| Saturday, October 18, 2008 |
| 10:00 AM–12:30 PM |
EMS Executive Board Meeting |
| 1:00 PM–4:30 PM |
EMS Council Meeting |
| 1:30 PM–4:30 PM |
Saturday Workshop: “Omics” Applications and Impacts on Genotoxicity Assessment |
| 4:45 PM–6:00 PM |
Mentoring Workshop |
| 6:00 PM–8:00 PM |
Student and New Investigator Poster Session and Welcome Reception |
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| Sunday, October 19, 2008 |
| 7:30 AM–9:00 AM |
Breakfast Meeting |
| 9:00 AM–12:00 Noon |
Symposium 1
Transcription Meets DNA Damage |
| 9:00 AM–12:00 Noon |
Symposium 2
Systems Toxicology: An Emerging Approach for Investigating Mechanisms of Toxicity and Risk Assessment |
| 9:00 AM–12:00 Noon |
Symposium 3
Mode of Action Cancer Research and Risk Assessment: A Case Study Using Propylene Oxide |
| 12:00 Noon–4:00 PM |
Open Time |
| 12:00 Noon–12:30 PM |
Box Lunches Provided |
| 12:00 Noon–2:00 PM |
Lunchtime Workshop
Rapid In Vivo Mutation Analysis Using the Endogenous PIG-A Gene |
| 12:00 Noon–2:00 PM |
Lunchtime Workshop
Women in Environmental Mutagen Society (WEMS) |
| 1:00 PM–4:00 PM |
Committee Meetings |
| 4:00 PM–6:10 PM |
Symposium 4
Consequences of Genotoxic Damage to Mitochondrial DNA |
| 4:00 PM–6:00 PM |
Symposium 5
Insights Into Germline Mutagenesis |
| 4:00 PM–6:00 PM |
Symposium 6
Global Warming and Environmental Health |
| 6:15 PM–7:30 PM |
Dinner on Own |
| 7:30 PM–8:30 PM |
Plenary Lecture (PL1)
The Unique Vulnerabilty of the Developing Human Brain to Early Neurotoxic Exposures
Plenary Lecturer: Philip J. Landrigan, Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
| 8:30 PM–10:30 PM |
Poster Session and Exhibits |
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| Monday, October 20, 2008 |
| 7:30 AM–9:00 AM |
Breakfast Meetings |
| 9:00 AM–12:00 Noon |
Symposium 7
Global Health in the Americas: The Impact of the Environment
A Symposium Showcasing Latin American Scientists |
| 9:00 AM–12:00 Noon |
Symposium 8
Formaldehyde and Leukemia: Epidemiology, Potential Mechanisms, and Implications for Risk Assessment |
| 9:00 AM–12:00 Noon |
Symposium 9
Methylphenidate Treatment of ADHD: Are Pediatric Patients at Risk of Induced Genetic Damage? |
| 12:00 Noon–1:30 PM |
Buffet Lunch with Exhibitors |
| 12:00 Noon–4:00 PM |
Open Time |
| 1:30 PM–4:00 PM |
Committee Meetings |
| 4:00 PM–6:15 PM |
Symposium 10
DNA Damage in Neurodegeneration, Aging and Cancer |
| 4:00 PM–6:15 PM |
Symposium 11
New Perspectives and Issues Emerging from 30 Years of Research on Drinking Water Disinfection By-Products |
| 4:00 PM–6:00 PM |
Symposium 12
The U-Shaped Curve: When More is Not Better |
| 6:15 PM–7:30 PM |
Dinner on Own |
| 7:30 PM–8:30 PM |
Plenary Lecture (PL2)
Aging and Cancer: Are Telomeres and Telomerase the Connection?
Plenary Lecturer: Jerry W. Shay, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
| 8:30 PM–10:30 PM |
Poster Session and Exhibits |
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| Tuesday, October 21, 2008 |
| 7:00 AM–8:30 AM |
Breakfast Meetings |
| 8:30 AM–10:30 AM |
Symposium 13
Low Dose Radiation-Induced Genome and Epigenome Instability |
| 8:30 AM–10:30 AM |
Platform Session 1 |
| 8:30 AM–10:30 AM |
Platform Session 2 |
| 10:30 AM–10:45 AM |
Break |
| 10:45 AM–11:45 PM |
Plenary Lecture (PL3)
Unraveling Genetic Regulatory Networks of Mammalian Retroelements
Plenary Lecturer: Kenneth S. Ramos, University of Louisville |
| 11:45 AM–1:15 PM |
EMS Business Meeting |
| 1:15 PM–7:30 PM |
Open Time |
| 2:00 PM–6:30 PM |
Optional Tour, Old San Juan |
| 7:30 PM–11:30 PM |
Society Banquet and EMS Awards Presentation |
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| Wednesday, October 22, 2008 |
| 7:00 AM–9:00 AM |
Breakfast Meeting |
| 9:00 AM–11:00 AM |
Platform Session 3 |
| 9:00 AM–9:50 AM |
Topical Review 1
Functional Approaches in Studying Inter-individual Variability of DNA Repair and Cancer Risk |
| 10:00 AM–10:50 AM |
Topical Review 2
Repair of Ionizing Radiation-Induced DNA Double-Strand Breaks: Complex Pathways for Complex Lesions |
| 11:00 AM–12:00 Noon |
Plenary Lecture (PL4)
EMS Award Winner
Title To be Announced |
| 12:00 Noon–1:15 PM |
Lunch on Own |
| 1:15 PM–3:15 PM |
Symposium 14
Spontaneous and Oxidative Mutagenesis In Vivo |
| 1:15 PM–3:15 PM |
Symposium 15
Development of Novel, Rapid, and Portable Environmental Detection Methods |
| 3:15 PM–5:20 PM |
Symposium 16
Epigenetic Mechanisms, DNA Repair, and Chromatin |
| 3:15 PM–5:15 PM |
Platform Session 4 |
| 6:00 PM–8:00 PM |
EMS Council Meeting |
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