Registration Is Open 7:00 AM‒5:00 PM
Registration is open from 7:00 am‒5:00 pm today. We are pleased to welcome you to the 55th Annual SOT Annual Meeting. Please wear your name badge to all Annual Meeting-related events.
Scientific Poster Sessions On Display March 14‒March 17
Poster sessions will take place in the ToxExpo Exhibit Hall from Monday, March 14 to Wednesday, March 16, 9:30 am–12:45 pm, and 1:15 pm–4:30 pm. On Thursday, March 17, poster sessions are from 9:30 am–12:45 pm in the Great Hall A.
Scientific ePosters Available for Viewing Until May 11
SOT is pleased to offer our poster presenters the opportunity to share their research electronically as well as in their assigned poster sessions. ePosters are available to meeting attendees through the Mobile Event App anytime during the meeting. Scientific ePosters also will be available through the app until May 11, 2016.
You Will Want to Return Again and Again to ToxEpo
ToxExpo is the largest exposition of cutting-edge products and services in the world. More than 330 companies are displaying the latest advances in technologies and approaches and 64-Exhibitor Hosted Sessions will be presented. If your schedule permits, there is complimentary coffee in Exhibit Hall from 9:15 am‒10:15 am and complimentary lemonade and popcorn from 2:30 pm‒3:30 pm. Visit the ToxExpo website for further information and to plan your schedule of visits. ToxExpo is open Monday-Wednesday, 9:15 am‒4:30 pm.
Looking for a Place to Charge Your Phone: It’s ToxExpo
We know how important staying connected is to you, so we have made it easy for you to recharge your devices. There are two secure charging stations located in ToxExpo. While your device is being recharged, take time to visit the companies showcasing the latest advances in technologies and scientific approaches.
Plan Your Visit to the 2016 SOT Annual Meeting Global Gallery
Thirty-five toxicology societies from around the world are participating in the 2016 SOT Global Gallery held in conjunction with the 55th SOT Annual Meeting and ToxExpo. For the fifth year, societies are prominently displaying posters that showcase their formation, key accomplishments, strategic initiatives, and activities. The Global Gallery is adjacent to the SOT Pavilion (Booth 500) in ToxExpo. A “Representative Attended” poster time is on Monday, March 14, 11:45 am‒12:15 pm and these posters will continue on display during Expo hours (9:15 am‒4:30 pm, March 14‒16). The goal of SOT and of all these societies is to increase the reliance of international decision-makers on the science of toxicology and to advance human health and disease prevention. All participating societies are listed on the SOT website.
Daily Plenary Session: Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering
You will want to attend these presentations on cutting-edge scientific advances: From 8:00 am‒9:20 am in Great Hall A. Doris Taylor, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, will present “Building a Heart: From Cells to Tissues to Organs” and Joan Nichols, University of Texas, Medical Branch Galveston, Texas, will address “From 3D Microchip to Human Organ Culture Models: Trachea, Bronchi/Bronchiole and Lung Biomimetic Models for Disease Modeling, Drug Discovery and Toxicology Evaluations.”All 2016 SOT Annual Meeting Featured Sessions are described on the SOT website.
In Vitro Toxicology Lecture and Luncheon
Supported by an educational grant from the Colgate-Palmolive Company, the In Vitro Toxicology Lecture and Lunch will be held from 11:30 am‒1:00 pm in La Nouvelle Orleans, Ballroom B. SOT 2015‒2016 Past President Norbert Kaminski, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, will present the lecture, “Multicellular Model Systems for In Vitro Toxicity Testing—Strengths and Challenges.” Students and postdoctoral scholars must be registered to attend and space is limited. The goal of the In Vitro Toxicology Lectures series is to feature important research using in vitro and alternative techniques to study basic mechanisms and to illustrate how these test methods benefit animal welfare by refining, reducing, and replacing animal use whenever it is feasible.
Announcement of Daily ToxExpo Raffle Winner
The daily winner of the Diamond Level Supporter Exhibitor Drawing is announced from 12:45 pm‒1:00 pm each day. Drop your business card in the ToxExpo prize drawing boxes found in all Diamond Level Exhibitor Sponsor booths. See map in the SOT Annual Meeting Mobile Event App, the Program, and ToxExpo Directory for location of Diamond Sponsor Booths indicated by a diamond symbol ♦.
Mel Andersen to Deliver Merit Award Lecture
2016 SOT Merit Award recipient Melvin Andersen will deliver the award lecture, “Forty-Five Years of Modeling Dose-Response Relationships: An Unanticipated Career,” from 12:30 pm‒1:20 pm in Room R08 of the convention center. This retrospective examines his experience using quantitative models for understanding dose-response relationships. The talk touches on pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and new directions in cell-pathway based models. The main lessons of a long career are that models require us to state our ideas clearly and quantitatively and then to see if our ideas are correct or in need of revision. The use of these models repeatedly shows that it is even more important to know our ideas are wrong than simply to think they might be right.
Participate in A Conversation with NIEHS Director Linda Birnbaum and NIH NCATS Pamela McInnes
Meet the Directors: A Conversation with Linda Birnbaum and Pamela McInnes will be held from 1:30 pm‒2:30 pm in Room 220 of the Convention Center. This session provides an opportunity for attendees to have a candid and open discussion with two key leaders of federal organizations with missions to protect and improve public health. Linda Birnbaum, PhD, is Director, of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and Pamela MacInnes, DDS, is Deputy Director, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health. The entire session will be devoted to a question-and-answer format. All 2016 SOT Annual Meeting Featured Sessions are described on the SOT website.
SOT/EUROTOX Debaters Argue—Preclinical (Safety) Toxicology Testing Predicts the Clinical Outcome
SOT Debater Thomas M. Monticello, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California, and EUROTOX Debater, Ruth Roberts, ApconiX Ltd., Alderley Eagle, United Kingdom, will discuss the state of the science on preclinical safety testing and whether it can predict clinical outcomes. Regardless of framework differences and personal convictions, each scientific debate delegate will present relevant evidence and compelling scientific arguments to persuade and appeal to the response of the audience in order to obtain the approval or refusal of the motion. In addition to being a featured session at the SOT Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, this debate will again take place (with the debaters taking the reverse positions) in Istanbul, Turkey, during the 52nd Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (2016 EUROTOX Annual Congress), September 4–7, 2016.
SOT Pavilion is the Place to Connect and Learn About SOT
Stop by the SOT Pavilion—Booth 500—in the ToxExpo Hall to find ways to become more involved with SOT programs and activities as well as how to share your experiences as a toxicologists. Visit the Social Media Corner and find out about #YouTox as a way to communicate your Annual Meeting, SOT, and toxicology experiences. Meet representatives from SOT Regional Chapters, Special Interest Groups, and Specialty Sections, including a daily Meet the Leaders opportunity from 3:00 pm‒4:00 pm. Toxicological Sciences Editor-in-Chief Gary Miller is available to talk with you from 10:00 am‒11:00 am and 2:00 pm‒3:00 pm, Monday-Wednesday. Managing Editor Virginia Hawkins also is available from 9:15 am‒4:30 pm on these days.