International Symposium On Disturbances Of Cerebral Function Induced By Food And Water Contaminants.

International Symposium on Disturbances of Cerebral Function Induced by Food and Water Contaminants. March 2010

Meeting venue
The International Symposium on Disturbances of Cerebral Function Induced by Food and Water Contaminants will be held in the Santiago Grisolía Auditorium in the Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe of Valencia (Spain). The museum, designed by Valencian architect Santiago Calatrava, and with an auditorium of 2.800 square metres, provides the perfect venue for this symposium.

These emblematic projects have turned Valencia, with its heritage of over two thousand years of history, into a most modern city. The city is easily accessible by road, rail, sea and air. Its culture, cuisine and academic tradition along with its location on the Mediterranean coast and its pleasant climate, make the city the ideal setting for this symposium.

Santiago Grisolía Auditorium
Science Museum Príncipe Felipe
Av. Autopista del Saler, 7
46013 Valencia, Spain

The Science Museum Príncipe Felipe is in the dry river bed Turia. From the centre of the city it can be easily reached by taxi in 10 minutes. Buses number 19 and 35 from the City Hall square takes about 15 minutes.

Program

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

The symposium will start on Tuesday 23rd March, 2010 early in the morning.


To be extended with a few additional speakers

Claudia Heppner. Head of Unit on Contaminants, European Food Safety Authority. Parma, Italy.
Outlines on food safety risks

Philippe Grandjean. Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark. Odense C, Denmark.
Developmental neurotoxicity as a silent pandemic

Michael Aschner. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University. Nashville, Tennessee. USA.
Mechanisms of neurotoxicity of methylmercury

Tomas R. Guilarte. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health. Baltimore, MD, USA.
Neurotoxicity of manganese

Kevin M. Crofton. National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. North Carolina, USA.
Neurotoxicity of thyroid disrupting contaminants

Sandra Ceccatelli. Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute. Stockholm, Sweden.
Activation of multiple cell death pathways in neural stem cells exposed to neurotoxic chemicals

Richard F. Seegal. New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center. New York, USA.
Neurotoxicity of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in humans

Patrick De Boever. Flemish Institute of Technological Research. Mol, Belgium.
Effects of developmental exposure to non-dioxin like PCBs on gene expression in brain

Roberta Pastorelli. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri". Milano, Italy.
Proteomics analysis of the effects of developmental exposure to non-dioxin like PCBs in brain

Vicente Felipo. Fundación Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe. Valencia, Spain.
Cognitive and motor alterations induced by developmental exposure to PCBs in rats. Molecular mechanisms

Alberto Mantovani. Istituto Superiore di Sanità. Roma, Italy.
Risk assessment of endocrine disruptors: the role of toxicological studies

Paolo Zatta. CNR-Institute for Biomedical Technologies, University of Padova. Italy.
The role of metal contaminants (aluminium, manganese) in neurodegenerative diseases

José Luis Domingo. Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Rovira i Virgili University. Reus, Tarragona, Spain.
Chelating agents to treat neurotoxicity of metal ions

Ebba Barany. European Commission. Brussels, Belgium.
Research on food contaminants in the Seventh Framework Programme and hereafter