Short Courses

• Applied and Regulatory Genetic Toxicology
• Emerging Issues in Molecular Epidemiology
• New Developments and Applications of the Comet Assay
• Quality Assurance (QA) in Government and Industry Laboratories

Program for Students

Opening Session

Keynote Lectures

• Bruce N. Ames
• Philip C. Hanawalt

Opening Reception

Plenary Lectures

• Rita R. Colwell
• Louis J. Guillette, Jr.
• Jan Hoeijmakers
• Mary-Claire King
• John S. Mattick
• Takehiko Nohmi
• Leona D. Samson
• Alain Sarasin
• Nadrian C. Seeman
• Inder M. Verma
• Irving L. Weissman
• Sam H. Wilson

Current Issues Symposia

DNA Repair

• Apoptosis: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets
• Cell Cycle and How Cells Sense Their Environment
• Chromatin Dynamics: Influence on Genome Function and DNA Damage Response
• Models and Mechanisms for Processing DNA Damage
• Envisioning DNA Damage and Repair Responses: Structural Biology from Atoms to Cells
• Interactive Competition among DNA Repair Pathways
• Post-translational Modification of DNA Repair Enzymes
• Recombination and Double-Strand-Break Repair
• Transcriptional Encounters with DNA Damage

Environmental Mutagenesis/ Carcinogenesis

• Animal Models for Environmental Carcinogenesis and Prevention
• Case Studies of Environmental Mutagen Contamination Disasters around the World
• Environmental and Genetic Factors Influencing the Risk of Common Noncancer Disease
• Environmental Contaminant Exposure and Mutagenesis in Wildlife
• Environmental Factors Associated with Human Cancer
• Environmental Mutagens in Air
• Environmental Mutagens in Water, Soil, and Sediment
• Mutagens and Carcinogens from Cooked Food

Mutagenesis and Human Disease

• Antimutagens and Prospects for Chemoprevention
• Environmental DNA Damage, Repair, and Aging
• Epigenetic Mechanisms Leading to Human Disease
• Inherited Defects, Mutagenesis, and DNA Repair in Human Neurological Disease
• Molecular Epidemiology of Children’s Environmental Health
• Mitochondrial DNA Damage and Human Disease
• Nutrigenomics: A Systems Biology Approach to Studying Gene-Diet Interactions
• Transplacental Exposure to Nucleoside Analogs: Mitochondrial Damage and Fetal Health

Mutational Mechanisms

• A Genomic View of Mutation
• Translesion DNA Synthesis
• New Developments in DNA Damage Processing
• New Frontiers in Germ-Cell Research
• Noncovalent Chemical-DNA Interactions and Genotoxicity
• Oxidative Stress Responses

Risk Assessment

• Decision-Making with Genetic Toxicity Data
• Legal and Ethical Issues Associated with Genetic Testing
• Responses to Low Doses of Environmental Mutagens
• Risk Assessment and Genetic Toxicology
• Toxico-informatics: Emerging Capabilities for Improved Public Data Access and Exploration

Student/Faculty Programs

• Grant Writing for Young Investigators
• Tips for Writing a Fundable Grant Application
• Science Education in the University: New Teaching Methods
• Navigating the Center for Scientific Review at the NIH
• Common Mistakes of Young Investigators on Grant Applications

Emerging Issues Symposia

DNA Repair

• Endogenous DNA Damage: Comparison with Environmental Genotoxicants

Environmental Mutagenesis/ Carcinogenesis

• Genotoxicology of Aquatic Systems
• Mutagenic Consequences of Environmental Exposures

Mutagenesis and Human Disease

• Advances in Human Biomonitoring

Mutational Mechanisms

• DNA Damage and Mutational Specificity
• Gene Expression and Genomic Changes
• Microbial Infection and Malignancy
• New Technologies in Mutational Analysis for Genomic and Genetic Toxicology Studies
• Spontaneous Mutagenesis and Hypermutation

Risk Assessment

• Computational Toxicology: An Alternative to Animals

Topics for Three Poster Sessions

• Exposure, Detection and Toxicity
• Mechanisms of Mutagenesis and DNA Repair
• Responses to Environmental Agents

Workshops

Meetings

Satellite Meetings