SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

8:00 AM–10:00 AM

~ EMS Executive Board Meeting (Marina Room)

8:00 AM–12:30 PM (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

10:00 AM–1:00 PM

~ EMS Council Meeting (Marina Room)

1:30 PM–4:00 PM

~ Student Program: Grant Writing for Young Investigators

1:30 PM–4:30 PM

~ HUMN Workshop

5:00 PM–6:30 PM

~ Opening Session

6:30 PM–8:30 PM

~ Opening Reception

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

7:00 AM–8:30 AM

~ 2006 Program Committee Meeting, 1st Meeting
~ Molecular Epidemiology Special Interest Group
~ Transgenic and In Vivo Mutagenesis Special Interest Group

8:30 AM–9:10 AM

~ Plenary Lecture—Lawrence A. Loeb

9:10 AM–9:15 AM

~ 10^th ICEM Announcement

9:15 AM–10:00 AM

~ Plenary Lecture—Nadrian C. Seeman

10:30 AM–12:30 PM

~ Antimutagens and Prospects for Chemoprevention
~ Environmental DNA Damage, Repair, and Aging
~ New Developments in DNA Damage Processing
~ Responses to Low Doses of Environmental Mutagens
~ Transplacental Exposure to Nucleoside Analogs: Mitochondrial Damage and Fetal Health

1:00 PM–3:00 PM

~ Exhibits Open
~ Poster Session 1—Exposure, Detection, and Toxicity

3:00 PM–5:00 PM

~ A Genomic View of Mutation
~ Legal and Ethical Issues Associated with Genetic Testing
~ Noncovalent Chemical-DNA Interactions and Genotoxicity
~ Oxidative Stress Responses
~ Recombination and Double-Strand-Break Repair

5:15 PM–7:15 PM

~ Case Studies of Environmental Mutagen Contamination Disasters Around the World
~ Transcriptional Encounters with DNA Damage

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

7:00 AM–8:30 AM

~ Membership and Professional Development Committee
~ IAEMS Business Meeting, 1st Meeting
~ Germ-Cell/Stem Cells/Human Genetics Special Interest Group

8:30 AM–9:15 AM

~ Plenary Lecture—Rita R. Colwell

9:15 AM–10:00 AM

~ Plenary Lecture—Louis J. Guillette, Jr.

10:30 AM–12:30 PM

~ Cell Cycle and How Cells Sense Their Environment
~ Environmental Contaminant Exposure and Mutagenesis in Wildlife
~ Interactive Competition Among DNA Repair Pathways
~ Mitochondrial DNA Damage and Human Disease
~ Molecular Epidemiology of Children’s Environmental Health

1:00 PM–3:00 PM

~ Exhibits Open
~ Poster Session 2—Mechanisms of Mutagenesis and DNA Repair

3:00 PM–5:00 PM

~ Advances in Human Biomonitoring (ends at 5:15 PM)
~ Genotoxicology of Aquatic Systems
~ Microbial Infection and Malignancy (ends at 5:15 PM)
~ Mutagenic Consequences of Environmental Exposures
~ Spontaneous Mutagenesis and Hypermutation

5:30 PM–6:15 PM

~ Plenary Lecture—John S. Mattick

6:30 PM–8:00 PM

~ EMS Business Meeting and Awards Presentation

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

7:00 AM–8:30 AM

~ Public Relations Committee
~ DNA Repair Special Interest Group
~ Risk Assessment Special Interest Group

8:30 AM–9:15 AM

~ Plenary Lecture—Mary-Claire King

9:15 AM–10:00 AM

~ Plenary Lecture—Alain Sarasin

10:30 AM–12:30 PM

~ Chromatin Dynamics: In.uence on Genome Function and DNA Damage Response
~ Environmental and Genetic Factors In.uencing the Risk of Common Noncancer Disease
~ Environmental Mutagens in Air
~ Mutagens and Carcinogens from Cooked Food
~ Science Education in the University: New Teaching Methods

1:00 PM–3:00 PM

~ Exhibits Open
~ Poster Session 3—Responses to Environmental Agents

3:00 PM–5:00 PM

~ Computational Toxicology: An Alternative to Animals
~ DNA Damage and Mutational Specificity
~ Endogenous DNA Damage: Comparison with Environmental Genotoxicants
~ Gene Expression and Genomic Changes
~ New Technologies in Mutational Analysis for Genomic and Genetic Toxicology Studies

5:30 PM–6:15 PM

~ Plenary Lecture—Jan Hoeijmakers

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

7:00 AM–8:30 AM

~ Education and Student Affairs Committee
~ Hollaender Committee
~ Genomics and New Technologies Special Interest Groups

8:30 AM–9:15 AM

~ Plenary Lecture—Eugenia Dogliotti

9:15 AM–10:00 AM

~ Plenary Lecture—Inder M. Verma

10:30 AM–12:30 PM

~ Animal Models for Environmental Carcinogenesis and Prevention
~ Apoptosis: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets
~ Envisioning DNA Damage and Repair Responses: Structural Biology from Atoms to Cells
~ Nutrigenomics: A Systems Biology Approach to Studying Gene-Diet Interactions
~ Toxico-Informatics: Emerging Capabilities for Improved Public Data Access and Exploration

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

7:00 AM–8:30 AM

~ 2006 Program Committee, 2nd Meeting
~ IAEMS Business Meeting, 2nd Meeting

8:30 AM–9:15 AM

~ Plenary Lecture—Takehiko Nohmi

9:15 AM–10:00 AM

~ Plenary Lecture—Sam H. Wilson

10:30 AM–12:30 PM

~ Environmental Factors Associated with Human Cancer
~ Environmental Mutagens in Water, Soil, and Sediment
~ New Frontiers in Germ-Cell Research
~ Risk Assessment and Genetic Toxicology
~ Translesion DNA Synthesis

1:00 PM–3:00 PM

~ Decision-Making with Genetic Toxicity Data
~ Epigenetic Mechanisms Leading to Human Disease
~ Inherited Defects, Mutagenesis, and DNA Repair in Human Neurological Disease
~ Models and Mechanisms for Processing DNA Damage
~ Post-Translational Modi.cation of DNA Repair Enzymes

3:30 PM–5:30 PM

~ EMS Council Meeting (Marina Room)

6:30 PM

~ Banquet at City Hall