BEMS Meeting
Linear vs. Non-linear Dose-response Relationships in (Genetic) Toxicology
Technologiehuis van de Kempen, B2440 Geel
PROGRAM
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9:00 – 10:00
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Registration & coffee
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10:00 – 10:30
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Welcome & introduction
H.Thierens, University of Ghent, Belgium
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10:30 – 11:00
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Concepts in thresholds
M. Kirsch-Volders, Free University of Brussels,Belgium |
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11:30 – 12:00
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Hormesis: facts or fiction?
J. Van Gompel, J&JPRD, Belgium |
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12:00 – 12:30
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Integration of in silico and empirical approaches for predicting toxicity
J.Sasaki, UCB Pharma, Belgium |
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12:30 – 13:30
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Lunch & poster session (+ election new BEMS committee members)
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13:30 – 14:00
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Apoptosis & thresholds
I. Decordier, Free University of Brussels, Belgium |
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14:00 – 14:30
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Investigating thresholds of mutagenic activity in cultured cells using the model genotoxin methyl methane sulphonate (MMS)
George Johnson, University of Wales Swansea, UK |
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14:30 – 15:00
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The clastogenicity of DNA topoisomerase II poisons
Anthony Lynch, GlaxoSmithKline, UK |
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15:00 – 15:30
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Coffee
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15:30 – 16:00
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Accepted exposure limits: predictive risk assessment
Jan Willems, Health Council, Belgium |
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16:00 – 16:30
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The Revised EU Technical Guidance Document for Mutagenicity Testing
Jan van Benthem, RIVM, The Netherlands |
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Closure of the meeting
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Photographs