Daily Plenary Session: Keynote Medical Research Council (MRC) Lecture
This plenary session will be presented from 8:00 am‒9:20 am in Great Hall A by the Keynote MRC speaker, Robert J.M. Franklin, who will provide a lecture on “Regenerating CNS Myelin—From Mechanisms to Medicines.” His presentation will bridge the earlier plenary sessions and serve to highlight unifying themes. Dr. Franklin is the head of translational science at the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and director of the UK MS Society Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair at the University of Cambridge. His research focus is on how stem cells in the adult brain respond to injury, how they contribute to regeneration, and how they are affected by aging.
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 nearly 340 companies that are displaying the latest advances in technologies and scientific approaches.
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 ♦.
I. Glenn Sipes to Deliver Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award Lecture
The 2016 Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award recipient I. Glenn Sipes, University of Arizona, Tucson, will deliver the award lecture, “Bioactivation: An Initiating Event in Chemical Induced Tissue Injury,” from 12:30 pm‒1:20 pm in Room R08. In the early 1970s, the role of bioactivation as an initiating event in chemical-induced injury became increasingly apparent. This presentation provides a number of examples in this area of research that has a rich history and now is central to the discipline of toxicology.
Translational Impact Award Lecture Presented by Richard Beger
Richard Beger, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas, will deliver the Translational Impact Award Lecture, “Translational Non-Invasive Biomarkers of Acetaminophen-Induced Liver Injury,” 5:00 pm‒5:50 pm Room R08. Acetaminophen (APAP) overdose is both clinically relevant and a good model for the development of new translational biomarkers. Overall, exciting progress in the development of novel translational omics and protein adducts biomarkers of hepatotoxicity has been made using biofluid samples from humans and rodents with APAP-induced liver injury.
Society of Toxicology and Japanese Society of Toxicology Mini-Symposium-Advances in Metals
The Society of Toxicology (SOT) and the Japanese Society of Toxicology (JSOT) are delighted to jointly sponsor a mini-symposium on a topic of mutual interest: Metal Toxicity. This symposium will be held from 5:00 pm‒6:20 pm in Room 217. Each society has selected from among its membership a true leader in the field to provide their perspectives on recent advances in this area. The SOT invited speaker, Michael Ashner, will discuss his work on manganese toxicity, and the JSOT invited speaker, Yoshito Kumagai, will discuss his work on methylmercury. Together they will provide state-of-the-art insights into the biochemical/molecular toxicity of these two ubiquitous toxic metals.