 Environmental Signaling: Exploring Multiple Dimensions October 19-23, 2010 Hosted by: Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research
General Information Sessions will be organized around topics such as:
Conference Locations Conference sessions will be held in two locations:
These two locations are within 5 minutes walking distance. Registration
Cancellation Written notification of cancellation must be received on or before October 18, 2010 by mail or fax (504-988-1779) for a full refund of the registration fee minus a $75 administrative fee. A 50% refund will be granted with written notification postmarked or faxed October 18, 2010. Refund requests after October 18, 2010 will not be granted. Tulane University Health Sciences Center reserves the right to cancel this activity if there are insufficient registrants. Full refunds would be made in that event. However, Tulane University Health Sciences Center is not responsible for any related costs or expenses including cancellation/change charges assessed by airlines... Poster Titles Travel and Accommodations A block of rooms is in the hotel system so you may begin making reservations by calling 1.888.364.1200 or 504.525.1111 and reference the Tulane e.hormone room block rate, or directly from the hotel's web page where the group discount code has been pre-entered. Reservation Cut-Off Date is September 24, 2010. After this date, rooms & rates are subject to availability. A written confirmation will be sent by the hotel upon request.
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(click to download speaker abstracts and speakers bios in PDF) Tuesday, October 19, 2010 Renaissance Pere Marquette Hotel 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm Hotel Check-In 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm Early Conference Registration 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm A Hitchhiker's Guide to a Career in Science (click here for more information), Meeting of the e.hormone Advisory Committee 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Welcome Reception All conference sessions will take place at:
J. Bennett Johnston Health and Environmental Sciences Research Building 1324 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112 Room 111-A and Atrium Wednesday, October 20, 2010 Morning Session Epigenetic Mechanisms of Environmental Signaling Chairperson: John McLachlan 8:00 am – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast and Registration Continued 8:30 am – 8:45 am Conference Welcome and Announcements / Information 8:45 am – 9:15 am Multiple Dimensions of Environmental Signaling - John McLachlan 9:15 am – 9:45 am Evolution of imprinting and human health - Randy Jirtle 9:45 am – 10:15 am Break 10:15 am –10:45 am Xenoestrogen-induced regulation of EZH2 and histone methylation - Cheryl Walker 10:45 am – 11:15 am Sex differences in the brain and epigenetics - Anthony Auger 11:15 am – 1:00 pm Lunch/Networking, Mentor/trainee lunch session -- Click here for more information Afternoon Session Cellular Mechanisms and Environmental Signaling Chairperson: Syreeta Tilghman 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Chairperson Introduction – Session Overview 1:15 pm – 1:45 pm Endocrine Disruption in Invertebrates: Sex determination of Daphnia magna - Taisen Iguchi 1:45 pm – 2:15 pm Controlling the Controls of Environmental Signals-Coactivator of Nuclear Receptors - Bert O'Malley 2:15 pm – 2:45 pm Zebrafish as a model to study endocrine disruption - Jan-Åke Gustafsson 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Break 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Endocrine Disruption of Amphibian Metamorphosis - Caren Helbing 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Response of the Brain-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis to Short-Term EDC Exposure in Adult Fathead Minnows - Ed Orlando 4:15 pm – 7:00 pm Poster Session -- 3rd Floor J.Bennett Johnston Building Thursday, October 21, 2010 Morning Session Organismal Mechanisms and Environmental Signaling Chairperson: Bill Toscano 8:00 am – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast 8:30 am – 8:45 am Conference Welcome and Announcements / Information 8:45 am – 9:00 am Chairperson Introduction – Session Overview 9:00 am – 9:30 am Environmental signaling and sex determination - Jerry LeBlanc 9:30 am – 10:00 am Developmental Immunotoxicity in Environmental Signaling Rodney Dietert by proxy (Thea Edwards) 10:00 am – 10:30 am Break 10:30 am – 11:00 am Exploring Steroidogenesis and Environmental Signaling in the Chorioallantoic Membrane - Lori Albergotti 11:00 am – 11:30 am Environmental chemicals and their effects on amphibians at organismal and population levels - Cathy Propper 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Lunch (Atrium) - Mentor/trainee lunch session -- Click here for more information Afternoon Session Interspecies Communication with Environmental Signals Chairperson: Thea Edwards 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Chairperson Introduction – Session Overview 1:15 pm – 1:45 pm Interspecies communication in bacterial development - Paul Straight 1:45 pm – 2:15 pm Evolution and function of phytoestrogens in avian reproduction - Johanna Rochester 2:15 pm – 2:30 pm Break 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Signals and symbiosis between bacteria and legumes - Ann Hirsch 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Signal molecules in a squid-bacterium light-organ symbiosis - Eric Stabb 3:30 pm – till Free time to explore NOLA Friday, October 22, 2010 Morning Session Sources of Signals: Natural and Unnatural Chairperson: Brandon Moore 8:00 am – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast 8:30 am – 8:45 am Conference Welcome and Announcements / Information 8:45 am – 9:00 am Chairperson Introduction – Session Overview 9:00 am – 9:30 am Treated Sewage Sludge on Pastures as a Source of Environmental Signals - Stewart Rhind 9:30 am – 10:00 am A Geography-Based Approach for Determining Metal Safe Environments for Urban Children - Howard Mielke 10:00 am – 10:30 am Atrazine: Under Review Again - Tyrone Hayes 10:30 am – 10:45 am Break 10:45 am – 11:15 am Screening for estrogenic compounds - Wei Xu 11:15 am – 11:45 am The Chemistry of Glyceollins and the Biology of their Effects - Florastina Payton-Stewart 11:45 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch (Atrium) Afternoon Session Emerging Contaminants in Coastal and Marsh Ecosystems Chairperson: Jordan Karubian 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Chairperson Introduction – Session Overview 1:15 pm – 1:45 pm Environmental Signaling and Coastal Fish Species - Allyse Ferrara 1:45 pm – 2:15 pm Population Biology of Blue Crabs After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - Caz Taylor 2:15 pm– 2:30 pm Break 2:30 pm– 3:00 pm Oil and dispersants in freshwater marsh ecosystems - Paul Klerks 3:00 pm– 3:30 pm Analysis of Oil Spill Dispersants Using In Vitro Tests for Endocrine and Other Biological Activity - Richard Judson 3:45 pm– 5:45 pm Screening of "Toxic Baby" - a cinematic documentary by Penelope Jagessar Chaffer 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Banquet/Gala - Renaissance Pere Marquette Hotel Ballroom
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MERGING ART, SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENTby Artist Dawn DeDeaux, with Tulane / Xavier Bioenvironmental Research Center The Tulane / Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research, led by Deputy Director Doug Meffert, D. Eng., is working on a project developed by Public Artist Dawn DeDeaux titled PROJECT MUTANTS - a multi-phased program offering water-sensoring, illuminated floating sculptures for launch in international waterways, starting with the Mississippi River and the coastal wetlands of the Gulf of Mexico. The light-responsive sculptures will detect chemicals and hormones in lakes, rivers and estuaries; providing a "face" to an invisible environmental threat and a focal point for coordinated public education campaigns. e.hormone conference participants are encouraged to join this highly collaborative effort that merges art, science, education and civic engagement to raise public awareness and collect scientific data. DeDeaux will be making an introductory presentation the evening of October 22nd and will be available throughout the conference to discuss the program and options for e.hormone participation. For additional information: http://www.dawndedeaux.com/files/MUTANT.pdf Saturday, October 23, 2010 Morning Session Is BPA a Model Endocrine Disruptor? Chairperson: Paul Galand 8:00 am – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast 8:30 am – 8:45 am Conference Welcome and Announcements / Information 8:45 am – 9:00 am Chairperson Introduction – Session Overview 9:00 am – 9:30 am BPA and glucose homeostasis- Angel Nadal 9:30 am – 10:00 am BPA's halogenated relatives - Daniel Zalko 10:00 am –10:15 am Break 10:15 am – 10:45 am BPA exposure and male sexual function - De-Kun Li 10:45 am – 11:15 am BPA is a Model Endocrine Disruptor: Lessons from Animal Studies, Epidemiology, and Public Policy -Laura Vandenberg 11:15 am – 12:00 pm Wrap Up/Adjournment Disclosure Statement It is the policy of the Center for Continuing Education at Tulane University Health Sciences Center to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its educational programs. All faculty participating in these programs are expected to disclose to the program audiences any real or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. This information pertains to relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic or products in the research and development phase. |
"The TOXIC BABY project is the feature length documentary, authored by filmmaker and mother of one Penelope Jagessar Chaffer, website and supporting new media that explores the role that chemicals may be playing in the lives and health of our children. A dramatic rise in chronic childhood diseases has been seen across the western world with skyrocketing rates of asthma, developmental disabilities like autism and certain juvenile cancers to name a few, as well as a rise in certain adult onset diseases like testicular cancer which are all being linked to the increasing chemical exposure that we and our babies face. “Internal Environmentalism”, the phrase coined by the production to help explain the issue, is shaping up to be one of the most challenging debates we face as a society and in the years spent researching and making this film, the production has had unprecedented access to a wealth of information regarding this topic. The aim of the film and this site is to share that information and to provide the most up to date thinking on the issue, providing a host of downloads and links for a more informed experience of the issue of toxicity and its role in the lives of children in the twenty first century."