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Plan to attend a symposia session entitled, “Breast Cancer As a Multifactorial Disease: Interaction of Genetics, Life Stages, and the Environment,” and learn more about the complex interaction among the potential contributors to breast cancer Risk.
Dr. Bruce Ames, the developer of the Ames Test, will be on hand at 7:45 am on Monday, March 12 to receive the plaque for the SOT 2012 Landmarks Program. This test was developed by Dr. Ames and his colleagues in the early 1970s.
Please take time to attend the Plenary Opening Lecture on Monday, March 12, which features Leroy Hood, of the Institute of Systems Biology. Dr. Hood will talk about the challenges that face scientists in the 21st Century. The lecture will begin at 8 am in Exhibit Hall E of the Moscone Center.
Plan to attend the EuroTox Debate on Monday, March 12 at 4:30 p.m. in the Moscone Convention Center, Room 307 and join debaters Stephen Safe of Texas A& M University and David Bell of the European Chemicals Agency for a lively debate on comparative hazards. They will be debating the proposition tha
Following the Awards Ceremony, you can mingle with other SOT Annual Meeting attendees at the Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall E, from 6:30 pm–7:30 pm. You will have the opportunity to see old friends and to make new ones.