| PROGRAMME
Thursday, 22.05.
| 16.00 |
Opening of the symposium
Prof. Toomas Veidebaum, Institute of Experimental and Clinical
Medicine, Tallinn |
| 16.15 |
Plenary lecture: Xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes-an
overview
Prof. Olavi Pelkonen, University of Oulu |
| 17.00 |
Poster Session and Get-together |
Friday, 23.05.
Session 1. Xenobiotic Metabolism - Basic and Applied Aspects
| Chair: |
Dr Reet Pruul, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine,
Tallinn Dr Hannu Raunio, University of Oulu |
| 09.00 |
Activation and inactivation of toxic agents by xenobiotic
metabolizing enzymes
Prof. Toomas Veidebaum |
| 09.30 |
Extrahepatic xenobiotix-metabolizing enzymes in human
carcinogenesis
Dr Hannu Raunio |
| 10.00 |
Coffee and Posters |
| 10.30 |
Detection of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzyme function
Dr Arja Rautio, University of Oulu |
| 11.00 |
Diseases and drug metabolism in man- Research cases in Estonia and
Finland
Dr Markku Pasanen, University of Oulu |
| 11.30 |
Posters |
| 12.00 |
Lunch |
Session 2. Evaluation of Health Risks
| Chair: |
Dr Hanna Tähti, University of Tampere |
| 13.00 |
Environmental health - priority area of EU collaborative projects
Prof. Marja Sorsa, Ministry of Education, Finland |
| 13.30 |
Methods for evaluating genotoxic and carcinogenic risks
Dr Hannu Norppa, Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki |
| 14.00 |
Health risks of dioxins
Prof. Jouko Tuomisto, National Public Health Institute, Kuopio |
| 14.30 |
Coffee and Posters |
Session 3. Ecotoxicology
| Chair: |
Dr Pirjo Lindström-Seppä, University of Kuopio
Dr Anne Kahru, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn |
| 15.00 |
Ecotoxicological interests in Estonia. Oil-shale industry as one
key issue
Dr Pirjo Lindström-Seppä |
| 15.10 |
Industrial waste and its environmental impact in North-East
Estonia
Prof. Toomas Tenno, Tartu University |
| 15.40 |
Biomonitoring of the complex oil-shale pollution: field
experiments
Arvo Tuvikene, MSc, Institute of Zoology and Botany of the Estonian
Academy of Sciences, Tartu |
| 16.00 |
ffects of co-pollutants on transformation and toxicity of
carcinogenic hydrocarbons
Prof. Uuve Kirso, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn |
| 16.30 |
Coffee and Posters |
| 17.00 |
In vitro evaluation of environmental hazards: PLHC-1cell
line in field experiments in Estonia
Sirpa Huuskonen, MSc, University of Kuopio |
| 17.20 |
Chemical analysis vs. toxicological analysis. Ecotoxicological
test batteries Dr Anne Kahru |
| 17.40 |
Genotoxicity of environmental samples |
| -18.00 |
Dr Reet Pruul
Congress Dinner |
Saturday, 24.05
Session 4. Estonian-Finnish Cowork in Toxicology- Research and
Education - Round Table Discussion
| Chair: |
Prof. Kai Savolainen, the Secretary General of IUTOX
Representatives of FST
Representatives of Estonian toxicologists |
Organizing Committee
The executive Committee of FST
Tarja Toimela, University of Tampere
Reet Pruul, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Tallinn
Anne Kahru, Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Tallinn
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