Neurobehavioural toxicity

Neurobehavioural toxicity

Fd Chem. Toxic. Vol. 26, No. 7, p. 663, 1988 PergamonPress pk. Printed in Great Britain ANNOUNCEMENTS CANADIAN TOXICOLOGY The Society of Toxicolog...

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Fd Chem. Toxic. Vol. 26, No. 7, p. 663, 1988

PergamonPress pk. Printed in Great Britain

ANNOUNCEMENTS CANADIAN

TOXICOLOGY

The Society of Toxicology of Canada will present its 2lst annual symposium from 30 November to 1 December 1988 in Montreal, Canada. There will be a session on reproductive toxicology and a joint session with the Workshop on Aquatoxicology (28830 November). A site visit to the National Research Council Biotechnology Centre is also arranged. Further details can be obtained from Gordon Krip, Society of Toxicology of Canada, C.P.IP.0. Box 5 17, Beaconsfield, Quebec H9W 5V1, Canada. NEUROBEHAVIOURAL

TOXICITY

The Third International Symposium on Neurobehavioral Methods in Occupational and Environmental Health will be held in Washington DC on 12-15 December 1988. The symposium will focus on neurobehavioural methods and the health effects of exposure to neurotoxic substances. For further information, contact The Symposium Secretariat (International Neurobehavioral Symposium), Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Stop F-38 C-27, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. SKIN

PHOTOBIOLOGY

A meeting entitled Towards a Molecular Basis of Shin Photobiology is to be held at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London on 16-17 December 1988. Topics will include membrane photodamage, UVB and UVA responses, photodynamic therapy, and psoralen phototoxicity. The deadline for submitted abstracts is 1 October 1988. For details, contact Dr A. R. Young, Photobiology Unit, Institute of Dermatology, Renfrew Road, London SE1 1 4TH; tel. 01-793 0387. TUMOUR

GENETICS

A symposium on Genetic Mechanisms in Carcinogenesis and Tumor Progression is to be held on 21-27 January 1989 in Keystone, Colorado, USA. For details, apply to UCLA Symposia, 103 Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1378, USA. SKIN

PHARMACOLOGY

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TOXICOLOGY

A NATO Advanced Study Institute on Shin Pharmacology and Toxicology-Recent Advances will be held at Riva Garda, Italy on 9-19 April 1989. The course will examine the recent advances in experimental pharmacology and toxicology of the skin and how they relate to cutaneous diseases. For further details contact the Organizing Secretariat, Dr Nadia Bauer, Centro di Biologia e Tossicologia Cosmetologica, University of Milan, via Balzaretti, 9-20133 Milan, Italy. IUPAC

CONGRESS

The 32nd International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry will be held on 2-7 August 1989 in Stockholm, Sweden. Further details may be obtained from 32nd IUPAC Congress, c/o Stockholm Convention Bureau, PO Box 6911, S-102 39 Stockholm, Sweden. CANCER

RESEARCH

The tenth anniversary meeting of the European Association for Cancer Research will take place at University College, Galway, Ireland on 1 l-l 3 September 1989. For further information, contact either Dr S. M. Lavelle, Experimental Medicine, University College, Galway, Ireland, or Dr J. H. Weisburger, American Health Foundation. Valhalla, New York 10595-l 599, USA.

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