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International Symposium on Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (ISOC-HAB)
Symposium sponsored by EPA, NOAA, FDA, USDA, UNC-IMS, CDC, US Army Corps Of Engineers, USGS, National Institute of Health, and NEIHS
Information
Dates
- September 6-10, 2005
Location
- Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Convention Center
4700 Emperor Boulevard
Durham, NC 27703
919-941-5050
Contact
- Email:
khudnell@nc.rr.com Download the Monograph
Topics
- Session Topics,
Subtopics & Organizers
(PDF, 2 pp, 8 kb, About PDF) - Platform Speakers & Workgroup Members
(PDF, 3 pp, 9 kb, About PDF) - ISOC-HAB Organizing Committee
(PDF, 1 pp, 5 kb, About PDF) Agenda
- View Meeting Abstracts
- ISOC-HAB Agenda
(PDF, 2 pp, 12 kb, About) - Invitation
(PDF, 2 pp, 234 kb, About)
The interagency, International Symposium on Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (ISOC-HAB), was held at the Sheraton Imperial in Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, on September 6-10, 2005.
ISOC-HAB was co-sponsored by the US EPA, NOAA, FDA, USGS, US ACE, NIH, NIEHS, CDC, USDA, and the UNC-CH IMS. Approximately 100 invited participants from multiple countries and 100 members of the general public participated in the symposium.
The symposium was organized around seven session topics:
- Occurrence of Blooms & Toxins
- Toxin Kinetics, Dynamics & OMICS
- Health Effects
- Ecologic Effects
- Causes, Prevention & Mitigation
- Exposure Assessment Methods
- Risk Assessment
Specific charges developed by the ISOC-HAB organizing committee were addressed by 24 speakers and seven workgroups. The symposium product will be a monograph published by Springer Press in their series, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. The monograph will help form the scientific basis of the US Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act, and inform EPA's Office of Water. The monograph will include:
- An overview of ISOC-HAB
- A synopsis of research needs
- Seven workgroup reports
- 24 invited speaker papers
- Multiple poster abstracts
The monograph can be ordered from Springer Press:
Additional information is available from Dr. H. Kenneth Hudnell, the lead organizer of ISOC-HAB, at 919-933-9507, or through email at khudnell@nc.rr.com.