayette

7:30am -
5:00pm
Registration Fountainebleau Gallerie

8:30am -
11:20am
Genomic Instability Symposium
Chairpersons, William F. Morgan, University of Maryland, and Robert H. Schiestl, University of California, Los Angeles
Fontainebleau B
8:30am Transgenerational Effects of Paternal Exposure to Ionizing Radiation
Janet E. Baulch, University of California, Davis
9:00am Analyses of Meiotic Recombination and Germline Mutation in Mice
Carole L. Yauk, Health Canada, Ottawa
9:30am Effects of Carcinogens and Cancer Predisposing Mutations on the Frequency of DNA Deletions
Robert H. Schiestl, University of California, Los Angeles
10:00am Break  
10:20am Cis-Acting Mechanisms for Genomic Instability
Andrew J. Grosovsky, University of California, Riverside
10:50am The Origin of Mutations In Vivo and in Stem Cells
Peter J. Stambrook, University of Cincinnati

8:30am -
11:20am
Toxico- and Medical Genomics Symposium
Chairpersons, Michael D. Waters, NIEHS, and C. Sid Aaron, Pharmacia
Fontainebleau A
8:30am Toxicogenomic Classification of Toxic Effects
Raymond Tennant, NIEHS
9:00am Liver Gene Expression Profiles From Chronic and Acute TCDD, PCB153 or PCB126 Treated Rats
Renae L. Malek, The Institute for Genomic Research
9:30am Microarray Analysis in Mechanistic Toxicologic Research
Roger G. Ulrich, Rosetta Inpharmatics/Merck
10:00am Break  
10:20am The ILSI/HESI Genomics Studies
Jiri Aubrecht, Pfizer
10:50am Proteomic Analysis of Cancers
Emanuel F. Petricoin, III, U.S. FDA-NCI

11:30am -
12:15pm
Plenary Lecture: A Mutator Phenotype in Cancer
Lawrence A. Loeb, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Fontainebleau A

1:30pm -
4:30pm
Assembly and Regulation of DNA Repair Machines Symposium
Chairpersons, Larry H. Thompson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and John A. Tainer, Scripps Research Institute
Fontainebleau A
1:30pm Overview
Larry H. Thompson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
1:45pm Role and Regulation of DNA-PK in DNA Double-Strand Break Repair
Susan Lees-Miller, University of Calgary, Canada
2:10pm Biochemical Reconstitution and In Situ Visualization of Nonhomologous End-Joining Complexes
William S. Dynan, Medical College of Georgia
2:35pm Rad50/Mre11/NBS1 Complex in Human Disease Checkpoint Implementation and Repair
James P. Carney, University of Maryland
3:00pm Break  
3:20pm Structural Biochemistry and Interaction Architecture of Mre11 Nuclease and Rad50-ATPase in DNA Recombination and Repair
John A. Tainer, Scripps Research Institute
3:45pm Mismatch Repair Machinery and ATP-hydrolysis: Implications for Repeat Expansions in Humans
Cynthia T. McMurray, Mayo Clinic
4:10pm Nuclear Localization of Mre11, Rad50, and Nbs1 Immunoreactivity in Human Brain Neurons
Ahn J, Marietta CA, Brooks PJ
4:20pm Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome Cells Exhibit Increased Mis-rejoining of DNA Double-strand Breaks
Pluth JM, Yamazaki V, Cooper BA, Rydberg BE, Kirchgessner CU, Cooper PK

1:30pm -
4:30pm
Abstract Platform Session 1: DNA Damage and Response
Chairpersons, Allen T. Christian, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Elizabeth T. Snow, Deakin University
Le Mans/Bordeaux
1:30pm 7 Gene Expression Profiles and Genetic Damage in BPDE-Exposed TK6 Cells
Akerman GS, Domon OE, Culp SJ, MacGregor JT, Rosenzweig B, Sistare FD, Morris SM
1:50pm 202 Classification of chemical carcinogens by gene expression profiling: discrimination of genotoxic versus non-genotoxic carcinogens
van Agen E, Kleinjans JCS, van Delft JHM
2:10pm 188 Coordinated Regulation of Gene Expression by Low Dose Arsenic
Snow ET, Sykora P, Schuliga M, Hu Y
2:30pm 252 Histopathology of Exposure to Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation in a Population of Bats
Meehan K, Truter E, Parker MI
2:50pm 118 Ionizing Radiation-induced Sperm DNA Lesions are Repaired in the Egg by Double-strand Break Repair Pathways
Marchetti F, Essers J, Kanaar R, Wyrobek AJ
3:10pm   Break  
3:30pm 204 Apoptotic Nucleases Initiate Leukemogenic Translocations
Vaughan AT, Betti CJ, Villalobos MJ, Diaz MO
3:50pm 212 Relationship Between Toenail Concentration of Selenium and the Level of Genotoxic Stress within the Aging Prostate
Waters DJ, Shen S, Cooley DM, Bostwick DG, Qian J, Glickman LT, Morris JS
4:10pm 222 Effect of Smoking Habit on the Frequency of Micronuclei in Human Lymphocytes: Results from the Human MicroNucleus Project
Zeiger E, Bonassi S, Chang WP, Holland N, Kirsch-Volders M, Fenech M

1:30pm -
4:30pm

Mode of Action in Risk Assessment Symposium
Chairpersons, Kerry L. Dearfield, U.S. EPA, and James T. MacGregor, U.S. FDA
{Sponsored by EPRI and Schering-Plough Research Inst.}

Fontainebleau B
1:30pm Mode of Action in Risk Assessment
Kerry L. Dearfield, U.S. EPA
1:45pm Is the Dose-Response Linear or Nonlinear for Genotoxic Effects?
R. Julian Preston, U.S. EPA
2:10pm Follow-up Test Strategies for Determining Mode of Action
Warren W. Ku, Pfizer
2:35pm Follow-up Strategies for Determining Relevance of Genotoxicity
Sheila M. Galloway, Merck
3:00pm Break  
3:20pm Non-Linear Modes of Action: A Case Study
Matthew S. Bogdanffy, Dupont
3:45pm Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling and Mode of Action in Dose-Response Analysis
Hugh A. Barton, U.S. EPA
4:10pm An FDA Perspective on Mode of Action in Mutagenicity and Carcinogenicity Risk Assessment
James T. MacGregor, U.S. FDA

4:30pm -
7:00pm
Exhibits and Poster Session 2 Fountainebleau C and D
  {Odd numbered posters to be attended 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM; Even numbered posters to be attended from 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM}  

Tuesday, May 13, 2003

7:00am -
8:30am
Breakfast Meetings  
  EMS Executive Board Imperial Boardroom
  Awards and Honors Committee Imperial I
  DNA Repair Group Voltair
  Germ Cells/Aneuploidy/Human Genetic Diseases Group Imperial III
  New Technologies Group Lafayette

7:30am -
1:00pm
Registration Fountainebleau Gallerie

8:30am -
9:15am
Plenary Lecture: Contaminants, Genes and Health: Lessons from Wildlife
Louis J. Guillette, Jr., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Fontainebleau A

9:20am -
10:50am
Business Meeting/Awards Presentation Fontainebleau A

10:50am -
1:15pm
Exhibits and Poster Session 3 Fountainebleau C and D
  {Odd numbered posters to be attended 10:50 AM - 12:00 PM; Even numbered posters to be attended from 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM}  

1:15pm -
7:30pm
Free afternoon  

7:30pm -
10:30pm
Dessert Cruise

Wednesday, May 14, 2003

7:00am -
8:30am
Breakfast Meetings  
  2004 Program Committee (Second Meeting) Imperial Boardroom
  Education and Student Affairs Committee Monaco

7:30am -
12:00pm
Registration Fountainebleau Gallerie

8:30am -
9:10am
Nucleotide Excision Repair and the Identification of DNA Lesions in Malignant Melanoma: Epidemiology and Fish Stories
Richard B. Setlow, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
Fontaine Room

9:15am -
11:30am
Excision Repair Symposium
Chairpersons, Joann B. Sweasy, Yale University, and Samuel H. Wilson, NIEHS
Fontaine Room
9:15am Overview of Base Excision Repair
Samuel H. Wilson, NIEHS
9:45am Nucleotide Excision Repair: Solved and Unsolved Problems
Richard D. Wood, University of Pittsburgh
10:15am Break  
10:30am Transcription-Coupled DNA Repair in Human Cells: Mechanisms and Interactions
Priscilla Cooper, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
11:00am DNA Repair in Chromatin: An Overview
Michael J. Smerdon, Washington State University

9:15am -
11:30am
Computational/Predictive Toxicology Symposium
{Sponsored by Novartis}
Chairpersons, Nigel Greene, Pfizer, and R. Daniel Benz, U.S. FDA
Brittany/Champagne
9:15am Computational Toxicology Advances: Emerging Capabilities for Data, Exploration and SAR Model Development
Ann M. Richard, U.S. EPA
9:45am Using Computational Biology Techniques to Bridge the Experimental Divide
Felice Lightstone, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
10:15am Break  
10:30am The Application of In Silico Tools for Toxicity Prediction in Drug Discovery and Development
Nigel Greene, Pfizer
11:30am Are In Vitro, Animal, and Clinical Testing Still Necessary?
R. Daniel Benz, U.S. FDA

9:15am -
11:30am
Abstract Platform Session 2: Environmental Agents and Mutation
Chairpersons, Toby G. Rossman, New York University, and Ofelia A. Olivero, National Cancer Institute
Le Mans /Bordeaux /Burgundy
9:15am 164 Arsenite Induces Delayed Mutagenesis, Gene Amplification, and Transformation in Human Osteosarcoma (HOS) Cells at Extremely Low Concentrations
Rossman TG, Mure K, Uddin AN, Styblo M, Lopez LC
9:35am 155 Role of Mismatch Repair in Chromium(VI) Toxicity and Potential Implications for Chromium Carcinogenesis and Risk Assessment
Peterson E, Reynolds M, Messer J, Zhitkovich A
9:55am 195 Effect of Low Dose Radiation on Somatic Intrachromosomal Recombination In Vivo and In Vitro
Sykes PJ, Bhat M, Cormack J, Morley AA, Hooker AM
10:15am   Break  
10:30am 206 Assessment of Depleted Uranium (DU) Mutagenicity at the hprt Locus in F344 Rats
Walker DM, Hahn FF, Lewis J, Barr EB, Walker VE
10:50am 232 Sentinel Mice Detect Heritable DNA Mutations Induced by Air Pollution
Somers CM, Quinn JS
11:10am 240 Chromosomal Aberrations Induced by Ambient and Indoor Air Pollution
Bocskay K, Orjuela M, Warburton D, Perera F

11:35am -
12:20pm
Keynote Lecture: Identification of Pathways That Maintain Genome Stability
Richard Kolodner, University of California, San Diego, CA
Fontaine Room

1:30pm -
6:30pm
Colon Cancer Satellite Meeting Fontainebleau A

1:40pm -
2:25pm
Plenary Lecture: Role of New Technologies in the Regulatory Process
Paul Gilman, Science Advisor, U.S. EPA, Washington, DC
Fontaine Room

2:30pm -
4:45pm
Abstract Platform Session 3: DNA Repair and Mutagenesis
Chairpersons, Gerald M. Adair, University of Texas, and Kathleen A. Hill, City of Hope
Le Mans /Bordeaux /Burgundy
2:30pm 3 Effects of MSH3 Gene Deletion on Targeted Homologous Recombination in ERCC1 Wild-type or ERCC1 Knock-out Cell Lines
Adair GM, Robison T, Bolt A, Della-Coletta L, Nairn RS
2:50pm 26 siRNA Depletion of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in Fanconi Anemia Cells
Bruun D, Folias AE, Akkari YM, Cox YT, Olson SB, Moses RE
3:10pm 213 Recruitment of the DNA Binding Protein RAD18 to Sites of Stalled Replication Forks is Required for DNA Damage Tolerance in Human Cells
Watson NB, Burke T, Stefan M, Zacharias W, McGregor WG
3:30pm   Break  
3:50pm 103 The K289M DNA Polymerase Beta Cancer-Associated Mutant Misincorporates Nucleotides
Lang T, Sweasy JB
4:10pm 9 DNA Repair and Mutagenesis in Young Mice Heterozygous for Various BER Genes
Allen D, Huamani J, MacInnes MA, Chen DJ, Sobol RW, Wilson SH, Tebbs R, Walter CA
4:30pm 75 Spacing Between Spontaneous Multiple Mutations Suggests a Coordinate Event and Multiple Mutations are Elevated in p53-Deficient Mice, Especially in the Liver and Spleen
Hill KA, Wang J, Farwell KD, Sommer SS

2:30pm -
4:50pm
Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens: An Update Symposium
Chairpersons, Patricia Ostrosky, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, and George R. Douglas, Health Canada
Fontaine Room
2:30pm Aflatoxin Mutations and Liver Cancer
John M. Essigman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3:00pm Arsenic and Cancer: Are Humans Really That Sensitive?
Allan H. Smith, University of California, Berkeley
3:30pm Break  
3:50pm The Role of Infectious Diseases in Carcinogenesis
Patricia Ostrosky, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City
4:20pm Mutations Induced by Urban Air and Drinking Water: Do They Leave a Mutational Signature in Human Tumors?
David M. DeMarini, U.S. EPA

5:15pm -
6:45pm
EMS Council Meeting Imperial Boardroom

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