Program Overview

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This page is meant to provide a quick glimpse at the schedule of sessions and events that will occur during the 2020 SOT Annual Meeting and ToxExpo. As information becomes available and activities are finalized, they will be added to this page. Full details and information on the sessions and events listed on this page are available as part of the Online Planner on the “Program Details” web page.

SOT Regional Chapter, Special Interest Group and Specialty Section meetings, luncheons, receptions, mentoring events, and officer meetings occur at various times throughout the week. Use the “Session or Activity Type” filter in the Online Planner to view desired events.

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IAT Innovations in Applied Toxicology ITS Innovations in Toxicological Sciences

Saturday, March 14

5:15 PM to 7:30 PM

Undergraduate Diversity Program

7:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Committee on Diversity Initiatives (CDI) Reunion

Sunday, March 15

7:00 AM to 7:45 AM

CONTINUING EDUCATION SUNRISE MINI-COURSES (Ticket Required)

SR01: Advances in CRISPR-Cas9 Tools and Applications for Toxicologists
SR02: Qualifying Biomarkers and Navigating the US FDA Predictive Toxicology Roadmap to Improve Decision-Making in Toxicology and Drug Safety Assessment

8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Undergraduate Education Program

8:15 AM to 12:00 NOON

CONTINUING EDUCATION MORNING COURSES (Ticket Required)

AM03: Developing Therapeutics for Ocular Indications: A 20/20 View
AM04: Introduction to Open-Access Computational Toxicology Tools
AM05: Lung Function: It’s Not Just Breathing
AM06: Modern Modeling Strategies to Address Uncertainty and Variability in Dose-Response Assessment
AM07: The Basics of In Vitro Xenobiotic Metabolism and Drug-Drug Interaction Investigations: Applicability to All Xenobiotics
AM08: Timing Is Everything: Developmental Exposure Alters the Path of Immune Cell Maturation and Function

1:15 PM to 5:00 PM

CONTINUING EDUCATION AFTERNOON COURSES (Ticket Required)

PM09: AAV Vectors on the Move: Safety Assessment and Advancing Sciences in Gene Therapy Second-Generation Products
PM10: An Introduction to New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) and Understanding Their Potential to Support Regulatory Decisions
PM11: Gateway Technologies to Tomorrow’s Metal Toxicological Research
PM12: Harnessing the T Cell for Cancer Immunotherapy: A Course on T Cell Redirection
PM13: In Vitro Approaches to Assess the Toxicity of Inhaled Substances
PM14: The Male Reproductive Tract: Development, Toxicology, and Pathology

4:45 PM to 5:15 PM

Awards Ceremony Music featuring Gregg Young

5:15 PM to 6:30 PM

Awards Ceremony

6:30 PM to 7:30 PM

Welcome Reception

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

25-Year (Or More) Member Reception (By Invitation Only)

7:30 PM to 9:00 PM

Student/Postdoctoral Scholar Mixer (Free Ticket Required)

Monday, March 16

6:15 AM to 7:45 AM

SOT Mentoring Breakfast (Ticket Required)

8:00 AM to 10:45 AM

SYMPOSIUM SESSIONS

Can We Predict and Manage Immune-Related Adverse Events Associated with Cancer Immunotherapy?
Developmental Toxicity of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Current In Vivo Approaches and Application to Human Health Risk Assessment
Lysosome/Autophagy Dysregulation in Toxicity and Disease ITS
New Data and Tools for Understanding Chemical Distribution In Vitro

WORKSHOP SESSIONS

Applicability Domains and Future of Nonanimal Tests for Skin Sensitization
Known Unknowns: Challenges and Approaches for Handling Chemical, Hazard, and Regulatory Uncertainty in Medical Device Safety Assessments
Oligodendrocytes/Schwann Cells: Major Targets in Neurotoxicity and Neurological Diseases
Toxicological Exposure and Risk Assessment of Emissions from 3D Printers

9:00 AM to 10:45 AM

Poster Sessions

9:00 AM to 4:30 PM

ToxExpo Exhibits Hall, including the SOT Pavilion

SOT TOX Presentation Corner

Global Gallery of Toxicology

Regional Chapter, Special Interest Group, and Specialty Section Posters

9:30 AM to 3:00 PM

Research Funding Insights Room

10:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Global Collaboration Coffee

10:45 AM to 12:30 PM

Poster Sessions

11:00 AM to 12:30 PM

FEATURED SESSION

A Career in Advancing the Field of Toxicology: A Tribute to Linda S. Birnbaum
Speakers: Martin van den Berg, Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; Suzanne E. Fenton, NIEHS/NTP, Research Triangle Park, NC; Rick Woychik, NIEHS/NTP, Research Triangle Park, NC; and Laurie C. Haws, ToxStrategies Inc., Austin, TX.

WORKSHOP SESSIONS

Aircraft Cabin Fume Events: Is There a Toxicological Explanation?
Globally Harmonized Guidance for Dose-Response Analysis and Derivation of Health-Based Guidance Values for Chemicals in Food—Part I: What’s New?
Impacts on Human Health of Sunscreen Active Ingredients Used to Filter Ultraviolet Light

11:00 AM to 12:20 PM

ROUNDTABLE SESSION

Mechanistic Read-Across of Chemical Toxicants Based on Big Data ITS

INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS

Individual-, Community-, and Population-Level Environmental-Associated Attributes of Disparate Health Outcomes in Vulnerable Populations
The Epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in Agricultural Communities

11:30 AM to 12:45 PM

IN VITRO TOXICOLOGY LECTURE AND LUNCHEON FOR STUDENTS (Ticket Required)

Computational Intelligence: Building “Smart Models” for Toxicology in the Era of Big Data
Lecturer: Thomas B. Knudsen, US EPA/CCTE, Research Triangle Park, NC.
Supported by: An Educational Grant from the Colgate-Palmolive Company

1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

PLENARY SESSION

Precisely Practicing Medicine from 700 Trillion Points of Data
Speaker: Atul Butte, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

Dr. Butte is a pioneer in the analysis of big data, using these data to gain new insights into diseases and their treatment. The promises of precision medicine are dependent on the appropriate analysis of large datasets. Dr. Butte will tell us about his group’s efforts to organize and gain insight from health records, leading to better therapeutic choices. He also will describe new methods for teaching intelligence, both real and artificial, for better medical practice.”

— George P. Daston
Scientific Program Committee Chair

2:15 PM to 4:30 PM

Poster Sessions

2:15 PM to 3:00 PM

Trainee Discussion with Plenary Session Speaker Atul Butte (Ticket Required; Limited Seating)

3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

MERIT AWARD LECTURE

Unraveling the Molecular Mechanisms of Cannabinoid-Mediated Immune Modulation and Cannabinoid Receptor 2 as a Putative Therapeutic Target
Lecturer: Norbert E. Kaminski, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

3:00 PM to 4:30 PM

SYMPOSIUM SESSIONS

Evolving Technologies for Determination of Biotherapeutic Specificity
Genome Editing in Drug Discovery: Using the Cas9 Protein to Explore Target-Mediated Toxicity

WORKSHOP SESSIONS

Bringing Advances in Risk Science into Regulatory Decisions: Applying Data-Driven Uncertainty Analysis
Globally Harmonized Guidance for Dose-Response Analysis and Derivation of Health-Based Guidance Values for Chemicals in Food—Part II: Intuitive Demonstrations
Single Cell Applications in Mechanistic Toxicology ITS
The More, the Better? Single Biomarkers, Panels, and/or Composite Biomarkers to Characterize Organ Injury
Variety Is the Life of Spice: The Clinical Toxicology of Synthetic Cannabinoids

4:45 PM to 6:00 PM

SOT/EUROTOX DEBATE

Individual Toxicity Is the Future of Risk Assessment
SOT Debater: Syril D. Pettit, HESI, Washington, DC.
EUROTOX Debater: Alan R. Boobis, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.