EMS 2010 Annual Meeting

Wednesday, October 27, 2010
7:00 AM–11:30 AM
	Registration	Texas Ballroom Foyer
7:00 AM–8:30 AM
	Breakfast Meetings
	Environmental Genetic Toxicology Special Interest Group Leaders: Christopher M. Somers, University of Regina and Carol D. Swartz, Integrated Laboratory Systems	Sundance 3
	Finance Committee	Sundance 4
	Molecular Epidemiology Special Interest Group Leaders: Radim Sram, Institute of Experimental Medicine and Miriam Poirier, National Cancer Institute	Sundance 2
8:30 AM–9:30 AM
	Plenary Lecture 4 WEMS Interdisciplinary Collaborations: A Big-Picture Approach toward Understanding the Causes and Consequences of Childhood Cancer Chairperson: Kristine L. Witt, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH Lecturer: Julie A. Ross, University of Minnesota Cancer Center	Texas Ballroom F
9:45 AM–12:15 PM
	Symposium 14 Fragile-X Syndrome: Genes to Therapy Chairpersons: Suzanne M. Morris, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. FDA, Donald R. Mattison, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, and John J. Mulvihill, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Supported in Part by: March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation	Texas Ballroom G
9:45 AM–10:10 AM	Braking and Breaking: The DNA Damage Response and Fragile-X Syndrome Karen Usdin, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
10:10 AM–10:35 AM	Fragile-X Premutation Associated Disorders: Not One, but Many Stephanie Sherman, Emory University School of Medicine
10:35 AM–11:00 AM	Treatment of Fragile X Syndrome Moving from Supportive to Targeted Interventions: Can We “Cure” Intellectual Disability? Elisabeth Berry-Kravis, Rush University Medical Center
11:00 AM–11:15 AM	Break
11:15 AM–11:40 PM	Pre-Clinical Drug Development Studies in Fragile-X: The NIH Perspective Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH
11:40 AM-12:15 PM	Mouse Models of Fragile-X Syndrome Demonstrate Acute Requirement for Fmr1 David Nelson, Baylor College of Medicine
9:45 AM–12:15 PM
	Symposium 15 Genetic Toxicology of Wildlife and Other Indicator Species Chairpersons: Christopher M. Somers, University of Regina and Carol Swartz, Integrated Laboratory Systems, Inc. Organized by the Environmental Genetic Toxicology Special Interest Group (Presenting author is underlined)	Texas Ballroom F
9:45 AM–10:00 AM	Origin and Fate of Environmental Mutagens Paul A. White, Health Canada
10:00 AM–10:15 AM	Individual and Population Responses to Mutagens John W. Bickam, Purdue University
10:15 AM–10:30 AM	Biomarker Responses in Indicator Species: Tar Creek Superfund Site Karen McBee, Oklahoma State University
10:30 AM–10:45 AM	Quantifying Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Damage in Sentinel Species Joel N. Meyer, Duke University
10:45 AM–11:00 AM	DNA Damage in Marine Species John Pierce Wise, Sr., University of Southern Maine
11:00 AM–11:15 AM	Break
11:15 AM–11:30 AM	DNA Damage in Cattle Near Industrial Pollution Sources Wesley Bissett, Texas A&M University
11:30 AM–11:45 AM	Biomarkers of Chromosomal Damage and Their Potential Application to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill John W. Bickham, Purdue University
11:45 AM–12:00 NOON	Transmissible Cancer in Wildlife Elizabeth Murchison, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
12:00 NOON–12:15 PM	Association between DNA Damage and the Use of Pesticides in Tomato Crop Narváez DM, Olaya LF, Varona M, Londoño A, Páez MI, Castro RA, Groot H
12:30 PM–1:45 PM
	Committee Meetings
	2011 Program Committee (Second Meeting)	Sundance 3
	Publication Policy Committee	Sundance 4
1:45 PM–3:00 PM
	Council Meeting	Sundance 1