EMS 2010 Annual Meeting

The meetings of the Society SIGs are a time-tested favorite of the Annual Meetings. The format provides free-form discussions and short presentations of the key challenges and research. The SIGs provide a casual way for young investigators and seasoned researchers to interact. The SIGs also play a major role in identifying the scientific topics for symposia and workshops during the next Annual Meeting, which will be held in Montreal, Quebec in October 2011. For more information about the Special Interest Groups, visit the EMS Web site. If you are interested in attending, please check the appropriate box when you register. Each breakfast meeting is $15; the WEMS lunch is $25. All SIG meetings are open to all registrants.

Below are sessions organized by SIGs.
Saturday, October 23
9:00 AM–1:30 PM
		Saturday Workshop 1 Advancements in Applied Genetic Toxicology Organized by the Applied Genetic Toxicology Special Interest Group
Sunday, October 24
7:00 AM–8:30 AM
		Breakfast Meetings Applied Genetic Toxicology Special Interest Group Leaders: Patricia A. Escobar, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals and Krista L. Dobo, Pfizer Inc DNA Repair and Mutagenic Mechanisms Special Interest Group Leaders: Mats Ljungman, The University of Michigan Medical School and Joann B. Sweasy, Yale University School of Medicine *Transgenic and In Vivo* Mutagenesis Special Interest Group** Leaders: Kathleen A. Hill, The University of Western Ontario and Mugimane Manjanatha, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. FDA
9:45 AM–12:15 PM
		Symposium 2 Is Tobacco Smoke A Germ-Cell Mutagen? Organized by the Heritable Mutation and Disease Special Interest Group
2:15 PM–4:30 PM
		Symposium 5 Next Generation Sequencing Technology and Applications/Molecular Analyses Organized by the New Technologies Special Interest Group
Monday, October 25
7:00 AM–8:30 AM
		Breakfast Meetings Epigenetics Special Interest Group Leaders: Janet E. Baulch, University of Maryland, Baltimore and Catherine B. Klein, New York University School of Medicine New Technologies Special Interest Group Leaders: Brinda Mahadevan, Merck Research Laboratories and Patricia A. Escobar, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
9:45 AM–12:15 PM
		Symposium 7 Cognitive Consequences of Fetal and Early Postnatal Exposure to Environmental Contaminants Organized by the Molecular Epidemiology Special Interest Group
2:15 PM–4:30 PM
		Platform Session 1 DNA Repair Organized by the DNA Repair and Mutagenic Mechanisms Special Interest Group
Tuesday, October 26
7:00 AM–8:30 AM
		Breakfast Meetings Heritable Mutation and Disease Special Interest Group Leaders: Carole Yauk, Health Canada and Francesco Marchetti, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Risk Assessment Special Interest Group Leaders: David A. Eastmond, University of California, Riverside and Nagu Keshava, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
12:30 PM–2:00 PM
		WEMS Luncheon Organized by the Women in Environmental Mutagen Society Special Interest Group
2:15 PM–4:15 PM
		Platform Session 2 Heritable Mutations Organized by the Heritable Mutation and Disease Special Interest Group
2:15 PM–4:15 PM
		Platform Session 3 New Genotoxins Organized by the Environmental Genetic Toxicology Special Interest Group
Wednesday, October 27
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 Molecular Epidemiology Special Interest Group Leaders: Radim Sram, Institute of Experimental Medicine and Miriam Poirier, National Cancer Institute
8:30 AM–9:30 AM
		Plenary Lecture 4 WEMS Organized by the Women in Environmental Mutagen Society Special Interest Group
9:45 AM–12:15 PM
		Symposium 15 Genetic Toxicology of Wildlife and Other Indicator Species Organized by the Environmental Genetic Toxicology Special Interest Group