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Report of the thirty-third annual meeting of the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society, 2009
Neurotoxicology and Teratology 32 (2010) 295–296
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Neurotoxicology and Teratology j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. e l s ev i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / n e u t e r a
Report of the thirty-third annual meeting of the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society, 2009 1. Introduction The thirty-third annual meeting of the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society (NBTS) took place at the Wyndham Rio Mar Beach Resort in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, June 28–July 1, 2009 in conjunction with the 49th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society (TS) and the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS). The four-day meeting opened on Sunday, June 28th with the first of a series of scientific symposia sponsored by the Behavioral Toxicology Society. Dr. Phil Bushnell of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency organized and chaired the symposium which was titled “Behavioral Toxicology in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities for Behavioral Scientists”. Scientists had a chance to relax and socialize at the pool-side Welcome Reception which featured an endless Caribbean sunset, Flamenco dancers and musicians. The following day, Monday, June 29th, opened with the Elsevier Distinguished Lecture delivered by past NBTS President, Dr. Jane Adams, University of Massachusetts Boston,, on “Domestic Issues in Maternal and Child Health: Minority-Based Disparities”. This honorary lectureship was followed by a symposium chaired by Dr. Ed Levin, Duke University Medical Center, focused on “Marine Biotoxins: A New Frontier in Developmental Neurotoxicology”. This symposium focused on the relationship between the world's oceans and child health, bringing together toxicologists and marine scientists to explore the developmental neurotoxicity of Domoic Acid. The afternoon session, co-sponsored by both NBTS and TS focused on “Developmental Toxicity of Environmental Exposures: From Effects on Behavior to Genes”. NBTS-member Dr. Stan Barone Jr., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Carmen Umpierre, University of Puerto Rico, cochaired this interesting and well-attended session. The 3rd day of the conference, Tuesday, June 30th, began early with the joint NBTS/TS/OTIS State of the Art Lecture delivered by Dr. Lizbeth Lopez Carrillo, Nacional Institute of Public Health, Mexico, on “Environment and Child Health”. The theme of global health was continued into the morning with an NBTS-TS-OTIS sponsored session titled “Global Issues in Maternal and Child Health”. Gary Kimmel and Carole Kimmel, Private Consultants, served as co-chairs and provided much of the energy and dedication needed to make this ground-breaking session a reality. The fourth day of the meeting again found NBTS members rising early to hear Dr. Deborah Rice, State of Maine Environmental Health, deliver the joint NBTS/TS State of the Art Lecture on “Monkey Models for Studies of Maternal and Child Health: When and Why?”. The morning focus on nonhuman primate models for developmental research was continued with a symposium chaired by Dr. Tom Burbacher, University of Washington, titled “Nonhuman Primate Models of Children's Health doi:10.1016/j.ntt.2010.01.008
and Developmental Disabilities”. This session addressed pediatric AIDS, prenatal exposure to drugs of abuse, embryology and stem cell therapy as related to developmental disabilities. In addition to the four organized symposia, there were three platform sessions comprising 24 talks. The first of these was cosponsored by TS and assembled 8 speakers on “Developmental Toxicity of Environmental Exposures: From Effects on Behavior to Genes”. The second platform session, sponsored by NBTS, continued presentations on the same theme and featured 6 additional talks. The third symposium on “Drugs and the Developing Nervous System” featured 10 speakers and talks on both human and animal research. In addition, two evening poster sessions were held with a total of 12 poster presentations.
2. Awards The contributions of our founding member, Dr. Richard Butcher, were again honored by the naming of the Young Investigator Award in his name. The outstanding recipient of the second Dr. Richard Butcher Award was Dr. Sherin Boctor (nominated by Dr. Sherry Ferguson), Department of Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas. Dr. Boctor spoke on “Neonatal PCP is More Potent than Ketamine at Modifying Preweaning Behaviors of Sprague–Dawley Rats”. On behalf of NBTS, I congratulate Dr. Boctor on this award and wish her a successful and promising career. We also received generous support from our sponsors for 3 student conference awards: Patricia Janulewicz (nominated by Dr. Jane Adams) University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts Attention and Working memory in Children Exposed Prenatally to Anticonvulsant Monotherapy Amanda A. Braun (nominated by Dr. Charles Vorhees) Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Division of Neurology, University Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio Functional alterations in the 5HT1A receptor following neonatal +/−3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) exposure in rats SOT Neurotoxicology Specialty Section Conference Award Damiyon Sledge (nominated by Dr. Ed Levin) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina A Zebrafish Model of the Persisting Neurobehavioral Impairment Caused by Developmental Chlorpyrifos
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3. Corporate, government and private contributions
5. 2011 Meeting
The dedicated efforts of Helen Sable, NBTS Finance Chair, brought in a significant level of financial support during a time of economic turbulence. The society is grateful for her service and skillful fund raising. In-kind materials/services were provided by SRA Graphics (placards) and Kinder Scientific (lanyards).
The 2011 Meeting of the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society will be held with the Teratology Society and the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists at the Marriott Louisville Downtown in Louisville Kentucky from June 26–June 30, 2010. Information can be obtained from the NBTS President Dr. Ed Levin. 6. Reflections and acknowledgments
Charles River Laboratories Coulbourn Instruments Dyets, Inc. Eli Lilly Elsevier Publishing Center on Human Development & Disabilities (NICHD) GlaxoSmithKline HVS Image National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) Proctor & Gamble San Diego Instruments Sanofi-Aventis Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories USA Society of Toxicology (SOT) SOT Neurotoxicology Specialty Section (NTSS) Stephen B. Harris Group WIL Research Labs Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Fifteen generous NBTS members also made private donations to the society.
It has been a privilege to serve as NBTS president during the 2008– 2009 term. I am pleased that the society, for the first time, has embraced global issues that impact maternal and child health such as malaria, malnourishment and environmental disasters. We have also changed our perception of what constitutes environmental exposures, widening our interests to include the world's oceans and the role they play in child health. I believe that NBTS is uniquely poised to showcase the environmental results from the National Children's Study and I hope that future presidents will also guide the society in this direction. The success of the 2009 meeting was the result of the combined efforts, enthusiasm, cooperation and involvement of the Officers, Committees, symposium chairs and organizers, and the active participation of our society members, students, and meeting attendees. My heartfelt thanks to the many of you who helped me so much throughout the year with special mention to our Secretary Lori Driscoll, Treasurer Susan Rice, Webmaster Sherry Ferguson, Incoming President Ed Levin, Past President Karen Acuff and Past President Mary Gilbert. Your guidance and sage advice were essential. I would also like to thank my dear friends and colleagues, Deborah Rice, Tom Burbacher, Sonya Sobrian and Stan Barone, for their key support and participation in the meeting.
4. Membership The membership committee worked very hard this year, sending out multiple notices to all members with unpaid dues. We were able to bring a number of people back into the society. NBTS still struggles with a limited number of new members each year and would benefit from a large, well-coordinated membership drive. I am extremely grateful for Gregg Stanwood and Devon Graham for their hard work and enthusiasm on behalf of NBTS.
Kimberly S. Grant Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States E-mail address: [email protected].
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Neurotoxicology and Teratology j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. e l s ev i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / n e u t e r a
Report of the thirty-third annual meeting of the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society, 2009 1. Introduction The thirty-third annual meeting of the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society (NBTS) took place at the Wyndham Rio Mar Beach Resort in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, June 28–July 1, 2009 in conjunction with the 49th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society (TS) and the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS). The four-day meeting opened on Sunday, June 28th with the first of a series of scientific symposia sponsored by the Behavioral Toxicology Society. Dr. Phil Bushnell of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency organized and chaired the symposium which was titled “Behavioral Toxicology in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities for Behavioral Scientists”. Scientists had a chance to relax and socialize at the pool-side Welcome Reception which featured an endless Caribbean sunset, Flamenco dancers and musicians. The following day, Monday, June 29th, opened with the Elsevier Distinguished Lecture delivered by past NBTS President, Dr. Jane Adams, University of Massachusetts Boston,, on “Domestic Issues in Maternal and Child Health: Minority-Based Disparities”. This honorary lectureship was followed by a symposium chaired by Dr. Ed Levin, Duke University Medical Center, focused on “Marine Biotoxins: A New Frontier in Developmental Neurotoxicology”. This symposium focused on the relationship between the world's oceans and child health, bringing together toxicologists and marine scientists to explore the developmental neurotoxicity of Domoic Acid. The afternoon session, co-sponsored by both NBTS and TS focused on “Developmental Toxicity of Environmental Exposures: From Effects on Behavior to Genes”. NBTS-member Dr. Stan Barone Jr., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Carmen Umpierre, University of Puerto Rico, cochaired this interesting and well-attended session. The 3rd day of the conference, Tuesday, June 30th, began early with the joint NBTS/TS/OTIS State of the Art Lecture delivered by Dr. Lizbeth Lopez Carrillo, Nacional Institute of Public Health, Mexico, on “Environment and Child Health”. The theme of global health was continued into the morning with an NBTS-TS-OTIS sponsored session titled “Global Issues in Maternal and Child Health”. Gary Kimmel and Carole Kimmel, Private Consultants, served as co-chairs and provided much of the energy and dedication needed to make this ground-breaking session a reality. The fourth day of the meeting again found NBTS members rising early to hear Dr. Deborah Rice, State of Maine Environmental Health, deliver the joint NBTS/TS State of the Art Lecture on “Monkey Models for Studies of Maternal and Child Health: When and Why?”. The morning focus on nonhuman primate models for developmental research was continued with a symposium chaired by Dr. Tom Burbacher, University of Washington, titled “Nonhuman Primate Models of Children's Health doi:10.1016/j.ntt.2010.01.008
and Developmental Disabilities”. This session addressed pediatric AIDS, prenatal exposure to drugs of abuse, embryology and stem cell therapy as related to developmental disabilities. In addition to the four organized symposia, there were three platform sessions comprising 24 talks. The first of these was cosponsored by TS and assembled 8 speakers on “Developmental Toxicity of Environmental Exposures: From Effects on Behavior to Genes”. The second platform session, sponsored by NBTS, continued presentations on the same theme and featured 6 additional talks. The third symposium on “Drugs and the Developing Nervous System” featured 10 speakers and talks on both human and animal research. In addition, two evening poster sessions were held with a total of 12 poster presentations.
2. Awards The contributions of our founding member, Dr. Richard Butcher, were again honored by the naming of the Young Investigator Award in his name. The outstanding recipient of the second Dr. Richard Butcher Award was Dr. Sherin Boctor (nominated by Dr. Sherry Ferguson), Department of Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas. Dr. Boctor spoke on “Neonatal PCP is More Potent than Ketamine at Modifying Preweaning Behaviors of Sprague–Dawley Rats”. On behalf of NBTS, I congratulate Dr. Boctor on this award and wish her a successful and promising career. We also received generous support from our sponsors for 3 student conference awards: Patricia Janulewicz (nominated by Dr. Jane Adams) University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts Attention and Working memory in Children Exposed Prenatally to Anticonvulsant Monotherapy Amanda A. Braun (nominated by Dr. Charles Vorhees) Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Division of Neurology, University Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio Functional alterations in the 5HT1A receptor following neonatal +/−3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) exposure in rats SOT Neurotoxicology Specialty Section Conference Award Damiyon Sledge (nominated by Dr. Ed Levin) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina A Zebrafish Model of the Persisting Neurobehavioral Impairment Caused by Developmental Chlorpyrifos
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Report of the thirty-third annual meeting of the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society, 2009
3. Corporate, government and private contributions
5. 2011 Meeting
The dedicated efforts of Helen Sable, NBTS Finance Chair, brought in a significant level of financial support during a time of economic turbulence. The society is grateful for her service and skillful fund raising. In-kind materials/services were provided by SRA Graphics (placards) and Kinder Scientific (lanyards).
The 2011 Meeting of the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society will be held with the Teratology Society and the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists at the Marriott Louisville Downtown in Louisville Kentucky from June 26–June 30, 2010. Information can be obtained from the NBTS President Dr. Ed Levin. 6. Reflections and acknowledgments
Charles River Laboratories Coulbourn Instruments Dyets, Inc. Eli Lilly Elsevier Publishing Center on Human Development & Disabilities (NICHD) GlaxoSmithKline HVS Image National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) Proctor & Gamble San Diego Instruments Sanofi-Aventis Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories USA Society of Toxicology (SOT) SOT Neurotoxicology Specialty Section (NTSS) Stephen B. Harris Group WIL Research Labs Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Fifteen generous NBTS members also made private donations to the society.
It has been a privilege to serve as NBTS president during the 2008– 2009 term. I am pleased that the society, for the first time, has embraced global issues that impact maternal and child health such as malaria, malnourishment and environmental disasters. We have also changed our perception of what constitutes environmental exposures, widening our interests to include the world's oceans and the role they play in child health. I believe that NBTS is uniquely poised to showcase the environmental results from the National Children's Study and I hope that future presidents will also guide the society in this direction. The success of the 2009 meeting was the result of the combined efforts, enthusiasm, cooperation and involvement of the Officers, Committees, symposium chairs and organizers, and the active participation of our society members, students, and meeting attendees. My heartfelt thanks to the many of you who helped me so much throughout the year with special mention to our Secretary Lori Driscoll, Treasurer Susan Rice, Webmaster Sherry Ferguson, Incoming President Ed Levin, Past President Karen Acuff and Past President Mary Gilbert. Your guidance and sage advice were essential. I would also like to thank my dear friends and colleagues, Deborah Rice, Tom Burbacher, Sonya Sobrian and Stan Barone, for their key support and participation in the meeting.
4. Membership The membership committee worked very hard this year, sending out multiple notices to all members with unpaid dues. We were able to bring a number of people back into the society. NBTS still struggles with a limited number of new members each year and would benefit from a large, well-coordinated membership drive. I am extremely grateful for Gregg Stanwood and Devon Graham for their hard work and enthusiasm on behalf of NBTS.
Kimberly S. Grant Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States E-mail address: [email protected].