Session: Toxicology – Integrating Chemistry, Physics, and Biology To Understand Contemporary Issues Of Health and Environment (2013 SACNAS National Conference)

Friday, October 4, 2013: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM

206 A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Chair:

Bill Atchison, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

Description: Toxicology, the study of toxic effects of chemicals on living organisms, is founded upon basic biomedical sciences, chemistry, and physics. The four talks demonstrate the rich breadth of the field and its reliance on these fundamental disciples. These four talks highlight contemporary issues of environmental or medical toxicology.

10:15 AM

Introductory Remarks

10:20 AM

Hepatic Transporters and Development on Tolerance to Hepatotoxicity by Acetaminophen
José Manautou, PhD , Professor , School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut

10:40 AM

Damaging Agents Reactivate Long Interspersed Nuclear Element-1: Molecular Mechanisms and Implications for Human Oncology
Kenneth Ramos, MD/PhD , Professor and Chair , University of Louisville School of Medicine

11:00 AM

The Biophysical Life of the Cell Below 1 micron
Martin Philbert, PhD , Professor & Dean School of Public Health , University of Michigan

11:20 AM

Gene-environmental Interactions as Contributions to Development of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Bill Atchison, PhD , Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies , Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

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