SETAC Meeting
4:00 pm THURSDAY, Oct 30
BAYOU BUILDING 3rd Floor Science Conference Room
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Registration fees covered a short course on nanotoxicology, programs and handouts, lunch, registration packets and Bayou City's Barbeque social held at Armand Bayou Nature Center. It was an enjoyable and educational conference.
Speakers/Topics
Ximena Sanchez (University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, TX): Determination of estrogenic activity and heavy metal concentrations in Galveston Bay salt marshes;
Mathieu Piovesan (University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, TX): Sorption of endocrine disruptingcompounds and the environmental significance
Matt Chumchal (Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX): Mercury concentrations of three species of non-game fish from Caddo Lake, Texas
Jesse Becker (Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, TX): Distribution and bioaccumulation of mercury in a subtropical reservoir system: Amistad International Reservoir, Texas, USA
Theodore Valenti (Baylor University, Waco, TX): Potential factors influencing the pH-dependent aquatic toxicology of Prymnesium parvum Carter (golden algae)
Barry Fulton (Baylor University, Waco, TX): Responses of Lemna gibba exposed to triclosan across a range of nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and ratios
Christoph Pasch (Alan Plummer Associates, Inc,. Austin, TX): Toxicity identification evaluation on effluent of a publicly owned wastewater treatment plant exhibiting sporadic, sublethal responses
Paul Jensen (PBS&J): How knowledge gained in toxicity testing can help in water conservation
Speakers at the Plenary Session were
Scott Hall (ENVIRON, Nashville, TN): Ecotoxicology of nanoparticles
Coby Scher (Quest Consulting, Inc. Bellaire, TX): Environmental regulation of nanomaterials
Monique Long (Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX): The effects of functionalized and non-functionalized
single-wall carbon nanotubules on root elongation of select crop species
Shawna Nations (Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX): Acute toxicity of zinc oxide nanoparticles in Xenopus
laevis
Event: Student Coordinator: Ximena Sanchez (Vice-President 2007-2008) SETAC@uhcl.edu
UHCL-SETAC
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Cindy Howard
E-Mail: howardc@uhcl.edu
Phone: 281-283-3745
Website http://prtl.uhcl.edu/studentorgs/setac
Email SETAC@uhcl.edu
LET'S EXPLORE!!!!
Clear Lake Area:
Armand Bayou Nature Center http://www.abnc.org/education/EcoExplorations.php
Galveston
Moody Garden http://www.moodygardens.com
Houston
Houston Museum of Natural Science: http://www.hmns.org/see_do/imax.asp
Meetings are held bi-monthly in the 3rd floor conference room (Bayou Building). Tuesday or Thursday are the preferential meeting days at 4:30 pm. Membership dues are paid annually.
UHCL Student Chapter members are encouraged to be student members in the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry as well as student members of the South Central Regional SETAC.
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