Beyond the efforts of the SOT Scientific Program and Continuing Education Committees, we know that many of our members and exhibitors also are finding innovative ways to share research, updates, and information originally planned for the 2020 meeting. For example, colleagues in Texas led by Ivan Rusyn are hosting a daylong virtual meeting on April 4 to share presentations and posters by researchers in Texas for members of the Lone Star Regional Chapter and others affiliated with the state. Meanwhile, the Rutgers Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology created the Rutgers Virtual Pharmacology and Toxicology Conference 2020 to feature research planned for presentation at the SOT meeting and the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Annual Meeting and to honor those that were to receive awards during these meetings.
SOT would like to feature all such activities in a future blog update, so please tell us about your virtual meeting activities by leaving a comment on this blog; tagging SOT on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter with information about your activities; or emailing SOT Headquarters.
In terms of the 2020 SOT Virtual Meeting, new Scientific Session webinars have been added to the schedule:
- Thursday, May 7, 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM (ET)—Symposium Session: Developmental Toxicity of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Current In Vivo Approaches and Application to Human Health Risk Assessment
- Tuesday, May 12, 12:00 Noon–2:45 PM (ET)—Symposium Session: Resolution of Inflammation in Chemical Toxicity/Tissue Injury: What’s Emerging?
- Thursday, May 14, 1:00 PM–3:45 PM (ET)—Regional Interest Session: Protecting Public Health and the Environment during Wildfire Recovery
- Tuesday, May 19, 10:00 AM–12:45 PM (ET)—Symposium Session: Application of RISK21 Framework in Regulatory-Based Decision-Making: From Business Decisions to Prioritization to Risk Assessment
- Wednesday, May 27, 1:30 PM–3:45 PM (ET)—Workshop Session: In Vitro Microphysiological Systems: Developing Tools to Evaluate Immunotoxicity of Drug Candidates
- Thursday, June 11, 12:00 Noon–2:45 PM (ET)—Workshop Session: Sex, Lungs, and Air Pollution
To view the full Virtual Meeting schedule and to register for a session, please visit the “Virtual Meeting Program” web page of the Annual Meeting website.
The virtual Continuing Education program also has expanded, with an additional course added to the robust schedule:
- Friday, April 24, 12:00 Noon–3:30 PM (ET)—Continuing Education Course PM12: Harnessing the T Cell for Cancer Immunotherapy: A Course on T Cell Redirection
The full list of Continuing Education course offerings is available on the “Virtual Continuing Education Courses” web page of the Annual Meeting website.
Thank you to the 2020 SOT Virtual Meeting Supporters who are helping make the sharing of the planned 2020 scientific program content possible. We appreciate their continued support of the Society and toxicology!