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2000 Meeting Highlights

2000 Meeting Highlights

Registration Information

Final Program 

Multiple Reasons to Attend the Meeting

 Continuing Education Course

Presentation / Poster Instructions

 Satellite symposium:
Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, and Developmental Toxicology in the 21
st Century

Exhibitors

President's Circle & Sustaining Members and Meeting Sponsors

 


Registration Information

The deadline for advanced registration for the 2000 Teratology Society Annual Meeting is May 24, 2000.
After May 24, a late fee of $40 will apply.


Why Attend the 2000 Teratology Society Meeting?

The annual meeting provides attendees with comprehensive coverage of teratology-contributed papers and symposia present the latest research in our field. It is a way to make contact with others and with ourselves, a reminder of why we went into this field and of our goals to understand abnormal development and to learn how to prevent abnormal reproductive outcomes. The meeting and relaxed setting provide a once-a-year opportunity to network with old friends, mentors and students and give us a sounding board for our ideas. We have increased the number of exhibitors over the past couple of years, which broadens your ability to learn about products and services offered to enhance teratological research. The recipe is perfect for an enjoyable few days, after which we can return home with our batteries recharged, ready for another year in the lab or the clinic.

Scientific Program
The Program Committee has put together a full meeting agenda with five major symposia, contributed papers and poster sessions. The symposia include: Genetic Susceptibility to Teratogenesis, sponsored by the March of Dimes and presented jointly by the Teratology Society and OTIS; Folate Supplementation and Birth Defects, presented jointly by the Teratology Society, NBTS and OTIS; Angiogenesis, sponsored by Wiley-Liss; What Do We Know about the Reproductive & Developmental Risks of Herbal and Alternate Remedies?, presented by the Public Affairs Committee; Developmental Risks of Disinfectant By-Products. This year's Warkany Lecturer is William J. Scott, Jr. The first presentation of the James G. Wilson Publication Award will be made on Monday, June 26. In addition to the more formal sessions, workshops will be presented on Wednesday, June 28 on developmental toxicokinetics, the interpretation of data on developmental neurotoxicity, and the Society's Code of Ethics. Due to the popularity of evening poster sessions, we will hold two of these sessions again at this year's meeting.

Teratology Society Education Course
The Education Committee has put together a course that will focus on signal transduction and the role of selected cellular signaling pathways in morphogenesis. The course lectures will be presented in sequence focusing on signal transduction from the outside of the cell (extracellular matrix and cell adhesion molecules), to the plasma membrane (growth factor receptors and heterotrimeric G proteins), cytoplasm (protein kinases), and nucleus (nuclear receptors and transcription factors). Each lecturer will review a selected signal transduction pathway and its role in normal and abnormal development as demonstrated by the use of specific inhibitors of the pathway, genetic mutations and/or transgenic animal models. The course will begin on the afternoon of Saturday, June 24 and conclude on the morning of Sunday, June 25.

Graduate Student and Post-Doc Career Event
Sponsored by MARTA and MTA
All graduate students and post-docs are invited to meet the officers and committee members of MARTA (Middle Atlantic Reproduction and Teratology Association) and MTA (Midwestern Teratology Association), share some refreshments, and discuss life after graduate school. Job search strategies, career options and career development in developmental and reproductive toxicology within industry, government, contract research organizations and other segments of our field. It is a good opportunity to make contacts, evaluate career options and begin to plan for the future.

Mark your calendars for Monday evening, June 26th from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. Bring your appetites and questions about your future!

Three Penny Swing-Banquet Entertainment
Sponsored by WIL Research
Don't forget to pack your dancing shoes, because at this year's Banquet we're going to shake up The Breakers with music by Three Penny Swing, a 6-piece swing band led by teratologist/saxophonist Ed Carney. This sonic tour de force, with its mix of Y2K-compliant and traditional swing, rock-a-billy R&B, and Latin dance music, is sure to induce morphogenetic movements of even the most stoic teratologist. Whether you just nod your head, tap your toes, or conquer the dance floor, we know you'll be in for a good time!

In the meantime, a sneak peak of the band can be had at: www.threepennyswing.com.

What Does the Meeting Registration Fee Cover?
The meeting registration fee covers a number of food and beverage functions, as well as the Society's administrative costs for the meeting. The functions include Continental Breakfast each morning, the Banquet, the Wilson Awards Luncheon, and coffee and refreshment breaks. We will also have a President's Reception and a reception during each of the poster sessions; these are being sponsored. The registration fee is comparable to past years.

The deadline for advanced registration is May 24, 2000. After that date, a late fee of $40 will apply.

The Registration Desk will be open at the meeting from Saturday, June 24-Tuesday, June 27. Please see the Program Agenda on pages 6-7 for specific times.

Sponsorship Opportunities
Event sponsorship opportunities are available for the 2000 Teratology Society Annual Meeting. Events to be sponsored include:

  • Past Presidents' Luncheon
  • Banquet Reception
  • Banquet
  • Wilson Awards Luncheon

Meeting Site
The Breakers earned the Mobil Travel Guide Five Star Award once again-just two years after reclaiming the AAA five diamond Award (only 16 properties in the U.S. have both).

  • Climate and Suggested Dress - Palm Beach enjoys a year-round average temperature in the low 80s. In the daytime, sportswear and casual attire are worn throughout the resort. Collared sport shirts are preferred for gentlemen. In the evening, jackets are recommended for gentlemen only in The Florentine. Proper golf and tennis attire and sport shoes are required.
  • Shopping - Recognizing that shopping tops the list of preferred activities for vacationers, The Breakers has created an elegant on-property Villa filled with exquisite boutiques. This collection of beautifully designed shops features a unique selection of fine glass, clothing, jewelry, foods, wines and gifts.
  • Dining and Entertainment - The Breakers offers seven restaurants and four bars; each having a unique menu and atmosphere. Enjoy classic European cuisine in The Florentine or relax on the beach at the Reef Bar overlooking the beautiful Atlantic Ocean.
  • Transportation - Limousines, sedans, vans and busses are available for all of your transportation needs; reservations are suggested.
  • Guest Business Services - The Guest Business Services offers personal computers, laptops, printers, and copy and facsimile machines for rental with advance notification.
  • Concierge - For information about area attractions or for assistance with advance reservations call 1-800-752-8285.



Final Program

Updated 24-Apr-2000

Quick Index

Sunday, June 25 Monday, June 26 Tuesday, June 27 Wed., June 28 Thurs., June 29
Symposium - Genetic Susceptibility to Teratogenesis Warkany Lecture Symposium - Folate Supplementation Symposium - Risks of Herbal & Alternative Remedies Platform IVa - Clinical Teratology
  Symposium - Angiogenesis Symposium - Risks of Disinfectant By-Products Workshop I - Interpretation of Devel. Neurotoxicity Platform IVb - Edidemiology
  Platform Ia - Student Sess. 1 Platform IIa - Teratology Society / OTIS Workshop II - Developmental Toxicokinetics Platform Va - Modes of Action 1
  Platform Ib - Student Sess. 2 Platform IIb - Teratology Society / OTIS Workshop III - Ethics, Certification Platform Vb - Modes of Action 2
    Platform IIIa - Hazard / Risk Assessment    
    Platform IIIb - Hazard / Risk Assessment    

Saturday, June 24
11:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration
12:00 pm – 6:00 pm Council IA Meeting
1:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Education Course:

Signal Transduction: Pathways to Growth, Differentiation, and Morphogenesis

 



Sunday, June 25
 
7:30 am – 5:00 pm Registration
7:00 am – 2:00 pm Council IB Meeting
8:15 am – 12:00 noon Education Course (Continued from Saturday)
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm

March of Dimes Symposium:

    Genetic Susceptibility to Teratogenesis

    Chairpersons: Mike Collins and Michael Katz
    Supported in part by March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Grant No.4-FY96-8960

1:30 – 1:40 pm

INTRODUCTION

M.D. Collins, UCLA, Los Angeles, California and
M. Katz, March of Dimes, White Plains, New York

1:40 – 2:20 pm

GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS IN BIRTH DEFECTS

J.C. Murray, The University of Iowa, Department of Pediatrics, Iowa City, Iowa

2:20 – 2:50 pm

WHOLE GENOME SCAN TO IDENTIFY CHROMOSOMAL LOCI ASSOCIATED WITH A STRAIN DIFFERENCE IN SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CADMIUM-INDUCED FORELIMB DEFECTS

M.D. Collins, UCLA, Los Angeles, California

2:50 – 3:05 pm

BREAK

3:05 – 3:35 pm

INSIGHTS FROM GENOME SCANS VERSUS CANDIDATE GENE POLYMORPHISMS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE ETIOLOGY OF TERATOGEN-INDUCED ORAL CLEFTS IN MOUSE AND MAN

S.R. Diehl, Craniofacial Epidemiology and Genetics Branch, NIDCR, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland

3:35 – 4:05 pm

INTERPRETATION OF TERATOGENETICS

D.M. Juriloff, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

4:05 – 5:00 pm

HOLOPROSENCEPHALY AS A MODEL TO UNDERSTAND BRAIN DEVELOPMENT

M. Muenke, Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm President's Reception (Sponsored by Elsevier)
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Exhibits Open

 



Monday, June 26
 
7:00 am – 7:45 am Continental Breakfast
7:30 am – 5:00 pm Registration
7:45 am – 8:00 am

President's Welcome and Introduction

George P. Daston

8:00 am – 8:45 am

Warkany Lecture

    Alteration of Pattern Formation as a Mechanism of Teratogenesis

William J. Scott, Jr., University of Cincinnati

Monday
9:00 am – 12:10 pm

Wiley-Liss Symposium

    Angiogenesis

    Chairpersons: William Slikker, Jr. and Karen Augustine
    Sponsored by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

9:00 – 9:10 am

OVERVIEW

K.A. Augustine and W. Slikker

9:10 – 9:50 am

ENDOTHELIAL CELL ORIGINS AND BLOOD VESSEL MORPHOGENESIS

T.J. Poole, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York

9:50 – 10:30 am

REGULATION OF VASCULOGENESIS AND ANGIOGENESIS

B.D. Abbott, Reproductive Toxicology Division, USEPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

10:30 – 10:45 am

BREAK

10:45 – 11:25 am

MOLECULAR DETERMINANTS OF VASCULOGENIC MIMICRY BY AGGRESSIVE TUMOR CELLS: NEW THERAPEUTIC TARGETS FOR CLINICAL INTERVENTION

M.J.C. Hendrix, The University of Iowa Cancer Center, Iowa City, Iowa

11:25 am–12:10 pm

ANTI-ANGIOGENIC THERAPIES INCLUDING THALIDOMIDE

D.I. Stirling, Celgene Corporation, Warren, New Jersey

Monday
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Past Presidents' Luncheon
Sponsored by Proctor & Gamble Company
(By Invitation Only)
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm James G. Wilson Publication Award
 

 

Monday
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Platform Ia: Student Plenary Session 1
Chairpersons: Kit Keller and Craig Harris

1:45 – 2:00 pm

EFFECTS OF SERA FROM WOMEN WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) AND RECURRENT ABORTIONS ON HUMAN PLACENTAL EXPLANTS IN CULTURE

S. Yacobi, A. Ornoy, and R.K. Miller, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel; University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

2:00 – 2:15 pm

HIV-1 INFECTION IN EARLY HUMAN PLACENTAE IN VITRO: EFFECTS OF TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR (TNFa) AND INTERLEUKINS (IL-1 & IL-6)

Y. Ding, T. Laughlin, B.M. Polliotti, and R.K. Miller, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

2:15 – 2:30 pm

CASPASE-3 ENZYME ACTIVITY AS A MARKER FOR TERATOGEN-INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN DAY 9 MOUSE EMBRYOS AND ASSOCIATED YOLK SACS: EVIDENCE FOR YOLK SAC RESISTANCE TO TERATOGEN-INDUCED APOPTOSIS

D. Soleman and P.E. Mirkes, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

2:30 – 2:45 pm

LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION TO EXPLORE A POTENTIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION AND ETHANOL-INDUCED APOPTOSIS

W.C. Dunty, Jr., P.S. Stockton, R.C. Barber, R.H. Finnell, M. Miles, S.-Y. Chen, D.B. Dehart, and K.K. Sulik, Dept. of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; Center for Human Molecular Genetics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; and Dept. of Neurology, Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, California

2:45 – 3:00 pm

EFFECT OF DEVELOPMENTAL EXPOSURE TO ETHANEDIMETHANE SULPHONATE (EDS), BROMOCHLOROACETIC ACID (BCA) AND MOLINATE ON WHOLE BODY TESTOSTERONE LEVELS IN CD-1 MICE

D.K. Tarka, G.R. Klinefelter, J. Suarez, and J.M. Rogers, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine, Curriculum in Toxicology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; USEPA, NHEERL, Reproductive Toxicology Division, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

3:00 – 3:15 pm

DIABETIC EMBRYOPATHY: IMPACT OF THE SPLOTCH ALLELE

A.F. Machado, E.F. Zimmerman, D.H. Hovland Jr., R. Weiss, and M.D. Collins, UCLA, Los Angeles, California; Children's Hospital Research Found., Cincinnati, Ohio

 

 

Monday
3:15 pm–4:30 pm
Platform Ib: Student Plenary Session 2
Chairpersons: Janet Uriu-Adams and Jack Bishop

3:15 – 3:30 pm

ENDOTHELIN-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISM IN EMBRYO CULTURE: WINDOW OF SENSITIVITY AND TIMING OF DEFECT

K.C. Brannen, J.M. Rogers, and E.S. Hunter, Curriculum in Toxicology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Reproductive Toxicology Division, NHEERL, USEPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

3:30 – 3:45 pm

DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF CELL CHECKPOINT REGULATOR/DNA DAMAGE SENSOR GENES DURING RAT EMBRYO ORGANOGENESIS IN VIVO AND IN VITRO

R.K. Vinson and B. F. Hales, McGill University, MontrĂal, QC, Canada

3:45 – 4:00 pm

PK11195 INFLUENCES BIOGENESIS OF THE MOUSE mTDNA GENOME DURING NEURULATION

R.J. Donahue, R.C. Craig, K.B. Knudsen, and T.B. Knudsen, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4:00 – 4:15 pm

METHYLMERCURY TRANSIENTLY ALTERS MITOCHONDRIAL GENE EXPRESSION IN THE EMBRYO: EVIDENCE FOR DISRUPTION OF THE CELLULAR HEME PATHWAY

M.F. O'Hara and T.B. Knudsen, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4:15 – 4:30 pm

ANALYSIS OF MITOCHONDRIAL GENE EXPRESSION IN AN INTERVENTION MODEL FOR TERATOGENESIS

J.H. Charlap, R.C. Craig, and T.B. Knudsen, Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4:00 pm – 10:00 pm Exhibits Open
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Issues Forum
Monday
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Student Career Event

Jointly sponsored by Aventis, MARTA, MTA, and Pfizer, Inc.

7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Poster Session

Sponsored by Covance Laboratories, Quintiles, SNBL, Springborn Laboratories, Inc., and TherImmune Research Corporation



Tuesday, June 27
 
7:30 am – 8:15 am Continental Breakfast
7:00 am – 8:00 am Exhibitor's Breakfast (By Invitation Only)
7:30 am – 5:00 pm Registration
8:30 am – 11:45 am

NBTS/OTIS/Teratology Society Symposium

    Folate Supplementation and Birth Defects
    Chairpersons: Deborah Hansen
    and Elizabeth Yetley

8:30 – 8:35 am

INTRODUCTION

D.K Hansen, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas

8:35 – 9:10 am

POTENTIAL MECHANISM(S) FOR FOLATE PREVENTION OF NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS

D.K Hansen, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas

9:10 – 9:45 am

SUPPLEMENTATION WITH METHYL GROUP DONORS, FOLATE OR CHOLINE, DURING LATE PREGNANCY IN RATS IMPROVES VISUOSPATIAL MEMORY PERFORMANCE OF THE OFFSPRING

C.L. Williams, Department of Psychology: Experimental, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 

9:45 – 10:00 am

BREAK

10:00 – 10:35 am

NATIONAL FOLIC ACID FORTIFICATION: HOW WE GOT THERE AND NEXT STEPS

E.A. Yetley, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, Washington, District of Columbia

10:35 – 11:10 am

PRE- AND POST-FORTIFICATION MONITORING OF FOLATE AND VITAMIN B12 STATUS

P.F. Jacques, Jean Mayer-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts

11:10 – 11:45 am

MONITORING CHANGES IN NEURAL TUBE DEFECT RATES — PRE- AND POST-FORTIFICATION

J.D. Erickson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

 

 

Tuesday
8:30 am – 12:00 noon

Symposium

Developmental Risks of Disinfectant By-Products Symposium
Chairperson: E. Sidney Hunter

8:30 – 8:45 am

SYMPOSIUM OVERVIEW

E.S. Hunter, Reproductive Toxicology Division, NHEERL, USEPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

8:45 – 9:25 am

OCCURRENCE OF DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS IN DRINKING WATER: IMPLICATIONS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY STUDIES

S.W. Krasner, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, La Verne, California

9:25 – 10:00 am

REPRODUCTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS OF DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS IN DRINKING WATER

J.S. Reif, Department of Environmental Health, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado

10:00 – 10:15 am

BREAK

10:15 – 10:45 am

TRIHALOMETHANE-INDUCED PREGNANCY LOSS IN RATS

M. Narotsky, Reproductive Toxicology Division, NHEERL, USEPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

10:45 – 11:25 am

BIOMARKERS OF TRICHLOROETHYLENE EXPOSURE

O. Selmin, Pediatric Cardiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona

11:25 – 12:00 pm

IN VITRO AND IN VIVO REPRODUCTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY OF DRINKING WATER DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS

R. Tyl, Center for Life Sciences and Toxicology, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

 

 

Tuesday
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Platform IIa: Teratology Society/OTIS Joint Session 1
Chairpersons: Karen Filkins and Ashner Ornoy

1:00 – 1:15 pm

DO ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS COMBINED WITH CAFFEINE INCREASE THE RISK OF BIRTH DEFECTS?

E.B. SamrĂn, C.M. van Duijn, G.C.M.L. Christiaens, A. Hofman, and D. Lindhout, Department of Clinical Genetics, University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; MGC-Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

1:15 – 1:30 pm

IS CARBAMAZEPINE ADMINISTRATION DURING PREGNANCY TERATOGENIC? A PROSPECTIVE CONTROLLED STUDY ON PREGNANCY OUTCOMES IN 229 EXPOSED WOMEN

A. Ornoy, S. Shechtman, J. Arnon and O. Diav-Citrin, The Israeli Teratogen Information Service; the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School; Israel Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel.

1:30 – 1:45 pm

PREGNANCY OUTCOME FOLLOWING GESTATIONAL EXPOSURE TO METRONIDAZOLE: A PROSPECTIVE CONTROLLED COHORT STUDY

O. Diav-Citrin, T. Gotteiner, S. Shechtman, J. Arnon, and A. Ornoy, The Israeli Teratogen Information Service, the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School and Israel Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

1:45 – 2:00 pm

FETAL ABNORMALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH-DOSE TRANYLCYPROMINE IN TWO CONSECUTIVE PREGNANCIES

D.S. Kennedy, N. Evans, I. Wang, and W.S. Webster, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

2:00 – 2:15 pm

MATERNAL ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION: A POPULATION-BASED CASE-CONTROL STUDY

Q.H. Yang, B.B. Witkiewicz, R.S. Olney, Y.C. Liu, M. Davis, M.J. Khoury, A. Correa, and J.D. Erickson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia and Monroe County Department of Health, Rochester, New York

2:15 – 2:30 pm

PROSPECTIVE PREGNANCY OUTCOME IN WOMEN EXPOSED TO AMPHETAMINES

R.J. Felix, C.D. Chambers, L.M. Dick, K.A. Johnson, and K.L. Jones, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Dysmorphology and Teratology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California

 

 

Tuesday
2:30 pm–4:00 pm
Platform IIb: Teratology Society/OTIS Joint Session 2
Chairpersons: Kathie Johnson and Jan Freidman

2:30 – 2:45 pm

DESIGN OF A DATABASE OF HUMAN PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURES ASSOCIATED WITH ADVERSE DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES REPORTED TO FDA

A. Vega and S. Tabacova, CDER/FDA and NCTR/ FDA, Rockville, Maryland

2:45 – 3:00 pm

ACCUTANE‘ - EXPOSED PREGNANCIES

M.A. Honein and L. J. Paulozzi, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

3:00 – 3:15 pm

CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLOSURE ISSUES IN COUNSELING PREGNANT PATIENTS WHO REVEAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE: A CASE REPORT

K. Filkins, S. Beverly, E. Chen, D Johnstone, J. Gordon, and N. Catalano, UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Los Angeles, California; UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Social Work, Los Angeles, California; California Teratogen Information Service, University of California, San Diego Medical Center

3:15 – 3:30 pm

DOES DRUG LABELING INFLUENCE RISK PERCEPTIONS OF TERATOGENICITY? A SURVEY OF PREGNANT WOMEN AND THEIR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

A. Einarson, M.Pole, T.R. Einarson, N. Pairadeau, and G. Koren, The Motherisk Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, and Obstetrics Dept, North York General Hospital, Toronto, Canada

3:30 – 4:00 pm

SELF-SELECTION BIAS IN TERATOLOGY INFORMATION SERVICE PREGNANCY OUTCOME STUDIES

K.A. Johnson, P.A. Weber, C.D. Chambers, and K.L. Jones, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Dysmorphology and Teratology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California and Kaiser Permanente of Southern California, San Diego, California

 

 

Tuesday
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Platform IIIa: Hazard/Risk Assessment Session 1
Chairpersons: James Schardein and Patricia Bittner

1:00 – 1:15 pm

DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY INTERACTIONS OF METHANOL AND RADIOFREQUENCY (RF) RADIATION OR 2-METHOXYETHANOL (2ME) IN RATS

B.K. Nelson, D.L. Snyder, and P.B. Shaw, Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Science, NIOSH, Cincinnati, Ohio

1:15 – 1:30 pm

ADDITIVITY OF CARBON MONOXIDE AND PROTEIN DEFICIENCY ON NEONATAL MORTALITY IN MICE

J. Singh, Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

1:30 – 1:45 pm

THE PREDOMINANT ROLE OF MATERNAL TOXICITY IN LOVASTATIN-INDUCED DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY

L.D. Wise, M.A. Cukierski, G.R. Lankas, and G.L. Skiles, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania

1:45 – 2:00 pm

PREGNANCY ALTERS THE PHARMACOKINETICS OF CYSTEAMINE IN THE PREGNANT RAT AND EFFECTS POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT

L.B. Fawcett, D.A. Beckman, L.K. Sherrell, J.E Pugarelli, and F.K Assadi, Department of Medical Cell Biology, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware

2:00 – 2:15 pm

LEFLUNOMIDE AS AN EXAMPLE OF A MODERN APPROACH TO PRODUCT LABELING FOR REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS: A CATEGORY X DRUG BASED ON PHARMACOKINETIC DATA

R.L. Brent, duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware

2:15 – 2:30 pm

THE EFFECTS OF IN UTERO EXPOSURE TO A LOW DOSE OF BISPHENOL A ON FEMALE SEXUAL MATURATION OF THE RAT

C.E. Talsness and I. Chahoud, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Benjamin Franklin Medical Center, Freie Universitaet, Berlin, Germany

 

 

Tuesday
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Platform IIIb: Hazard/Risk Assessment Session 2
Chairpersons: Ed Carney and Steve Harris

2:30 – 2:45 pm

A THREE-DIMENSIONAL CULTURE SYSTEM SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT OF INCISORS AND MOLARS IN MAXILLA AND MANDIBLE OF CULTURED MURINE FIRST ARCHES

P. Williams, D. Montufar-Solis, and J. Duke, Dept. of Orthodontics, Dental Branch, UT Houston Health Science Center, Houston, Texas

2:45 – 3:00 pm

THE MECHANISM OF CLEFT PALATE FORMATION IN THE CHONDRODYSPLASIA MOUSE

W. McLean, I.G. Lavrin, R.E. Seegmiller, C.W. Archer, E.D. Hay, and B.R. Olsen, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; and Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

3:00 – 3:15 pm

DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY STUDIES WITH GLYPHOSATE AND SELECTED SURFACTANTS IN RATS

D.R. Farmer, T.A Kaempfe, W.F. Heydens, and W.R. Kelce, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri

3:15 – 3:30 pm

RIO GRANDE RIVER WATER AND SEDIMENT EXTRACTS INDUCE NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS (NTD) IN XENOPUS

D.J. Fort, E.L. Stover, J.A. Bantle, and J.G. Burkhart, The Stover Group, Stillwater, Oklahoma; Oklahoma State University Department of Zoology, Stillwater, Oklahoma; NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

3:30 – 3:45 pm

MECHANISMS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY OF TOMUDEX

C. Lau, R.G. Hanson, D. Lui, M. L. Mole, M.G. Narotsky, J.M. Rogers and R.M. Zucker, Reproductive Toxicology Division, NHEERL, USEPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

3:45 – 4:00 pm

MESOTRIONE: IS MOUSE THE RELEVANT MODEL FOR HUMANS OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL AND REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS OF TYROSINE?

W.M. Provan and R.W. Lewis, Zeneca Central Toxicology Laboratory, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK

4:00 pm – 10:00 pm Exhibits Open
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Business Meeting
Tuesday
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Poster Session

Sponsored by Covance Laboratories, Quintiles, SNBL, Springborn Laboratories, Inc., and TherImmune Research Corporation



Wednesday, June 28
 
7:30 am – 8:15 am Continental Breakfast
7:30 am – 5:00 pm Registration
8:30 am – 12: 00 noon

Public Affairs Symposium:

    What Do We Know About the Reproductive & Developmental Risks of Herbal and Alternate Remedies?
    Chairpersons: Kenneth Jones and Harpal Buttar

8:30 – 8:45 am

INTRODUCTION

H.S. Buttar, Bureau of Pharmaceutical Assessment, Health Protection Branch, Ottawa, Canada

8:45 – 9:15 am

POTENTIAL TOXICITIES OF HERBAL THERAPIES IN THE DEVELOPING FETUS

T.M. Jurgens, College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

9:15 – 9:45 am

HERBAL REMEDIES IN PREGNANCY - METHODOLOGICAL AND PRACTICAL ISSUE

G. Koren, The Motherisk Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

9:45 – 10:15 am

INTERACTIONS OF HERBAL AND ALTERNATE REMEDIES WITH CONVENTIONAL MEDICINES

B.A. Buehler, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

Wednesday
10:15 am - 10:45 am
WARKANY TEA

10:45 – 11:15 am

PREGNANCY OUTCOME IN WOMEN USING HERBAL AND ALTERNATE THERAPIES

T. Johns, School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

11:15 – 11:45 am

REGULATORY ISSUES CONCERNING THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF HERBAL AND ALTERNATIVE REMEDIES

C.G. Rousseaux, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

11:45 – 12:00 pm

DISCUSSION

K. Jones, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Dysmorphology and Teratology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California

 

 

Wednesday
1:00 pm–4:45 pm

Workshop I

Interpretation of Data on Developmental Neurotoxicity
Chairpersons: Carole Kimmel and Deborah Rice

1:00 – 1:10 pm

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW

C.A. Kimmel, USEPA, NCEA, Washington, District of Columbia

1:10 – 2:00 pm

NEUROBEHAVIORAL DATA INTERPRETATION IN NEUROTOXICITY STUDIES: FOB, MOTOR ACTIVITY AND FUNCTION

V.C. Moser, USEPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

2:00 – 2:50 pm

SENSORY SYSTEM TESTING

L.D. Fechter, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

2:50 – 3:40 pm

INTERPRETATION OF TESTS OF COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN ANIMAL MODELS OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROTOXICOLOGY

D.C. Rice, NCEA, USEPA, Washington, District of Columbia

3:40 – 4:30 pm

ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROTOXICITY IN HUMANS

D.C. Bellinger, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

4:30 – 4:45 pm

GENERAL DISCUSSION
 

 

Wednesday
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Workshop II

    Developmental Toxicokinetics: Lessons for Product Development
    Chairpersons: Rakesh Dixit and L. David Wise

1:00 – 1:10 pm

INTRODUCTION

R. Dixit and L.D. Wise, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania

1:10 – 1:50 pm

ANATOMICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECTS OF MATERNAL-EMBRYONIC-FETAL INTERFACE

J. DeSesso, Biomedical Research Institute, Mitretek Systems, McLean, Virginia

1:50 – 2:10 pm

COMPARTMENTAL AND PHYSIOLOGICALLY-BASED TOXICOKINETICS IN RISK ASSESSMENT

D. Clarke, Lilly Research Laboratories, A Division of Eli Lilly & Company, Greenfield, Indiana

2:10 – 2:30 pm

APPLICATIONS AND LIMITATION OF DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICOKINETIC STUDIES: MECHANISTIC VS. RISK ASSESSMENT

R. Dixit, Department of Safety Assessment, Merck Research Laboratories (MRL), Merck and Company, Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania

2:30 – 4:00 pm

CLINICAL AND REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS IN DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICOKINETICS

P.J. Wier, Safety Assessment, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

 

 

Wednesday
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Workshop III

    Teratology Society's Ethics Code, Certification, Disclaimer Guidelines and Expertise Recognition
    Chairpersons: Robert L. Brent, Narsingh Agnish, and Anthony R. Scialli

1:00 – 4:00 pm

OVERVIEW

R.L. Brent, N. Agnish, and A.R. Sciali
du Pont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware, Hoffman-LaRoche Inc., Nutley, New Jersey, and Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia

Wednesday
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Historical Control Database Demonstration

Kok-Wah Hew and L. David Wise

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Council II Meeting
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Banquet Reception
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm President's Circle Reception (By Invitation Only)