Welcome to the Society's of Toxicology's 53rd Annual Meeting and ToxExpo. We will be bringing you day-to-day highlights for this special event as well as coverage from some of the hundreds of activities that will take place over the next five days. This special meeting is the culmination of a year's worth of achievements in research and education and we are grateful that you are here with us to network, learn, and pay tribute to those scientists who have distinguished themselves in their field of expertise.The following are just some of the highights for the week:
Sunday, March 23
Continuing Education Courses: 7:00 AM–5:00 PM: See signage for locations
Awards Presentation: 5:15 PM: North Ballroom 120D, Convention Center
Welcome Reception: 6:30 PM: Hall 1, Convention Center: All attendees invited
Student/Postdoctoral Scholar Mixer: 7:30 PM Room 301C West, Convention Center: Ticket required
Monday, March 24
Plenary Lecture: 8:00 AM: Sir John B. Gurdon, Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK, Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom: Hall 1
ToxExpo Exhibits Open: 9:00 AM: Exhibit Hall
Exhibitor-Hosted Sessions: 9:15 AM–4:30 PM: See Program or SOT Mobile Event App for session locations
Merit Award Lecture: 12:30 PM: North Ballroom 120B: Jay I. Goodman, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
A Conversation with the Director of NIEHS: Dr. Linda S. Birnbaum: 1:30 PM: North Ballroom 120D, Linda S. Birnbaum, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC
SOT/EUROTOX Debate: 4:45 PM: North Ballroom 120D: Featuring James C. Lamb IV, Exponent, Alexandria, VA and Dieter Schrenk, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Tuesday, March 25
Past Presidents' 5K Run/Walk: 6:30 AM: Steele Indian School Park (Shuttle buses to race site will depart outside the 3rd Street entrance of the of the Phoenix Convention Center's North building at 6:00 AM)
Leading Edge in Basic Science Award Lecture: 8:00 AM: North Ballroom 120B: Vishal S. Vaidya, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Exhibitor-Hosted Sessions: 8:30 AM–3:45 PM: See Program or SOT Mobile Event App for session locations
Special Symposium: Frontiers for Toxicology: 9:00 AM: North Ballroom 120A: Noncoding RNAs in Human Health, Therapeutics, and Environmental Disease. Norbert E. Kaminski, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; John Mattick, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia; Muller Fabbri, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Caroline Lee, Duke University-National University of Singapore, Singapore; Joshua Mendell, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Networking Time: 12:00 PM–1:30 PM: Time created especially for attendee networking and exhibit hall activities. Grab a bite to eat and network with colleagues and exhibitors in ToxExpo.
Research Funding Session, Strategies for Funding Opportunities Brown Bag Luncheon, 12:00 PM–1:30 PM, CC Room 221
SOT Annual Business Meeting: 4:30 PM: North Ballroom 120A: As a member, voice your opinion about how we're doing
Wednesday, March 26
Keynote Medical Research Council Lecture: 8:00 AM: North Ballroom 120A: John D. Scott, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Exhibitor-Hosted Sessions: 9:15 AM–4:30 PM: See Program or SOT Mobile Event App for session locations
Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award Lecture: 12:30 PM: North Ballroom 120A: Richard E. Peterson, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI
Translational Impact Award Lecture: 4:30 PM: North Ballroom 120B, Timothy D. Phillips, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Thursday, March 27
Poster Sessions: 8:30 AM: Exhibit Hall 1, See surface map in Program for locations
Symposium Sessions: 9:00 AM–11:45 AM: See Program or SOT Mobile Event App for information on each session
Workshop Sessions: 9:00 AM–11:45 AM: See Program or SOT Mobile Event App for information on each session