NIEHS and NTP at Upcoming Society of Toxicology Meeting

Scientists from around the world, including many from NIEHS/NTP, are gearing up for the 51st Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology, March 11-15, 2012 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California.

For your convenience, a full list of the NIEHS and NTP planned activities is available on the NIEHS website at http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/highlight/sot/index.cfm

Some highlights include:


 *   Dr. Birnbaum's Meet the Director Special Symposium in Room 302 on Wednesday, March 14 from 9:00-11:45 a.m.

 *   Huge NIEHS, NTP, and EHP Exhibit (Booth 2037/2039/2137)

 *   NTP CEBS Demonstration on Monday, March 12 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM; Tuesday, March 13 from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM; Wednesday, March 14 from 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM

 *   Introduction to the NTP DrugMatrix and ToxFX Toxicogenomic Database and Analysis Tools on Monday, March 12 from 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM; Room 105.  NTP DrugMatrix and ToxFX Demonstrations on Tuesday, March 13 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 and Wednesday, March 14 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM

 *   Live demonstrations of NTP databases at the Exhibit

 *   Explore Federal Research Funding Opportunities and Grant Writing Strategies, Research Funding Information Room, Tuesday, March 13 and Wednesday, March 14; 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Room 270. Staff from the NIEHS Division of Extramural Research and Training will be available for one-on-one consultations to answer questions about funding opportunities.

The SOT website http://www.toxicology.org/ai/meet/am2012/am.asp provides information about the meeting and the agenda.