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2001
ANNUAL MEETING
Tentative Schedule
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
February 2001
Revised 2/9/01
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SATURDAY,
23 JUNE, 13:30-17:30 and
SUNDAY, 24 JUNE, 08:30-12:30
EDUCATION COURSE: Principles
of Teratology: Application of New Technologies Towards Understanding
Abnormal Development
[Organized by Kok-Wah
Hew and the Education Committee]
James Schardein: Review
of the principles of teratology
Tom Knudsen: Technologies
to analyze teratogenic mechanisms
Simon Ward: Gene-teratogen
interaction ú genotype-related susceptibility during development
Phil Mirkes: Apoptosis
ú cell-specific susceptibility during development
Bruce Carlson: Limb
development ú tissue-specific susceptibility during development
John Rogers: Spatiotemporal
patterns of gene expression ú developmental stage-related
susceptibility
Peter Wells: Reactive
intermediates and abnormal development ú agent-specific susceptibility
Elaine Faustman: Dose-dependent
susceptibility
Bill Scott: Current
knowledge of abnormal development ú an overview
SUNDAY,
24 JUNE
| 14:00-17:00 |
MARCH
OF DIMES SYMPOSIUM: Male-Mediated Developmental Toxicity
[Organized by Barbara Hales, Andy Olshan, and Donald
Mattison]
Barbara Hales:
Introduction
Andy Olshan: The human story ú where are we now?
Sally Perreault Darney: Detecting adverse effects
on the paternal genome
Andy Wyrobek: Effects on progeny outcome ú human
and animal studies to elucidate mechanisms
Bernard Robaire: Are there appropriate biomarkers
of paternal drug exposure that predict altered progeny
outcome?
Donald Mattison: Closing remarks |
| 17:00-19:30 |
EXHIBITS
OPEN |
| 17:00-18:00 |
ISSUES
FORUM: Redesign and relaunch of the Societyçs journal |
| 18:00-19:30 |
PRESIDENTçS
RECEPTION |
MONDAY,
25 JUNE
| 08:30-09:30 |
THE JOSEF WARKANY
LECTURE
Philip E. Mirkes: To die, or not to die: that is
the question |
| 09:30-12:30 |
WILEY-LISS
SYMPOSIUM: Pluripotent Stem Cells In and Out Of The Embryo
[Organized by Tom Knudsen]
Peter Donovan:Overview
of the biology of pluripotent stem cells
John Gearhart: Derivation and therapeutic potential
of embryonic stem cells in human diseases
Horscht Spielmann: Application of embryonic stem
cells as research tools to address fundamental processes
in developmental toxicity
Laurie Zoloth: Issues in the bioethics of pluripotent
stem cells |
| 12:30-19:30 |
POSTERS AND EXHIBITS
OPEN |
| 14:00-14:45 |
THE JAMES G.
WILSON PUBLICATION AWARD |
| 14:45-17:00 |
STUDENT PLENARY
SESSION |
| 17:00-19:30 |
POSTER SESSION
I |
| 19:30-22:30 |
MARTA/MTA Student
Reception |
TUESDAY,
26 JUNE
| 09:00-12:30 |
NBTS/TERATOLOGY
SOCIETY JOINT SYMPOSIUM: Genetic Pathways of Neurodevelopment
[Organized by Patty
Rodier and Merle Paule]
ä David
Skuse: Turner syndrome
ä Maureen Dennis:
Neural tube defects
ä Bernard Maria:
Joubert syndrome
ä Anne S. Bassett:
Velo-cardio-facial syndrome |
| 09:30-12:30 |
OTIS/TERATOLOGY
SOCIETY JOINT SYMPOSIUM: Teratology of Obstetrical Procedures
[Organized by Karen
Filkins]
Ron Wapner, Lew Holmes,
Karen Filkins: Chorionic
villus sampling
Doug Wilson: Early
amniocentesis
R.L. Berkowitz:
Percutaneous umbilical
artery sampling (PUBS)
R.L. Berkowitz,
Ron Wapner: Reproductive
technologies and fetal reduction procedures
Karin Blakemore:
Fetal stem cell
therapy and other medical therapies
Karin Blakemore,
T.M. Goodwin: Delivery
complications |
| 12:30-19:30 |
POSTERS AND EXHIBITS
OPEN |
| 14:00-17:00 |
PLATFORM SESSION
1 |
| 14:00-17:00 |
PLATFORM SESSION
2 |
| 17:00-19:30 |
POSTER SESSION
II |
WEDNESDAY,
27 JUNE
| 09:00-12:30 |
WORKSHOP:
Teratogen Update
[Organized by Lew Holmes]
Tom Shepard:
Dose-response relationships
Ken Jones: Monitoring leflunomide (Arava ®
) as a new potential teratogen
Peggy Honein: Problems with informing women adequately
about teratogenic risks of isotretinoin (Accutane ®
)
Lew Holmes: New candidates for the list of human
teratogens |
| 09:00-12:30 |
WORKSHOP:
Redox Regulation in Mechanisms of Teratogenesis
[Organized by Craig Harris]
Chandan K.
Sen: Cellular thiols and redox-regulated signal transcription
Craig Harris: Redox regulation of limb outgrowth
in thalidomide teratogenicity
Peter Wells: Reactive oxygen species and oxidative
damage in chemical teratogenesis |
| 09:00-12:30 |
WORKSHOP:
Foodborne Infections During Pregnancy
[Organized by Tom Flynn]
Andrew Mellor:
Immunology at the maternal-fetal interface ú lessons
for T-cell tolerance
Mary Alice Smith: Adverse pregnancy outcome in
non-human primates exposed to Listeria monocytogenes
ú a model for humans
Tony Scialli: Salmonella sepsis and second-trimester
pregnancy loss
Jose Montoya: Toxoplasmosis during pregnancy ú
a silent killer
Samuel Flaxman: Evolving with our food - an evolutionary
perspective on morning sickness
Eileen Parish: Food safety issues during pregnancy
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| 14:00-17:00 |
PLATFORM
SESSION 3 |
| 14:00-17:00 |
PLATFORM
SESSION 4 |
| 14:00-17:00 |
PLATFORM
SESSION 5 - (Joint with OTIS) |
| 17:00-18:00 |
BUSINESS
MEETING |
| 19:00-20:00 |
RECEPTION |
| 20:00- |
BANQUET |
THURSDAY,
28 JUNE
| 09:00-12:00 |
GENOME SYMPOSIUM:
Using Genomics to Study Birth Defects
[Organized by Richard Finnell]
Rima Rozen: MTHFR
mutations and birth defects in mice
Bill Skarnes: A genomic resource of mouse mutations
in cell surface proteins
Claudia Kappen: Analysis of a genetic model for
diabetic embryopathy in the mouse
Richard Finnell: Mouse models of folate transport
deficiencies and their relationship to complex congenital
anomalies |
| 09:00-12:00 |
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
SYMPOSIUM: A Report Card on FDAçs Efforts to Prevent Teratogenic
Birth Defects
[Organized by Tina Chambers and Tom Collins]
Joseph DiGeorge: Preclinical
reproductive toxicology --"the Wedge"
Evelyn Rodriguez: Update on post-marketing surveillance
Sandra Kweder: Progress report on the pregnancy
labeling revision
Tony Scialli: Monitoring the effectiveness of pregnancy
prevention programs for known teratogens |
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