Schedule of Events

2009 TSR&TP
Research Symposium

 

Schedule of Events


FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2009 -- TSR&TP Affiliates Only

4:00pm Registration Begins
4:30 - 5:30pm

Zach Wong
Careers in Industrial Toxicology

5:30 - 7:00pm

Informal Poster Viewing & Reception

7:00 - 8:00pm Banquet Dinner
8:00 - 9:00pm

Dessert & Coffee Service with Keynote

Welcome - John Knezovich, TSR&TP Director

Steven Beckwith, VP for Research & Graduate Studies, UCOP
Perspective from UC Office of the President

Tyrone Hayes, PhD, Professor of Integrative Biology UC Berkeley
From Silent Spring to Silent Night: A Tale of Toads and Men

 

SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2009 -- Open to the General Public

7:00 - 8:30am Buffet Breakfast
7:30 - 8:30am Registration for Saturday Participants
8:30 - 9:15am

Best Poster Winners from 2008 Symposium:

Rebecca Werlin, UCSB
The Toxicity and Potential for Bioaccumulation of Several Contaminants and Nanoparticles in a Fresh Water Protozoa

Carolina Reyes, UCSC
How Iron and Arsenic Reduction Pathways in Metal-reducing Bacteria Influence Arsenic Fate and Transport

Daniel Nomura, formerly UCB, now Scripps Research Institute
Chemical Approaches to Annotating Biological and Toxicological Systems

9:15 - 9:30am Break
9:30am - 11:15am

Oladele Ogunseitan, PhD, UC Irvine
Research & Education in Green Materials Lead Campus

Andre Nel, PhD, UC Los Angeles
Emerging Issues for Nanomaterials

John Casida, PhD, UC Berkeley
Why Are Neonicotinoids Better Insecticides and Safer than Nicotine?

Arlene Blum, Biophysical chemist, author and mountaineer
The Fire Retardant Dilemma: Balancing Fire Safety, Human Health and Environmental Protection
Download articles: Averting another toxics disaster
The fire retardant dilemma


11:15 - 12:00pm Poster Session I (odd numbered posters)
12:00 - 12:45pm

Poster Session II (even numbered posters)

12:45 - 1:00pm Poster Removal
1:00 - 2:00pm

Luncheon & Announcement of Best Poster Winners

2:00 - 3:00pm Peter Fiske, President and CEO of PAX Mixer, Inc.
Put Your Science to Work!