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) (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) (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) (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) (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) (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) (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
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) (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) (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) (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) (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) (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) (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) (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) (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
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