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2012 Pre-SOT Annual Meeting Bulletin

Rodney R. Dietert, Ph.D.

Message from the President This past year offered a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of our Specialty Section followed most recently by the 50th Anniversary of the Society of Toxicology. For ISS, it has been a time of appreciation and gratitude for our colleagues who first helped to define the scientific area of immunotoxicology and then paved the way for the training, research, and risk assessment that followed including the recognition of this area today as an integral part of human and animal health protection. Read more…

Announcing Our 2011 Award Winners

Dr. Ralph Smialowicz
2011 Vos Award Career Achievement in Immunotoxicology

2011 Vos Award and Bio

Best Paper 2010: Diane Antonios, Philippe Rousseau, Alexandre Larangé, Saadia Kerdine-Römer, and Marc Pallardy
Mechanisms of IL-12 Synthesis by Human Dendritic Cells Treated with the Chemical Sensitizer NiSO4
J Immunol. 2010 Jul 1;185(1):89–98.

Young Immunotoxicologist Award: Victor J. Johnson, Ph.D.

Best Presentation by a Postdoctoral Fellow: Jinze (Robert) Li, Ph.D.
Immunological Aspects of An Animal Model of Amodiaquine-Induced Liver Toxicity

Best Student Presentations:

1st Place—Jenna M. Benson
Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation Suppresses Intestinal Inflammation

2nd Place (tie)—Peer Karmaus
Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol Decreases Dendritic Cell Immune Responses after Influenza Infection In Vivo and Toll-like Receptor Stimulation In Vitro

2nd Place (tie)—Tom Simones
Ah Receptor Activation Generates Regulatory Dendritic Cells Capable of Inducing CD4+CD25+ FoxP3+ Regulatory T cells