10–14 March 2019
POSTERS
Abstract Number/Poster Board Number: 1159/P183 (PDF)
Examination of the Avian Acute Oral Versus Sub-Acute Dietary Testing in Ecological Risk Assessment
Gina Hilton,1 Edward Odenkirchen,2 Melissa Panger,2 Garland Waleko,2* Anna Lowit,2 and Amy J Clippinger1
1PETA Science Consortium International e.V., 2US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); *Now working at the US Department of Agriculture
Session Title: Ecotoxicology
Date: Monday, 11 March
Time: 3–4:30 pm
Location: CC Exhibit Hall
Abstract Number/Poster Board Number: 2469/P884 (PDF)
Using the Monocyte Activation Test for Medical Devices
David Allen,1 Amy J Clippinger,2 Steven Morefield,1 Warren Casey,3 Jennifer Goode,4 and Jeffrey Brown2
1Integrated Laboratory Systems, 2PETA Science Consortium International e.V., 3NIH/NIEHS/DNTP/NICEATM, 4FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Session Title: Alternatives to Mammalian Models II
Date: Tuesday, 12 March
Time: 1:30–3 pm
Location: CC Exhibit Hall
Abstract Number/Poster Board Number: 2784/P288 (PDF)
Better Ways Than the Bioassay: Weight-of-Evidence Approach to Assess Carcinogenicity Potential of Food-Use Pesticides
Gina Hilton,1 Amy J Clippinger,1 Sabitha Papineni,2 Roland Buesen,3 Stephanie Melching-Kollmuss,3 Tzippi Kormos,4 Natalia Ryan,4 Douglas C Wolf,5 Richard C Peffer,5 and A Wallace Hayes6
1PETA Science Consortium International e.V., 2Corteva Agriscience™, agricultural division of DowDuPont™, 3BASF Corporation, 4Bayer US LLC, 5Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 6University of South Florida College of Public Health
Session Title: Regulatory Policy and Methods
Date: Wednesday, 13 March
Time: 9:15–10:45 am
Location: CC Exhibit Hall
Abstract Number/Poster Board Number: 3514/P310 (PDF)
Defined Approach for Detection of Eye Irritants and Corrosives for Pesticide Formulations
Neepa Choksi,1 Amy J Clippinger,2 Sean Gehen,3 Marco Corvaro,3 Sheung Ng,3 Susanne N Kolle,4 Andrew van Cott,4 Angela Hofstra,5 Monique Inforzato,6 Natalie Ryan,7 Elizabeth Webb,7 Warren Casey,8 David Allen1
1Integrated Laboratory Systems, 2PETA Science Consortium International e.V., 3Corteva Agriscience™, 4BASF SE, 5Syngenta Canada Inc, 6Syngenta Crop Protection LLC, 7Bayer CropScience, 8NIH/NIEHS/DNTP/NICEATM
Session Title: Late-Breaking 10: Risk Assessment; Exposure Assessment; Epidemiology; Regulation; Food Safety
Date: Thursday, 14 March
Time: 8:30–11:30 am
Location: CC Hall A
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Establishing Effective Alternatives for Acute Oral and Inhalation Systemic Toxicity Testing
Speakers: Anna Lowit, US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs; Nicole Kleinstreuer, NIEHS; Kamel Mansouri, Integrated Laboratory Systems; Amy J Clippinger, PETA Science Consortium International e.V.; and Jon Hotchkiss, The Dow Chemical Company
Co-Chairs: Agnes Karmaus and Nicole Kleinstreuer
Date: Wednesday, 13 March
Time: 8–10:45 am
Location: CC Ballroom IV
An In Vitro Approach to Assess the Pulmonary Fibrosis of Nanomaterials
Speakers: Monita Sharma (A Number: 3293)
Platform Session Title: Nanotoxicology: In Vitro Test Platform
Date: Thursday, 14 March
Time: 10:25–10:48 am
Location: CC Room 308
CHAIRED SESSIONS
A Herculean Switch? Rethinking Chemical Carcinogenicity Assessment Co-Chairs: Amy J Clippinger, PETA Science Consortium International e.V., and Sabitha Papineni, Corteva Agriscience™, agricultural division of DowDuPont™
Speakers: A Wallace Hayes, University of South Florida College of Public Health; Charles Wood, Boehringer Ingelheim (formerly employed by the US EPA ORD); Raffaella Corvi, EURL ECVAM; Sabitha Papineni, Corteva Agriscience™, agricultural division of DowDuPont™; and Greg Akerman, US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs
Date: Monday, 11 March
Time: 1:45–4:30 pm
Location: CC Room 314
Use of Adverse Outcome Pathways to Design Non-Animal Testing Strategies for Assessing Inhalation Toxicity
Co-Chairs: Amy J Clippinger, PETA Science Consortium International e.V., and Robert Landsiedel, BASF
Speakers: Philip Demokritou, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Paul Hinderliter, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC; Annie M Jarabek, US EPA ORD NCEA; Holger Behrsing, Institute for In Vitro Sciences, Inc; and Monique Perron, US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs
Date: Thursday, 14 March
Time: 8:30–11:15 am
Location: CC Room 316
ANCILLARY MEETING
New Approaches for Inhalation Toxicity Testing
Date: Sunday, 10 March
Time: 1-4pm
Location: Hilton Baltimore, 401 West Pratt Street, Room Johnson AB
A Non-animal 6-pack for Pesticide Testing: Update on Ongoing and Planned Activities
Date: Monday, 11 March
Time: 5-7 pm
Location: Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor, 110 South Eutaw Street, University Ballroom 1-4
MENTORSHIP EVENTS
Mentoring Reception co-sponsored by MSBSS and RSESS, in collaboration with Mechanisms, IVAM, CTSS, and ASCCT
Date: Monday, 11 March
Time: 7:30-9:30 pm
Location: TÍr Na NÓg restaurant, 201 E Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21202
Register here.
Chat With an Expert
Chat With an Expert is an opportunity for graduate students to interact with senior researchers and learn about the myriad fields that toxicology has to offer. This year, Consortium scientists Dr Monita Sharma and Dr Gina Hilton are participating in the programme.
AWARDS
Best Paper of 2018 Honorable Mention
The PETA Science Consortium International won an honorable mention for Best Paper of 2018 from the Society of Toxicology’s Biological Modeling Specialty Section for the co-authored paper, “Pathway-Based Predictive Approaches for Non-Animal Assessment of Acute Inhalation Toxicity.” Access the paper here.