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(Updated 15-Mar-2005)
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Saturday, June 25	Sunday, June 26	Monday, June 27	Tuesday, June 28	Wednesday, June 29	Thursday, June 30
Education Course: Understanding Stem Cells	Education Course continued	WARKANY LECTURE Anthony Scialli	SUNRISE MINI-COURSE Developmental Immuno-toxicology	PLATFORM SESSION III	BIO-INFORMATICS MINI-COURSE Introduction to Bioinformatics
	Charles River Lecture Assessment of Cognitive Function	Wilson Publication Award Presentation and Address	MARCH OF DIMES SYMPOSIUM When Regulatory Elements meet the Omics	PLATFORM SESSION IV	PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PLATFORM SESSION
	JOINT TS/BTS/NBTS SYMPOSIUM Cognitive Testing and Neuro-development	Student Platform Session	Poster Session II and Exhibits Open	WARKANY TEA	BIO-INFORMATICS AND TERATOLOGY BRIDGING THE GAP SYMPOSIUM
	Issues Meeting/ BDR Editors Report	F. Clarke Fraser Award	TS/OTIS JOINT PLATFORM SESSION	PLATFORM SESSION V	COUNCIL 2 MEETING
	Welcoming Reception and Exhibits Open	POSTERS AND EXHIBITS OPEN	PLATFORM SESSION II	PLATFORM SESSION VI
		CONCURRENT SYMPOSIUM I TS/BTS/NBTS JOINT SYMPOSIUM ILSI Neuro-development Symposium	CONCURRENT SYMPOSIUM I Gene/ Environmental Interactions in Rare Diseases that Include Common Birth Defects	NATIONAL CHILDREN'S STUDY UPDATE
		CONCURRENT SYMPOSIUM II TS/OTIS JOINT SYMPOSIUM Pregnancy Exposure Information	CONCURRENT SYMPOSIUM II MTA/MARTA Symposium - Preclinical Data and Its Value to the Clinician	WILEY LISS SYMPOSIUM Are We Playing with Fate? Manipulating Gametes and Early Embryos
		PLATFORM SESSION I		BUSINESS MEETING
		TERATOGEN UPDATE		RECEPTION AND BANQUET BEACH PARTY
		JOINT TS/ BTS/ NBTS/ OTIS POSTER SESSION I
		MARTA/MTA STUDENT CAREER EVENT

Saturday, June 25	top
9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON	COUNCIL 1A MEETING
11:30 AM - 5:00 PM	REGISTRATION
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	EDUCATION COURSE PART 1 (separate registration required)
Understanding Stem Cells: Current Research and Potential Clinical Applications Organized by the Education Committee, Eve Mylchreest, Chairperson Coursebooks provided by CTBR Welcome – Kenneth Lyons Jones, President, Teratology Society Introduction Speaker: Eve Mylchreest, DuPont Haskell Laboratory Overview of Embryonic Stem Cells Speaker: Nao Tereda, University of Florida Adult Stem Cells and Their Differentiation Potential Speaker: Len Eisenberg, Medical University of South Carolina Hematopoetic Stem Cells Speaker: Edward Scott, University of Florida Embryonic Stem Cells and Development Speaker: Mahendra S. Rao, NIH
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM	COUNCIL 1B MEETING (Committee Reports)
Sunday, June 26 top
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM	REGISTRATION
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM	EDUCATION COURSE PART II: (CONTINUED FROM SATURDAY)
Understanding Stem Cells: Current Research and Potential Clinical Applications Stem Cells, Reprogramming and Cancer Speaker: Konrad Hochedlinger, MIT Neural Retina Regeneration: Transdifferentiation or Stem Cell Activation? Speaker: Katia Rio-Tsonis, Ohio State Embryonic Stem Cells in Developmental Toxicology Speaker: Don Stedman, Pfizer Bioethics Speaker: Lou Genein, Harvard University
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	CHARLES RIVER LECTURE
Assessment of Cognitive Function: Bridging the Gap from Preclinical Animal Studies to the Human Condition Speaker: Peter J. Snyder, Pfizer
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	JOINT TS/BTS/NBTS SYMPOSIUM
Cognitive Testing and Neurodevelopment Organized by Frank Scalzo, Bard College; and Robert M. Parker, Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc. Use of Identical Behavioral Tasks in Children and Laboratory Animals for Studying Chemical Effects on a Variety of Cognitive Functions Speaker: Merle Paule, NCTR, U.S. FDA Cognitive Testing in Infant Monkeys: Responding to Biomedical and Public Health Issues Speaker: Mari Golub, University of California-Davis Path Integration Versus Spatial Learning: What Does The Cincinnati Water Maze (CWM) Measure? Speaker: Charles V. Vorhees, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation Adaptation to Change as an Index of Cognitive Function Speaker: Bernard Weiss, University of Rochester Medical Center
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM	ISSUES MEETING/BDR EDITORS REPORT
6:15 PM - 7:45 PM	WELCOMING RECEPTION AND EXHIBITS OPEN
Monday, June 27 top
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	REGISTRATION
8:00 AM - 8:10 AM	PRESIDENT'S WELCOME Kenneth Lyons Jones
8:10 AM - 9:00 AM	THE JOSEF WARKANY LECTURE Speaker: Anthony Scialli, Sciences International Inc.
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	The James G. Wilson Publication Award Presentation and Address
9:45 AM - 11:30 AM	STUDENT PLATFORM SESSION
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	F. CLARKE FRASER AWARD Suzan Carmichael, California Birth Defects Monitoring Program
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM	CONCURRENT SYMPOSIUM I
TS/BTS/NBTS JOINT SYMPOSIUM ILSI Neurodevelopment Symposium—An Evaluation and Interpretation of Neurodevelopmental Endpoints for Human Health Risk Assessment Organized by Steve Brimijoin, Mayo Clinic; and Isabel Walls, ILSI Risk Science Institute Application of Developmental Neurotoxicity Testing to Public Health Protection Speaker: Penelope Fenner-Crisp, Risk Sciences Institute Undertaking a Positive Control Study as Part of a Developmental Neurotoxicity Testing Procedure Speaker: Kevin Crofton, U.S. EPA Identification and Interpretation of Treatment-Related Effects in Developmental Neurotoxicity Testing Speaker: Rochelle Tyl, Research Triangle Institute Determining Normal Variability for Endpoints Measured in a Developmental Neurotoxicity Test Speaker: Kathleen Raffaele, U.S. EPA Statistical Issues and Techniques Appropriate for Developmental Neurotoxicity Testing Speaker: Robert Holson, New Mexico Tech
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM	CONCURRENT SYMPOSIUM II
Pregnancy Exposure Information: How Do We Get It and How Do We Use It? Organized by Christina Chambers, UCSD Medical Center; and Melissa S. Tassinari, Pfizer Global Research & Development Introduction Sources of Pregnancy Exposure Information—U.S. and Worldwide Speaker: Kristine Shields, Merck & Co., Inc. Clinical Teratology: Translating Science and Policy into Clinical Practice Speaker: Jan Friedman, University of British Columbia A Coordinated Approach to Post Marketing Surveillance Speaker: Janet Cragan, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Risk Communication: the Product Labeling and Beyond Speaker: Sandra Kweder, U.S. FDA Panel Discussion Improving Access, Analysis, and Use of Human Exposure Data
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM	PLATFORM SESSION I
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM	TERATOGEN UPDATE
Organized by Robert Brent, DuPont Hospital for Children Angiotensin II Receoptor Inhibitors Speaker: Sura Alwan, University of British Columbia Misoprostal Speaker: Lynda Fawcett, Thomas Jefferson University Pseudoephederine Speaker: Martha Werler, Boston University DES Speaker: Robert Brent, DuPont Hospital for Children
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	JOINT TS/BTS/NBTS/OTIS POSTER SESSION I (Posters attended from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM)
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM	MTA/MARTA STUDENT CAREER EVENT
Tuesday, June 28 top
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	REGISTRATION
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM	SUNRISE MINI COURSE (Separate registration Required; breakfast provided)
Developmental Immunotoxicology Organized by the Education Committee, Eve Mylchreest, Chairperson Coursebooks provided by CTBR Development of the Immune System in Vertebrates Speaker: Ken Landreth, West Virginia University A Framework for Developmental Immunotoxicity Testing Speaker: Sue Makris, U.S. EPA
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM	MARCH OF DIMES SYMPOSIUM
When Regulatory Elements Meet the Omics: An Introduction for Teratologists Organized by Wafa Harrouk, U.S. FDA; Tyra Leazer, Procter & Gamble Company; and Elaine Faustman, Institute for Risk Analysis and Risk Communication Introduction Speaker: Wafa Harrouk, U.S. FDA The International Regulome Consortium Speaker: To Be Named Computational Models of Transcriptional Regulatory Processes Speaker: To Be Named Neurogenesis in the Xenopus Embryo Speaker: To Be Named The Regulatory Element as it applies to Teratology; The Clinical Implications Speaker: To Be Named
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM	POSTER SESSION II AND EXHIBITS OPEN (Posters attended 11:45 - 1:15 PM)
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM	TS/OTIS JOINT PLATFORM SESSION
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM	PLATFORM SESSION II
3:30 PM - 6:30 PM	CONCURRENT SYMPOSIUM I
Gene/Environment Interactions in Rare Diseases that Include Common Birth Defects Organized by John Graham, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; and Gary Shaw, California Birth Defects Monitoring Program Sponsored by NIH Office of Rare Diseases, and the NTP Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction Total is More Than the Sum of the Parts: Phenotyping the Heart in Cardiovascular Genetics Clinics Speaker: John Belmont, Baylor College of Medicine Holoprosencephaly: Is There More to It than Sonic Hedgehog? Speaker: Max Muenke, National Human Genome Research Institute Contribution of Rare Syndromes to Our Understanding of Orofacial Clefts Speaker: Sonia Rasmussen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Can Rare Genetic Syndromes and Knowledge Concerning Environmental Exposures Help Us? Speaker: Barbara Pober, Boston Children's Hospital Rare Genetic Susceptibilities to Common Exogenous Exposures Speaker: Gary Shaw, California Birth Defects Monitoring Program
3:30 PM - 6:30 PM	CONCURRENT SYMPOSIUM II MTA/MARTA Symposium
Preclinical Data and Its Value to the Clinician Organized by Gary Chmielewski, Pfizer Global Research & Development Sponsored by Midwest Teratology Association and Middle Atlantic Reproductive and Teratology Association Preclinical and DART Endpoints Speaker: Patrick Wier, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Pediatric/Juvenile and Clinical Perspectives Speaker: Albert. J. Allen, Eli Lilly Environmental and Workplace Considerations Speaker: Donna Farmer, Monsanto Company Epidemiologic Perspectives and Considerations Speaker: Jeanne Manson, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
6:30 PM	FREE EVENING
Wednesday, June 29 top
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	REGISTRATION
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	PLATFORM SESSION III
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	PLATFORM SESSION IV
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	WARKANY TEA
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	PLATFORM SESSION V
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	PLATFORM SESSION VI
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	NATIONAL CHILDREN'S STUDY UPDATE
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	WILEY LISS SYMPOSIUM
Are We Playing with Fate? Manipulating Gametes and Early Embryos Organized by the Publications Committee, Deborah Hansen, Chairperson Sponsored by John Wiley and Sons Introduction Targeting the Female Genome—Consequences to the Progeny Speaker: Patricia Hunt, Case Western Reserve University Targeting the Male Genome—Consequences to the Progeny Speaker: Bernard Robaire, McGill University The Effects of Culture on Preimplantation Embryos—From Gene Expression to Behavior Speaker: Richard Schultz, University of Pennsylvania Phenotype of Cloned (and ART?) Mice Speaker: Randall Sakai, University of Cincinnati Summary
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	BUSINESS MEETING
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM	RECEPTION AND BANQUET BEACH PARTY
Thursday, June 30 top
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM	REGISTRATION
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM	BIOINFORMATICS MINI COURSE (Separate registration required)
Organized by Geonomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics Committee, Thomas B. Knudsen, Chairperson Introduction to Bioinformatics Speaker: Eric Sayre, NCBI/NIH
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM	PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PLATFORM SESSION Organized by Public Affairs Committee, Anthony Scialli, Chairperson
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM	BIOINFORMATICS AND TERATOLOGY - BRIDGING THE GAP SYMPOSIUM
Organized by Thomas B. Knudsen, University of Louisville; L. David Wise, Merck Research Laboratories; and Amar V. Singh, University of Louisville Introduction Speaker: William Slikker, U.S. FDA Inference of Biological Regulatory Networks During Normal and Abnormal Development Speaker: Kenneth Ramos, University of Louisville Computational Gene Network Analysis in Toxicology Speaker: Christopher J. Portier, NIEHS Development of Public Toxicogenomics Software: ArrayTrack Speaker: Weida Tong, U.S. FDA Database Resources for Birth Defects Research and Developmental Toxicity Speaker: Thomas B. Knudsen, University of Louisville
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Council II Meeting