Scientific Sessions
Scientific Program Overview
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Monday, March 14
8:00 AM–9:20 AM
Daily Plenary Session—Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering
9:30 AM–12:15 PM
Symposium Session
- Opening the Black Box: Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms of Developmental Toxicity ♞ ♦
Workshop Sessions
- Dietary Exposures to Heterocyclic Amines As a Potential Risk Factor for Neurological Disease ♜
- Mitochondria As the Central Target of Environmental Contaminants, Pharmaceutical Agents, and Toxicants: Mechanisms of Toxicity and Disease
- Nanotoxicology and Ocular Drug Delivery: One Size Does Not Fit All
- Scientific Reproducibility: Does This Pose a Problem for 21st Century Toxicology? ♦ ♠
- The Cancer Risk Assessment for Ingested Hexavalent Chromium: Challenges and Controversies ♣
- Transient Receptor Potential A1 (TRPA1) Cation Channels: Fluttering Hearts, Headaches and Hot Flashes—Can One “Environmental Sensor” Be the Cause of All the Pain? ♜
Regional Interest Session
- The Toxicological Implications of the Gulf Oil Spill: Research Accomplishments and Research Needs ♥
Platform Sessions
- Investigating Mode of Action in Chemical Carcinogenesis
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Ozone Research ♥
9:30 AM–12:45 PM
Poster Sessions
- Arsenic Toxicity ♣
- Bioinformatics and Toxicology ♠
- Biomonitoring
- Cell Death and Apoptosis
- Immunotoxicology
- Neurotoxicology of Therapeutic Agents and Abused Substances ♜
- Neurotoxicology—Developmental Neurotoxicity ♜
- Neurotoxicology—Emerging Technologies for Neurotoxicity Screening ♜
- Neurotoxicology—General ♜
- Neurotoxicology—Halogenated Hydrocarbons ♜
- Respiratory Toxicology
- Systems Biology and Toxicology ♠
- Toxicity of Metal Mixtures ♣
12:30 PM–1:20 PM
Merit Award Lecture
12:30 PM–1:50 PM
Roundtable Sessions
- Is a “Thresholdable” Carcinogen Still a Delaney Carcinogen? ♠
- Trichloroethylene Exposure and Development of Fetal Cardiac Malformations: What Do the Data Tell Us About Inhalation Exposures Resulting from Vapor Intrusion and Potential Health Risks to Pregnant Women? ♞
1:15 PM–4:30 PM
Poster Sessions
- Exposure Assessment
- Genetic Toxicology I
- Genetic Toxicology II
- Mercury Toxicity ♣
- Metal Toxicity ♣
- Mixtures ♥
- Nanotoxicology: General
- Natural Products ♥
- Neurotoxicology—Mercury Neurotoxicity ♜ ♣
- Neurotoxicology—Metals: Lead, Cadmium, and Others ♜ ♣
- Ocular Toxicology
- Safety Assessment: Drug Development ♠
- Safety Assessment: Drug Discovery ♠
- Toxicology Education
1:30 PM–2:30 PM
Meet the Directors
2:00 PM–4:45 PM
Symposium Sessions
- Health and Environmental Hazard Assessments of Nanomaterials Along Their Lifecycle ♥
- The Promise and Reality of Alternative Methods in Inhalation Toxicology and the Development of Inhaled Therapeutics
Workshop Sessions
- Moving Beyond Prioritization towards True In Vitro-Based Safety Assessment ♠
- Quantitative Cumulative Risk Assessment: Is It Feasible Today? ♠
- The Role of the Epigenome in Exposure Effects, Susceptibility, and Public Health ♦
- Using 21st Century Approaches to Evaluate Endocrine-Active Compounds ♠
Historical Highlights Session
- Toxicologic Legacies of Major 21st Century Man-Made/Natural Disasters ♥
Platform Sessions
- AhR and Disease Processes ♥
- Pluripotent Stem Cells in Cardiovascular Research
4:45 PM–6:00 PM
SOT/EUROTOX Debate
Tuesday, March 15
8:00 AM–9:20 AM
Daily Plenary Session—Inflammation and Neurodegenerative Disease
9:30 AM–12:15 PM
Symposium Sessions
- Drug-Induced Taste Change in Clinical Practice and Preclinical Safety Evaluation
- Genotypic and Intrinsic Risk Factors That Increase Susceptibility to Inhaled Pollutants
- Systems Understanding of the Impact of the Nrf2 Pathway on Chemical Toxicity and Cell Fate ♦
- Unknown, Unknowns: Exploring the Unidentified Fraction of Complex Mixtures
Workshop Sessions
- Bioactivity-Based Margin of Exposure Safety Assessment: The Next Stop along the Road to 21st Century Safety Assessments ♠
- Maternal Exposure to Nanoparticles—How Does It Affect the Fetus? Status, Mechanisms, and Future Directions ♞
- Multi-Omics in Predictive Toxicology: Development and Application in Environmental Monitoring Programs ♦
- Scientific and Regulatory Advances in Safety Evaluation of Heavy Metals in Food ♠ ♣
Platform Sessions
- Zebrafish Models: Advances and Applications in DART
9:30 AM–12:45 PM
Poster Sessions
- Alternative Models: Fish, Worms, and More ♦ ♠
- Carcinogenesis I
- Carcinogenesis II
- Chemical and Biological Weapons ♥
- Developmental Basis of Adult Disease ♞
- Endocrine Toxiciology
- Inflammation in Disease
- Inflammation: Methods and Mechanisms
- Liver—Mechanisms ♦
- Liver—Models
- Risk Assessment 1
- Stem Cell Biology and Toxicology
- Toxic Inhalants Research
12:30 PM–1:20 PM
Leading Edge in Basic Science Award Lecture
1:15 PM–4:30 PM
Poster Sessions
- 3D Cell and Organ-on-a-Chip Models ♦ ♠
- Alternative Models for Ocular and Skin Toxicity
- Biological Modeling
- Clinical and Translational Toxicology
- Food Safety/Nutrition 1 ♥
- Gene Regulation and Signal Transduction ♦
- Medical Devices
- Neurotoxicology—Dopaminergic Systems and Toxicants ♜
- Neurotoxicology—Manganese Neurotoxicity ♜ ♣
- Neurotoxicology—Neurodegenerative Diseases ♜
- Neurotoxicology—Pesticide Neurotoxicity ♜
- Non-Pharmaceutical Safety Assessment ♠
- Oxidative Injury and Redox Biology ♦
- Particulate Matter Toxicology
- Receptors
2:00 PM–4:45 PM
Symposium Sessions
- New Mechanistic Insights into How the Immune System Drives Hepatic Adverse Drug Reactions
- Reciprocal Synergism: New Insights into Thyroid Hormone Action in Brain Development and Neurodevelopmental Toxicity ♜ ♞
- The Role of Gene SLC30A10 on Manganese Homeostasis and Functional Outcomes: Implications for Homeostasis and Neurotoxic ♜ ♣
- Using Multi- and Transgenerational Effects of Environmental Exposures in Diverse Animal Models for Assessment of Human Health Risks ♞
Workshop Sessions
- Cannabis in the Courtroom ♜
- Read-Across: Building Scientific Confidence in the Development and Evaluation of Read-Across for Regulatory Purposes Using Tox21 Approaches ♦ ♠
- Safety Assessment of Topically Exposed Cosmetic Ingredients: Lessons Learned ♠
Platform Sessions
- Nanotoxicology: In Vivo
- Qualification of “New” DART Tools for Hazard Identification ♞
Wednesday, March 16
8:00 AM–9:20 AM
Daily Plenary Session—Keynote Medical Research Council (MRC) Lecture
9:30 AM–12:15 PM
Symposium Sessions
- Patient-Specific Stem Cells As Models for Gene, Drug, and Environment Interactions in Disease
- Sulfur Mustard Poisoning: Mechanisms of Dermal and Pulmonary Toxicity and New Treatment Approaches ♥
Workshop Sessions
- An Update on Juvenile Animal Testing ♞
- Moving Beyond Cancer: Current State of the Science of Noncancer Health Effects of Arsenic ♣
- Paradigm Change in Toxicology: What Will It Take to Bring Advances in the Science of Toxicology into Regulatory Use? ♦ ♠
- Screening Chemicals for Neurotoxicity Outcomes—Using Large Datasets and Multiple Endpoints to Develop “Toxicity Profiles” ♜ ♦
Informational Session
- Tox21 Challenge To Build Predictive Models of Nuclear Receptor and Stress Response Pathways As Mediated by Exposure to Environmental Toxicants and Drugs ♦
Platform Sessions
- Effects of Food-Associated Agents on Inflammation, Metabolic Disease, and Cancer ♥
- Nrf2 in Redox Biology
9:30 AM–12:45 PM
Poster Sessions
- Autoimmunity/Hypersensitivity
- Biomarkers
- Cardiovascular Toxicology
- Computational and Systems Toxicology I ♠
- Computational and Systems Toxicology II ♠
- Ecotoxicology
- Nanotoxicology: In Vitro
- Nanotoxicology: In Vivo
- Pesticides
- Pharmacogenetics/Genetic Polymorphisms ♦
- Risk Assessment 2
- Risk Assessment 3
12:30 PM–1:20 PM
Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award Lecture
12:30 PM–1:50 PM
Roundtable Session
- Combination Toxicology: Are We Testing the Right Things?
Informational Sessions
- Updating FDA’s Redbook: The Importance of Stakeholder Involvement ♠
- Why Did the Scientific Program Committee Reject My Proposal? Developing a Good Idea Into an Accepted SOT Session
Education-Career Development Session
- The Evolution of the Postdoc: Transitioning from Trainee to Professional in the Modern Era
1:15 PM–4:30 PM
Poster Sessions
- Alternative In Vitro Toxicity Models ♠
- Animal Models of Disease
- Animal Models: Methods and Measurements
- Cytochrome P450
- Developmental and Juvenile Toxicology ♞
- Developmental Toxicology (Non-Rodent) ♞
- Epidemiology and Public Health
- Epigenetics ♦
- Food Safety/Nutrition 2
- Kidney—Models to Mechanisms and Molecular Biomarkers
- Liver—Translational
- Regulation and Policy
- Reproductive Toxicology ♞
- Tobacco Products
2:00 PM–4:45 PM
Symposium Sessions
- High-Content Imaging for Predictive Toxicology: Discriminating between Adverse and Adaptive Outcomes ♦
- Novel Roles of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in Human Diseases: Why ROS Never Gets Stale
- Use of the Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) Concept to Link Epidemiological to Mechanistic Data on the Correlation of Pesticide Exposures and Parkinson’s Disease ♜ ♦
Workshop Sessions
- Advanced Techniques in PBPK Modeling to Improve Quantitative Risk Assessment
for Infants and Children ♞ ♠
- “Breaking Bad”: Cardiovascular Autophagy Gone Rogue: A Putative Mechanism of Toxicity and a Drug Target in Disease
- In Vitro Dosimetry of Engineered Nanomaterials: Too Complicated to Consider, Too Important to Ignore
- Medical Device Biomaterials: Challenges in Assessing the Toxicity and Biocompatibility of Nanomaterials, Bioabsorbables, and Tissue Scaffolds
Platform Sessions
- Heavy Metals: Mechanisms and Disease Pathogenesis ♣
- Innovations in Toxicology Education
5:00 PM–6:20 PM
Education-Career Development Session
- “Talksicology”: Effective Oral Presentation Techniques
5:00 PM–5:50 PM
Translational Impact Award Lecture
5:00 PM–6:20 PM
Society of Toxicology–Japanese Society of Toxicology Mini-Symposium
- Advances in Metal Toxicity
Lecturer: Michael Aschner, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx NY; and Yoshito Kumagai, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
Thursday, March 17
9:30 AM–12:15 PM
Symposium Session
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction as a Pathogenic Mechanism and Therapeutic Target for Neurodegenerative Diseases ♜ ♣
Workshop Sessions
- Beyond Benchmark Dose: Advancing Probabilistic and Bayesian Approaches in Hazard Characterization ♠
- Bringing More Science into the Process of Risk Assessment for Endogenous Chemicals with Exogenous Exposures ♠
- Developmental Immunotoxicology—Are We Adequately Evaluating Safety? ♞
- Potential Health and Environmental Effects of Unconventional Hydraulic Fracturing ♥
- Which Human Cell Lines Should I Use? Choosing the Appropriate Biological Systems for High-Throughput Toxicity Testing ♠
Platform Sessions
- Advances in Mammary Gland Biology and Toxicology
- Electronic Cigarette Research
- Flame Retardants
9:30 AM–12:45 PM
Poster Sessions
- Biotransformation
- Disposition and Pharmacokinetics
- Emerging Technologies
- MicroRNA Biomarkers ♦
- Nanotoxicology—Carbon Based
- Persistent Organic Pollutants ♥
- Skin Responses and Toxicology
Late-Breaking Poster Session