Student and Post-Doctoral Fellow Events

Student Travel Awards Deadline October 9, 2005

Student/Post-Doctoral Fellow Mixer
Sunday, March 5, 7:30 PM–8:30 PM

The Student Advisory Committee hosts this opportunity for students and post-doctoral fellows to gather, to meet new colleagues, and to re-establish relationships in an informal atmosphere at the beginning of the meeting. Complimentary tickets are obtained by registering for this event on the Annual Meeting Registration Form. Ticket and meeting badge are required. Complimentary refreshments and a cash bar will be available.

Post-Doctoral Assembly Event
Sunday, March 5, 8:00 PM–9:00 PM

Join your post-doctoral colleagues, after a visit to the Student/Post-Doctoral Fellow Mixer, at the Post-Doctoral Assembly Event. The Post-Doctoral Assembly (PDA) is the formal group for these members. Take this opportunity to network with each other, discuss issues of importance to you, plan activities, and get to know the new PDA Board members for 2006–2007. The featured speaker is Jose Manautou, 2006 Achievement Award recipient. Light appetizers and a cash bar will be available.

Lunch with an Expert
Date and time varies by group (Meet at Bulletin Board in Registration Area)

This event is an informal gathering of a small group of students and a Toxicology Expert. Sign up via the Student Services section of the SOT Web site. The groups are matched by research interests and the Expert for each group identifies a time and place to assemble. Details for the group meeting will be sent advance of meeting.

Student Advisory Committee Meeting
Tuesday, March 7, 7:00 AM–8:30 AM

Members of the Student Advisory Committee will conduct their business meeting.

Student In Vitro Toxicology Lecture: Using In Vitro Genomics Technology to Assess the Impact of Chemicals on Cell Signaling Networks
Tuesday, March 7, 12:00 NOON–1:15 PM
Lecturer: Kevin Gaido, CIIT Centers for Health Research, Research Triangle Park, NC.
Sponsored by: The Colgate-Palmolive Company Animals in Research Committee

Each year the Colgate-Palmolive Company invites all students and post-doctoral fellows at the SOT Annual Meeting to attend a luncheon and lecture concerning alternative research methods at the forefront of toxicology, specifically, methods that address reduction of use or replacement of whole animals, or the refinement of experimental techniques using whole animal models. Past recipients of all the Colgate-Palmolive SOT awards will be special guests.

Students register for this event on the Annual Meeting Registration Form. A $5 deposit per ticket is required and will be returned at the luncheon upon presentation of the ticket. Seating is limited.The lecture will review an important application of in vitro toxicology to the study of basic mechanistic processes and provide examples of how new test methods have benefited animal welfare by refining experimental procedures and reducing animal use. Recent developments in genomics technology now allow for the comprehensive screening of the impact of chemicals and pharmaceuticals on complex cell signaling networks without the use of whole animal systems. The high-throughput requirement of these approaches necessitates use of in vitro cell culture systems. These high throughput screens provide enormous amounts of data in the context of mechanistic and predictive toxicology. The tools for this type of research include a combination of receptor-based reporter gene assays, gene expression analysis using genome-wide microarrays and large-scale, loss-of-function and gain-of-function studies using inhibitory RNA libraries and libraries of full-length genes, respectively. From results obtained with these tools, a cell signaling pathway can be constructed and a more comprehensive and mechanistic understanding of the impact of chemicals on biological systems can be developed. Elucidation of signaling pathways at the cellular level is not possible in intact animals and identification of mode of action at the molecular level is often important in explaining disease states or toxicities identified in vivo.

Students register for this event on the Annual Meeting Registration form; a $5 deposit per ticket is required and will be exchanged for the ticket at the luncheon. Seating is limited.

SOT Council Meeting with Students/Post-Doctoral Fellows
Wednesday, March 8, 4:45 PM–5:30 PM

All students and post-doctoral fellows are encouraged to participate in this informal meeting, which provides a two-way dialog between SOT Council and students. Sodas will be available.

SOT Council Meeting with Student Advisory Committee
Wednesday, March 8, 5:30 PM–6:00 PM

Members of the Student Advisory Committee meet with Council at the conclusion of the open student meeting.

Students: Volunteer–Assist with a Continuing Education course or other annual meeting activity