INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

REACH, in silico methods in toxicology and contaminants in the Arctic

14.-16.5.2007

Oulu University, Medical Campus

Aapistie 5, 90220 Oulu

Organizers:

Finnish Society of Toxicology,

Finnish Graduate School in Toxicology (ToxGS) and

Graduate School of Circumpolar Health, Well-being and Adaptation

Monday 14.5.

Get-together; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Oulu

Tuesday 15.5.

8-11 Graduate school meeting, ToxGS

8-11 Graduate school meeting, Circumpolar Health, Well-being and Adaptation GS

10-12 Finnish Society of Toxicology meeting

Lunch 11-12

Session 1: REACH and research in toxicology: In vivo, in vitro and in silico

Chair: Olavi Pelkonen

12.00 Welcome

12.15 What is REACH? Heidi Foth, University of Halle

What are the main purposes of REACH? Matti Viluksela, National Public Health Institute

What will be the role of animal studies in REACH? Hanna-Marja Voipio, University of Oulu

Discussion

14.00 Coffee/Tea break – poster viewing & exibition

14.30 Alternative methods or additional animal use under REACH, Vera Rogiers, Vrije Universiteit

In silico modelling in toxicology, Olavi Pelkonen, University of Oulu, /Kirsi Vähäkangas, University of Kuopio

CSC services for molecular science: software and databases, Atte Sillanpää, The Finnish IT Center for Science

Discussion

16.30 Break

16.45 In silico modelling of toxicokinetics, Hannu Raunio, University of Kuopio

Challenges of combining epidemiology and toxicology in environmental risk asessesment, Marjo Niittynen, National Public Health Institute

discussion

17.30 Annual meeting of Finnish Society of Toxicology

19.00 Banquet

Wednesday 16.5.

Session 2: Future aspects of Arctic monitoring

Chairs: Kirsi Vähäkangas & Arja Rautio

9.00 What are the future aspects in the Arctic monitoring? Jon Oyvind Odland, AMAP Secretariat

Ecological aspects on rodent-borne viruses in the Arctic areas, Heikki Henttonen, Finnish Forest Research Institute

AMAP/Human health in the Finnish Lapland, Leena Soininen, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland

Discussion

11.00 Lunch

12.00 New contaminants, Jaana Koistinen, University of Kuopio

Contaminant patterns in Arctic foodweb, Katrine Borgå, Norwegian Institute for Water Research

Contaminant effects in Arctic marine mammals, Heli Routti, Norwegian Polar Institute

13.30 Coffee/Tea break –posters and exhibition

14.00 Mortality in a cohort with high fish consumption, Anu Turunen, National Public Health Institute

New environmental biomarkers, Mari Murtomaa, University of Oulu

Discussion

15.00 Closing remarks