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COMPUTATIONAL METHODS
IN TOXICOLOGY
April 20-22, 1998
Holiday Inn/I-675
Dayton,
Ohio, USA
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The workshop was very successful.
The orginizers
extend their gratitude to all speakers and participants for the fruitful
and frank discussions and high participation, in spite of the fact that
the program was very intensive and taxing the endurance of all of us.
Please contact Kevin Geiss
at geissk@FALCON.AL.WPAFB.AF.MIL
about the details for submitting manuscripts. Click at
[ABSTRACTS AND PROGRAM] to see abstracts and
program
The international workshop: Computational
Methods in Toxicology organized by:
- Air Force Research Laboratory (Operational Toxicology Branch
of the Human Effectiveness Directorate, Materials & Manufacturing
Directorate, and Air Force Office of Scientific Research.)
- Aeronautical Systems Center (Major Shared Resource Center for High
Performance Computing) through the Programming Environment and
Training Program.
will be held at Holiday Inn/I-675, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
The workshop is open to all US and international participants from Industry,
Government, or Academic/Non-profit sectors but is limited to 60 participants.
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Organizing Committee:
Workshop Goals:
- Evaluate the current state-of-the-art in the prediction of toxicological
endpoints from structural descriptors.
- Survey the availability of methods and tools for the construction of new
QSAR/SARs.
- Evaluate and critique available off-the-shelf products for toxicity
prediction.
- Define appropriate strategies for developing new QSAR/SARs for the
prediction of potential human health effects due to exposures to
experimental and operational chemicals used in
US Air Force and civilian operations.
Topic Areas:
- Research applications of QSAR/SARs,
- Tools for development of new QSAR/SARs,
- Molecular modeling and simulation in toxicology,
- Commercially available software products.
Workshop Format:
- Oral presentations by invited speakers,
- Roundtable discussion with panel of invited speakers,
- Poster session open for presentations by attendees.
Deadlines:
- Registration Deadline: March 31, 1998 (
extended until April 10, 1998 but since we had to
place orders, the requests for dinners and tours will not be
accepted ).
- Abstract Submission Deadline: March 16, 1998.
List of invited speakers:
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Marilyn Arnott - LogiChem
Subhash Basak - University of Minnesota
Romualdo Benigni - Instituto Superiore di Sanita, IT
Doug Bristol - NIH/NIEHS, RTP
James Devillers - CTIS, Lyon, FR
Nigel Greene - LHASA , UK
William C. Herndon - University of Texas-El Paso
Peter Jurs - Penn State University
Douglas J. Klein - Texas A&M
Bob Lipnick - EPA, Washington, DC
Edwin Matthews - FDA, Rockville
Rich Purdy - 3M
Milan Randic - Drake University, IA
Ann Richard - EPA, RTP
Herb Rosenkranz - University of Pittsburgh
Paul Seybold - Wright State University
Ed Thompson - Procter & Gamble, OH
Alex Tropsha - UNC-Chapel Hill
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Program:
The details of the program, abstracts, and directions will be sent to
registered participants, and placed on the Web:
toxprogram.html
Lodging and Maps
Participants are responsible for hotel and travel arrangements.
The block of rooms has been reserved at the Holiday Inn under the name
Toxicology Workshop. This block of rooms will
be kept on hold only until March 22, so please make the reservations
early.
Holiday Inn I-675
2800 Presidential Dr.
Fairborn, OH 45324
tel. 937/426-7800
FAX 937/426-1284
Price per night: $89.00+tax
Other hotels, in the walking distance from the workshop site are:
Fairfield Inn
2500 Paramount Pl
Fairborn, OH
937/427-0800
Homewood Suites
2750 Presidential Drive
Fairborn, OH
937/429-0600
For directions please consult: http://www.asc.hpc.mil/helpdesk/site/from_wsu.html.
Registration fees are:
- $250 for participants from for-profit organizations,
- $150 for participants from non-profit and government organizations,
- $25 for currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students.
The fees will be collected at the workshop only in cash or check (personal
check or money order), and suitable receipt will be issued. We do not have
the facilities to process purchase orders or credit card charges.
The checks should be made to:
Toxicology Workshop. The registration fee covers: workshop materials,
morning coffee and coffee breaks, and refreshments during poster session.
The dinner on Monday Apr. 20 is $20 extra.
The deadline for registration (which will ensure
that space is reserved at the workshop) is March, 31, 1998.
Abstracts and Posters
Participants are encouraged to present a poster
Detailed instructions are provided
for interested participants.
How to Contact Us
We do prefer e-mail as a medium of communication. Please send e-mail
to toxicology@ccl.net and
we will answer promptly.
See you soon in Dayton!!!
