The Fourteenth Annual
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL) and NIEHS
Center for Membrane Toxicity Studies Environmental Health
Sciences Symposium
Summary
| Organizers | Program
| Kinter Memorial Lecture
Registration & Fees | Accommodations & Travel
| Poster
Session
Contact Information
Summary
The goals of this symposium are to provide a forum for a discussion of how arsenic and mercury affect public health, and to describe some of what is known about the cellular and molecular mechanism whereby these insidious toxicants affect public health.
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This conference is sponsored
by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS) Center at MDIBL, the National Center for Research
Resources, the Yale University Liver Center, the Kinter
Memorial Lectureship Fund, the MDIBL, and the Dartmouth Environmental Health Sciences Center. |
Organizers
Ned Ballatori, Ph.D., Univ. of Rochester
School of Medicine and MDI Biological Laboratory
Joshua Hamilton, Ph.D., Dartmouth Medical School
Bruce A. Stanton, Ph.D., Dartmouth Medical School
and MDI Biological Laboratory
Kinter
Memorial Lecture
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Bruce A. Stanton, Ph.D, Director, Dartmouth Lung Biology Center and Associate Director, Dartmouth Center for the Environmental Health Sciences will present the 25th Annual William B. Kinter Memorial Lecture.
The Kinter Lecture will be held on Wednesday, July 18 at 8 pm in the Maren Auditorium. |
Program
| Wednesday, July 18 |
| 6:00 - 8:00 pm |
Dinner on own in MDIBL COOP or Bar Harbor |
| 7:30 - 8:00 pm |
Poster Set-Up
All events take place at the MDIBL Conference Center, unless otherwise noted |
| Session I: 25th Annual Kinter Memorial Lecture |
| 8:00 pm |
Bruce A. Stanton, Ph.D., Director, Dartmouth Lung Biology Center and Associate Director, Dartmouth Center for the Environmental Health Sciences
Arsenic: The King of Poisons. A Global Public Health Crisis? |
| 9:00 pm |
Refreshments and Poster Session |
Thursday, July 19
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| 7:30 am |
Registration/Continental Breakfast |
| Session II: Arsenic and Human Health Ned Ballatori, Ph.D., Chair |
| 8:00 am |
Welcome
John N. Forrest, Jr., M.D.,
Director, MDIBL; Professor, Yale University School of
Medicine |
| 8:10 am - 8:30 am |
Joshua Hamilton, Ph.D., Dartmouth Medical School
Overview and introduction of arsenic and the session |
| 8:30 am - 9:20 am |
David J. Thomas, Ph.D., US Environmental Protection Agency
Uptake, metabolism, and disposition of arsenic |
| 9:20 am - 10:10 am |
Karl Kelsey, M.D., Harvard School of Public Health
Molecular epidemiology of arsenic: epigenetic effects |
| 10:10 am - 10:30 am |
Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:20 am |
Joshua Hamilton, Ph.D., Dartmouth Medical School
Arsenic and endocrine disruption |
| 11:20 am - 12:10 pm |
Angline Andrew, Ph.D., Dartmouth Medical School
Arsenic carcinogenesis and DNA repair |
| 12:10 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
MDIBL Dining Hall |
| Session III:
Mercury and Human Health Joshua Hamilton, Ph.D., Chair |
| 1:30 pm- 2:20 pm |
Thomas W. Clarkson, Ph.D., University of Rochester
Broad overview of mercury and health effects |
| 2:20 pm - 3:10 pm |
Kate Mahaffey, Ph.D., US Environmental Protection Agency
Epidemiology of mercury exposure and health effects |
| 3:10 pm - 3:30 pm |
Break |
| 3:30 pm - 4:20 pm |
Charles Driscoll, Ph.D., Syracuse University
Sources, disposition, and mobilization of mercury |
| 4:20 pm - 5:10 pm |
Celia Chen, Ph.D., Dartmouth College
Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of mercury in aquatic systems |
| 6:00 pm |
Lobster Banquet
Bar Harbor Lobster Bakes,
Hulls Cove |
Registration
and Fees
| Includes registration and all meals |
| MDIBL Investigator/staff/student |
$0* |
| Academic / Gov't. |
$150 |
| Corporate |
$350 |
| Student |
$20* |
PRE-REGISTER
HERE
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*For MDIBL Investigators/staff/students, or for visiting students that wish to attend the lobster banquet, a $30 fee will be charged to attend this event. The MDIBL Business office will send an invoice when you pre-register.
Poster
Session
A poster session will be displayed
throughout the meeting. The deadline for poster abstracts
is June 15.
A poster guide and instructions are available here.
Posters should be no more than 50" wide, and most poster
boards are vertical.
2007
Environmental Health Sciences Symposium
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Style
- Font size: 12, Type Style: Times,
Spacing: single spaced copy using paragraph indents, Margins:
1".
- Double space between paragraphs and justify right margin.
Layout
- Title: The title of the abstract
should be in UPPER CASE (CAPITAL letters, bolded).
- Abbreviations must not be used in title.
- Name(s)/institution(s): List the author's name(s), institution(s)
where the work originated, city, state and country. Indicate
the SURNAME of each author followed by his or her INITIALS
only.
Please underline attending authors name. Double space after
affiliations and before the body text.
- NOTE: Please do not draw illustration
box on submitted abstracts. Your abstract will be reprinted
exactly as submitted.
Deadlines
Poster abstracts must be submitted
by June 15, 2007. Email abstracts or send a hard copy to:
Michael McKernan, EHS Symposium c/o MDIBL, PO Box 35, Salisbury
Cove, ME 04672; or, as an E-mail attachment (MS Word only)
to: mmckernan@mdibl.org.
Please do not fax your abstract.
Accommodations
and Travel
Rooms have been blocked at the following
hotels. Please refer to the MDIBL EHS Symposium when making
a reservation.
July is the height of tourist season on Mount Desert Island,
so an early reservation is essential. Rooms not reserved
will be released on June 11th. Reserve your room by June
1st or earlier. Undergraduate and graduate students
may request housing on the MDIBL campus for a reduced rate.
Limited availibility.
| On-campus housing (students only) |
varies |
207-288-9880, ext 102 |
| Best Western
Inn |
$112.50 |
207-288-5823 |
Contact MDIBL conference
staff for other accommodation suggestions.
Free shuttle service to and from the
hotels will be provided. However, car rental is recommended.
Driving directions
from Boston and Bangor to MDIBL are also available.
Detailed travel information is available on the MDIBL
Travel page.
The Bar Harbor Chamber
of Commerce has information regarding local attractions,
including Acadia National
Park.
Contact
Information
Michael
McKernan
Director, Education and
Conferences
MDI Biological Laboratory
PO Box 35
Salisbury Cove, ME 04672
207-288-9880 ext. 102
Ned Ballatori, Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Medicine
Director, Toxicology Training Program
University of Rochester School of Medicine
585-275-0262 (t), 585-256-2591 (f)
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