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Conference Agenda

Superfund Basic Research Program 2004 Annual Meeting: Application of Molecular Technologies for Reducing Uncertainties in Risk

Day 1: Wednesday, November 3

Research Presentations
8:30 - 9:30 Welcome:
Harvey Checkoway, University of Washington SBRP Program Director
Greg Nickels, Mayor of Seattle
Mark A. Emmert, President, University of Washington
Ron Kreizenbeck, EPA Deputy Regional Administrator (tentative)
Anne Sassaman, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Bill Suk, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
9:30 - 10:30 Keynote Address:
Robert Waterston

University of Washington
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00 Keynote Address:
"Integration of Ecogenomics, Phenomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics, Lipidomics, Metabolomics, Fluxomics,
Bioinformatics, and Biogeochemistry:The New Frontier for Environmental Biotechnology"
Terry Hazen
University of California - Berkeley
•  Abstract (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/agenda/abstracts.cfm#hazen)
•  Presentation (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/docs/hazen.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (8.5 MB)
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch Break
1:30 - 3:30 (concurrent sessions)
  Emerging Trends in Biomolecular Research
Session 1

Chair: Margaret James
University of Florida

"Consequences of genetic variability in the human paraoxonase (PON1) gene"
Clem Furlong
University of Washington

"The Aryl Hydrocarbon (Dioxin) Receptor: Promiscuity in Activation and Diversity in Response"
Michael S. Denison
University of California - Davis
•  Abstract (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/agenda/abstracts.cfm#denison)
•  Presentation (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/docs/denison.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (924 KB)

"Upregulation of cyclooxygenase-2 in neutrophils by polychlorinated biphenyls"
Patricia E. Ganey
Michigan State University
•  Abstract (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/agenda/abstracts.cfm#ganey)
•  Presentation (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/docs/ganey.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (417 KB)

Innovative Environmental Research Strategies
Session 1

Chair: Marc Stifelman
US EPA Office of Environmental Assessment

"Bacterial genes and proteins involved in the redox transformations of metals"
Bradley M. Tebo
University of California - San Diego
•  Abstract (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/agenda/abstracts.cfm#tebo)
•  Presentation (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/docs/tebo.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (3.4 MB)

"Stable-isotope Probing of PAH-degrading Bacteria in a Bioreactor Treating PAH-contaminated Soil"
Michael D. Aitken
University of North Carolina
•  Abstract (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/agenda/abstracts.cfm#aitken)
•  Presentation (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/docs/aitken.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (496 KB)

"Microbial methylation of arsenite"
Christopher Rensing
University of Arizona
•  Abstract (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/agenda/abstracts.cfm#rensing)
•  Presentation (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/docs/rensing.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (628 KB)

3:00 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 5:00 Plenary Discussion Session:
Integrating Research Approaches Across Disciplines - Session 1
Chair: Richard Troast
US Environmental Protection Agency
5:30 - 7:00 Poster Session and Reception

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Day 2: Thursday, November 4

7:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast and Welcome
9:00 - 9:30 Plenary Session:
"Genomics: Trends in Environmental Research"
Claudia Thompson
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
•  Presentation (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/docs/thompson.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (574 KB)
9:30 - 10:00 Plenary Session:
"Approaching Genomics from a Regulatory Perspective"
Lee Hofmann
US Environmental Protection Agency
•  Presentation (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/docs/hofmann.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (265 KB)
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:30 (concurrent sessions)
 

Emerging Trends in Biomolecular Research
Session 2


Chair: Martyn Smith
University of California - Berkeley

"Arsenic and cellular responses to DNA damage"
Kathleen Dixon
University of Arizona
•  Abstract (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/agenda/abstracts.cfm#dixon)
•  Presentation (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/docs/dixon.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (2.0 MB)

"Resistance of Atlantic tomcod from the Hudson River to TCDD and PCBs, but not PAHs"
Isaac Wirgin
New York University Medical Center
•  Presentation (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/docs/wirgin.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (3.2 MB)

"The role of excision DNA repair in chloroacetaldehyde (CAA) induced neurotoxicity"
Glen Kisby
Oregon Health and Science University
•  Abstract (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/agenda/abstracts.cfm#kisby)
•  Presentation (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/docs/kisby.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (2.7 MB)

Innovative Environmental Research Strategies
Session 2


Chair: Stuart Strand
University of Washington

"Phytoremediation of TCE at Two Superfund Sites: Methanotrophic Characterization and Activity Potentials in the Rhizosphere"
Angela Lindner
University of Florida
•  Abstract (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/agenda/abstracts.cfm#lindner)
•  Presentation (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/docs/lindner.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (2.8 MB)

"PAH Transport and Bioremediation in Superfund Soils"
Paul L. Bishop
University of Cincinnati
•  Abstract (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/agenda/abstracts.cfm#bishop)
•  Presentation (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/docs/bishop.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (1.5 MB)

"Sensing Superfund Chemicals Using Recombinant Systems"
Sapna K. Deo
University of Kentucky
•  Abstract (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/agenda/abstracts.cfm#deo)
•  Presentation (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/docs/deo.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (1.5 MB)

12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 2:15 Karen Wetterhahn Memorial Award Presentation
2:15 - 3:15 Plenary Discussion Session:
Integrating Research Approaches Across Disciplines - Session 2
Chair: A.Jay Gandolfi
University of Arizona
3:15 - 3:45 Break
3:45 - 5:15 Science and Outreach joint session:
Moving from research and theory to community outreach and translation (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2004/sbrp2004/docs/acharya.pdf)  Download Adobe Reader (285 KB)

Chair: Tom Burbacher
1) University of Washington - Stuart Strand and Chetana Acharya
2) University of Cincinnati - Dan Oerther and Joyce Martin
3) Texas A&M University - Kirby Donnelly and John Barich

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