Ohio
Valley Society of Toxicology
1999
Fall Meeting
November 11-12, 1999
University
of Louisville Health Science Center
Baxter
Biomedical Sciences Building Auditorium (map)
570
South Preston St, Louisville, Kentucky 40202 (For
information about Louisville, see http://www.louisville.com/vis.shtml
The annual fall meeting of the Ohio
Valley Society of Toxicology was held in Louisville, Kentucky November 11-12, 1999. The
meeting was attended by approximately 120 participants from across the Ohio Valley region.
The meeting included a social day at Louisville's historical Churchill Downs race track
and a scientific day at the University of Louisville Health Science Center's brand new
Baxter Biomedical Research Building. The featured symposium was presented entitled:
"Genetic Susceptibility to Environmental Toxins" , was chaired by Dr. David Hein
and Dr. Russell Prough, both of the University of Louisville.
Thursday,
November 11: Day at Churchill Downs
For information and directions
to Churchill Downs, see http://www.kentuckyderby.com/
Friday, November 12
8:15-9:00 a.m.
Registration (auditorium lobby; $15 incl. $10 annual
dues for FY2000)
Poster set-up in Abell Administration Building Room 110; Complimentary Continental
Breakfast
9:00-9:05 a.m
Welcome
Dr. Russell A. Prough, Associate Vice President for Health
Affairs/Research, University of Louisville Health Sciences Center
9:05–9:25 a.m.
OVSOT Business Meeting (Open to all)
Dr. David W. Hein, University of Louisville, and OVSOT
President presiding
9:25-9:30 a.m.
Introduction to the Symposium
“Genetic Susceptibility to Environmental Toxins”
Drs. David W. Hein and Russell A. Prough
(University of Louisville), presiding
9:30-10-30 a.m.
"Pharmacogenetics
and pharmacogenomics: ethnic and genetic differences in toxicity and cancer"
Dr. Daniel W. Nebert, Center for Genetics and
Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati
10:30-11:30 a.m.
"Genetic
susceptibility to colon and pancreatic cancer and the development of high throughput
genotyping
methods"
Dr.
Fred F. Kadlubar, Division of Molecular Epidemiology, National Center for Toxicological
Research
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Viewing of scientific posters and box lunch
Abell Administration Building, room
110, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
"Dioxins,
clocks and oxygen: Prototype signals of an environmental sensor superfamily"
Dr.
Chris Bradfield, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2:00–3:00 p.m.
“Functional
outcome of the interaction between the Ah receptor and the retinoblastoma protein"
Dr.
Alvaro Puga, Center for Environmental Genetics and Department of Environmental Health,
University of Cincinnati
3:00-3:30 p.m.
Refreshment break - take down posters
3:30 -4:00 p.m.
Announcement of poster award winners and meeting close
Poster Judges for the 1999 OVSOT Meeting:
- Dr. Steve Frantz, Bristol Myers Squibb;
- Dr. Tom Mably, Bristol Myers Squibb;
- Dr. August Wilke, Eli Lilly
Student Poster Winners:
- 1st Place: Mr. Scott Heid, Dept. of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of
Kentucky
Title: Role of heat shock protein 90 in mediating activation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor.
- 2nd Place: Mr. Matthew Cooper, Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky
Title: Salmonella typhimurium YG7104 and YG7108 co-expressing human CYP2E1 and NADPH-P450
reductase are sensitive to promutagenic CYP2E1 substrates in the AMES assay.
- 3rd Place: Mr. Adrian Fretland, Dept. of Toxicology and Pharmacology, University of
Louisville School of MedicineTitle: 2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine
induces a higher number of aberrant crypt foci in rapid verses slow acetylator inbred rats
Ohio Valley
Society of Toxicology
MEMORANDUM
To:
All Interested Parties
From: OVSOT Executive Committee
Subject: Poster Presentations at 1999
OVSOT Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the
Ohio Valley Society of Toxicology (OVSOT) is scheduled for November 12, 1999, at the
University of Louisville. The meeting will be co-sponsored by U of L’s Center
for Environmental Health Sciences. The major theme of the meeting will be genetic
susceptibility to environmental toxins.
As in past years, the
Annual Meeting will feature a concurrent poster session. All interested individuals
(students and non-students) are encouraged to present and discuss their research in
standard poster presentation fashion. Cash awards will be given to the top three
predoctoral students, as decided by a panel of three independent judges. The first
place winner will receive $300.00, second place $150.00, and third place $50.00.
Poster presentation guidelines and judging criteria are outlined on the next page.
All persons interested in
presenting a poster are asked to submit an abstract to the attention of Dr. Joseph Siglin
no later than Friday, October 22, 1999 (see next page for address). It is important
that all student abstracts are received by October 22 in order for the judges to have
adequate time to review them.
If you have any questions
concerning the poster session, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Siglin at: phone
(419) 647-4196 or e-mail jsiglin@springborn.com
Thank you in advance for
your assistance. We look forward to seeing you at the Annual Meeting.
Yours sincerely,
OVSOT Executive Committee
1999 Ohio Valley Society of Toxicology Poster
Presentation Guidelines and Rules
Submission Date and Instructions
Abstracts should be submitted by mail,
fax or e-mail, by no later than Friday, October 22, 1999, to the following address:
Dr. Joseph C. Siglin
Springborn Laboratories, Inc.
640 N. Elizabeth St.
Spencerville, OH 45887
Phone: (419) 647-4196
Fax: (419) 647-6560
E-mail: jsiglin@springborn.com
Abstracts and posters
should be prepared in general agreement with the guidelines provided by the Society of
Toxicology for the SOT Annual Meeting. However,
unlike SOT requirements, it is okay if the poster has been used for a previous scientific
meeting. All topics related to the field of
toxicology are acceptable.
Poster Boards and Display Time
Poster boards measuring
approximately 4' x 6' will be provided. Presenters
are asked to bring their own pushpins. Posters
should be set up as soon as possible on the day of the meeting and left on display
throughout the day. Presenters are asked to
man their posters during morning and afternoon breaks, and during the scheduled lunch
break.
Poster Award Eligibility
All interested individuals
(students and non-students) are encouraged to submit an abstract and present a poster. However, only predoctoral students are eligible to
receive one of the three student poster awards.
Criteria for Judging Student Posters:
Areas of Equal
Importance:
Were the objectives,
methods, results and conclusions presented clearly? Were
the objectives of the study met? Were logical
conclusions drawn from the results?
Is the work original? Were state-of-the-art techniques or methods used? How creative was the experimental design and/or
approach?
Was the presenter
knowledgeable of all aspects of the work performed? Was
there interest and enthusiasm? Was the poster
professional in appearance (readable text, graphics, photographs, etc.)?