SOT 2007 Annual Meeting

Science writers, editors, trade press, science journalism students, and industry media representatives are invited to attend sessions of the Society of Toxicology's Annual Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina (March 25–29, 2007, at the Charlotte Convention Center). Complimentary Registration may be arranged by submitting the Mail/Fax registration form. Members of the press may also register on-site at the Charlotte Convention Center. Please bring press credentials to Registration when arriving at the Convention Center.

Sessions of particular interest for health and environmental media include:

Plenary Opening Lecture: The Impact of Human Activities on the Atmosphere
Monday Morning, March 26, Time: 8:15 AM–9:15 AM
Lecturer: Nobel Laureate Mario Molina, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA.

Keynote Medical Research Council (MRC) Lecture: The Genetic Control of Programmed Cell Death in the Nematode Caenorhabditis Eelegans
Wednesday Morning, March 28, Time: 8:00 AM–8:50 AM
Lecturer: Nobel Laureate Robert Horvitz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Medical Toxicology Session on Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Tuesday Afternoon, March 27, Time: 12:00 NOON—1:20 PM

Workshops on the Women's Health Initiative Lessons, Tuesday Afternoon, March 27, 1:30 PM and the Safety of Dietary Supplements Used for Weight Reduction, Thursday Morning, March 29, 9:00 AM

Workshops on the Environmental Risk Factors for Autism, Monday Morning, March 26, 9:30 AM and Advances in Causation and Therapy of Parkinsonian Diseases, Wednesday Morning, March 28, 9:00 AM

Workshops on The Future of Risk Assessment in Environmental Health, Monday Morning, March 26, 9:30 AM and Molds, Mycotoxins and Damp-Building Related Illnesses, Thursday Morning, March 29, 9:00 AM.

To learn more about these sessions, and to access descriptions of all planned scientific sessions as well as presenters' names and affiliations, please use the Search option of the 'Itinerary Planner'.

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