2nd IBERO-AMERICAN MEETING ON TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

2^nd IBERO-AMERICAN MEETING ON TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

June 17^th – 19^th, 2013 (Ribeirão Preto, Brazil)

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “2^nd IBERO-AMERICAN MEETING ON TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH” (IBAMTOX 2013), which will take place in Ribeirão Preto (SP, Brazil), from the 17^th to the 19^th of June 2013. IBAMTOX 2013 offers a unique forum focusing on basic and applied aspects of toxicology and environment. It will provide an opportunity for toxicologists, chemists, scientists, clinicians and academics to network and present their research data, as well as to discuss current themes such as risk assessment, air pollution, biomonitoring, emerging contaminants, nanotoxicology, gene-environment interactions, legislation and many more.

Papers originated from IBAMTOX 2013 will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health (JTEH) by Taylor & Francis. Moreover, JTEH, represented by its Editor, Dr. Sam Kacew, will provide a Taylor & Francis Book Awards for the three best student presentations in the amount of $ 200 each.

The deadline for abstract submission is April 12^nd, 2013.

Several recognized scientists have confirmed their presences as speakers during IBAMTOX 2013:

· Andres Campíglia - University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

· Cristina Carvalho - University of Lisbon, Portugal

· Daniel Cyr - Université du Québec, Canada

· Ellen Silbergeld - Johns Hopkins University, USA

§ Editor-in Chief - Environmental Research

· Francisco J. R. Paumgartten - Fundação Osvaldo Cruz, Brazil

· Jean-Philippe Chippaux - University Paris Descartes, France

· João Batista Teixeira da Rocha - Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil

· João Paulo Teixeira - INSA, Portugal

· Kurunthachalam Kannan - State University of New York, USA

§ Editor-in Chief - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

· Leslie V. Boyer-Hassen - University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA

· Michael Aschner - Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA

§ Associated Editor - Toxicological Sciences; Neurotoxicology

· Patrick Jeremy Parsons - State University of New York, USA

· Paul Tchounwou - Jackson State University, USA

 

§ Editor-in-Chief - Environmental Toxicology

· Paulo Saldiva - Universidade De São Paulo, Brazil

· Sally Perreault Darney - Environmental Protection Agency, USA

§  Associate Editor - Molecular Reproduction and Development

· Sam Kacew - University of Ottawa, Canada

§ Editor-in-Chief – Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health (JTEH) Parts A and B

· Sergio Koifman - Fundação Osvaldo Cruz, Brasil

· Susana Viegas - Higher School of Health Technology of  Lisbon, Portugal

· Thomas Knudsen - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA

§ Editor-in-Chief - Reproductive Toxicology (RTX)

· Wilma de Grava Kempinas - UNESP Botucatu, Brazil

 

Additional information can be seen at http://www.ibamtox.com.br/2013/

If you are a professional or academic with interest in Toxicology and Environmental Health, we will be happy and honored to welcome you to IBAMTOX 2013!

PLEASE DIVULGE OUR MEETING AMONG YOUR PEERS.

Sincerely yours,

 

Organizing Committee

IBAMTOX 2013