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2013 SOT Annual Meeting Draws Thousands of Toxicologists from More Than Fifty Countries to San Antonio

• Participants from as far away as New Zealand attended the Society of Toxicology’s 52nd Annual Meeting and ToxExpo. International attendees accounted for 20% of the attendance at this five-day meeting, which continues to be the largest gathering of toxicologists anywhere in the world.
• The scientific program featured five scientific themes including Application of Systems Biology to Toxicology; Biomarkers for Exposure Assessment, Safety Evaluation, and Translational Medicine; Effects of Nanomaterials on Biological Systems; Molecular Basis for Genetic Variability and Susceptibility to Toxicants; and Regulatory Science: Advancing New Approaches for Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment. Thematic sessions continued to enhance the scientific program, allowing toxicologists to gain a depth of analysis that is difficult to find anywhere else.
• More than 70 scientists were involved in the organization and presentation of 13 Continuing Education (CE) courses that drew over 1,990 attendees. CE course topics ranged from risk assessment and nutrition, to nanotoxicology and neurotoxicology. Several of the courses will be available in an online format through the SOT CEd-Tox program.

• CEd-Tox: The SOT Online Continuing Education Program:
  27 online courses are currently available, with five more online courses (recorded at the 2013 SOT Annual Meeting) coming soon:

  • Basic Principles of Human Risk Assessment
  • The What, When, and How of Nonclinical Support for an IND Submission
  • The Practice and Implementation of Neural Stem Cell-Based Approaches to Neurotoxicology
  • Toxic Effects of Metals
  • Weighing in on Nutrition—Essential Concepts for Toxicologists

Transcriptions available for select online courses. For more information, please visit the SOT website.

• The first course approved for Continuing Medical Education, The Practice and Implementation of Neural Stem Cell-Based Approaches to Neurotoxicology, drew numerous medical doctors, health professionals, and researchers with an interest in stem cell research and neural stem cell-based approaches to neurotoxicology, neurology, and regenerative medicine.
• With significant input from the SOT Specialty Sections, Special Interest Groups, and Committees, the program was structured into more than 170 sessions that included both featured and special lectures that accounted for 2,700 presentations during the Annual Meeting.
• SOT’s ToxExpo, which is the largest exhibition of its kind, included more than 348 exhibiting companies. The ToxExpo featured 54 Exhibitor/Sponsor-Hosted Sessions over the three-day show period. The exhibition included 47 first time exhibitors, 72 international companies from 19 countries: Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mauritius, The Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States. A total of 277 US companies exhibited from 37 states.