Call for Abstracts -- Fall Meeting 2007

Genetics and Environmental Mutagenesis Society

GEMS presents our 25^th ANNUAL FALL MEETING

“Current and Future Issues in Environmental Toxicology”

Monday October 29, 2007

Radisson Hotel, 150 Park Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC

At this time I would also like to issue a Call for Abstracts for Posters & Talks. We will offer a $1,500 (Travel Award) for the Best Talk (overall) for use for travel to a conference of your choice, plus $250 for the Best Poster in each category of Technician, Student, and 1st or 2nd-Year Postdoctoral Fellow.

Click here for Instructions for Abstracts.

The deadline for the Early Registration, and Abstracts for Talks & Posters, is Monday October 01, 2007. You may register after this date at the regular fee, but please ensure that the Abstracts and Nominations are received by this date. Notification of acceptance of Abstracts will be sent to the presenting author during the week of October 08, 2007.

Genetics and Environmental Mutagenesis Society

25^th Annual Fall Meeting

"Current and Future Issues in Environmental Toxicology"

Monday October 29, 2007

Radisson Hotel
150 Park Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC

Meeting Information and Registration: http://www.gems-nc.org/

• Randy Jirtle (Radiation Oncology, Duke University) will present a talk entitled “Epigenetics: The New Genetics of Toxicology.”
• Andrew Maynard (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Smithsonian Institution) will discuss emerging nanotechnologies.
• Ann Richard (National Center for Computational Toxicology, US EPA) will present a talk on computational chemistry relating to environmental toxicology and structure-activity relationships.
• Junior scientists from the Triangle area competing for travel and scientific awards will also present their work (platform talks; poster session).