Contents NASAC Chair Update……………………………………….2 Vice—Chair Update………………………………………….3 Who We Are………….…………………………………………4 SETAC—NA Student Activities………………………….5 Regional Chapter Updates…………………………….6-9 Europe SAC…………………………………………..…10—11 NASAC Subcommittees……………………………….12-13 Student Art and Song Contest………………………….14 New NASAC Representatives……………………….....15 Upcoming Meetings………………………………….…….16 NEWSLETTER OF THE SETAC NORTH AMERICA STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL (NASAC) STUDENTS OF SETAC NEWS NASAC November 2013
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NASAC Chair Update……………………………………….2
Vice—Chair Update………………………………………….3
Who We Are………….…………………………………………4
SETAC—NA Student Activities………………………….5
Regional Chapter Updates…………………………….6-9
Europe SAC…………………………………………..…10—11
NASAC Subcommittees……………………………….12-13
Student Art and Song Contest………………………….14
New NASAC Representatives……………………….....15
Upcoming Meetings………………………………….…….16
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Hello, fellow SETAC students! As fall continues to roll along and we get closer to the SETAC North America annual meeting in Nashville, there have been many exciting new developments in NA-SAC. We are very eager for this year’s meeting in Music City, with two great noon-time seminars on networking and science blogging, the annual student-mentor dinner organized by the student activities committee, and our NASAC art contest and newly minted song contest.
Most importantly, we are also excited to meet you! Stop by our booth near the silent auction table during the opening reception and poster socials to chat with your NASAC representatives and learn more about how you can share your ideas and get more involved with SETAC. We also invite all SETAC students to attend our open NASAC assembly meeting on Tuesday November 19th from 3:30-4:30pm in Room Lincoln C. Come share your ideas and concerns, learn about new develop-ments within NASAC and our interactions with other student advisory councils, and be a part of the discussions that will shape the next year of student activities and opportunities within SETAC.
Also in this newsletter, we are highlighting some new developments as we work with the Europe Student Advisory Council (SAC) to improve the SETAC student experience on a global level. Check out the updates from the 4th Young Environmental Scientist (YES) meeting planning session in addition to the other initiatives that extend to SETAC students all over the world. We’ve also got details on our new social media outlets and how you can get involved with NASAC through our new subcommittees.
As always, feel free to email me at [email protected] to learn more about our activities and how to get involved with our group. You can also link up with NASAC on the SETAC website, Facebook, and Twitter-see this newsletter for more details.
Hope everyone is enjoying their fall semester and see y’all in Nashville very soon!
Hello, SETAC students! I hope that everyone’s fall semesters are going well and that you are busy wrapping things up to present at the Nashville meeting. NASAC has been hard at work planning some awesome student events at the annual meeting (check them out in this newsletter). I encour-age all of you to attend our noon-time seminars, student-mentor dinner, and NASAC assembly meeting. As I assume the Chair role in Nashville, I am looking forward to continuing traditional stu-dent activities, as well as beginning new initiatives for students in NA as well as continuing collabo-rations with the European SAC.
As your future chair, I want to encourage all students to get involved with SETAC beyond attending the annual meeting, especially since students make up a large portion of our society (~20%). I would like to challenge each of you to become more active members in our society by joining one of the new sub-committees of NASAC. We recently created sub-committees within NASAC that are chaired by NASAC representatives, and filled with dedicated student volunteers (you!). The sub-committees include: social media, art and song contest, outreach, student newsletter, fundraising, and annual meeting activities (see additional information in this newsletter for a description of each group). I encourage you to visit our booth in Nashville, or get in touch with the Chair or Vice Chair of NASAC ([email protected]) or your regional NASAC representative for more information about how to join a subcommittee.
If you are interested in becoming involved with SETAC beyond student activities, I would suggest attending an advisory group (AG) meeting while in Nashville. Advisory groups are special interest groups within SETAC (e.g., Metals AG, Pharmaceuticals AG) that sponsor platform and poster ses-sions, support workshops and books on current topics, and provide input to international forums and conventions. Being part of an advisory group gives you the chance to learn more about a specific field as well as network at the annual meeting, focused workshops, etc. Advisory groups are open to all interested parties (including students). If you would like to join an advisory group, attend their meeting in Nashville and add the group to your SETAC profile by logging in to SETAC.org, navigate to the advisory group and click “Join Group” near the top of the page. Once you join the group on SETAC.org, you will receive updates, newsletters and information about meetings.
I am looking forward to meeting everyone in Nashville. Please attend our NASAC assembly meeting on Tuesday November 19th from 3:30-4:30pm in Room Lincoln C. Our assembly is open to all SETAC mem-bers and we welcome new faces and new ideas. Also, stop by our booth during the poster socials to obtain more information about NASAC and how you can get involved in SETAC.
Sincerely,
Sarah Bowman NASAC Vice Chair
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Vice Chair Update Sarah Bowman
Who We Are
Representatives
NASAC
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Erica Brockmeier
Activities
Student
Not signed up for one of our student events?
Talk to the registration booth to see if there are still spots available!
Sunday November 17
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Meet and greet with NASAC members NASAC Booth, Silent Auction area
Stop by the booth to chat with your NASAC representatives, learn more about what we do and how you can become more involved with student activities in SETAC. We would love to meet you and hear your thoughts on your SETAC student experience!
Topic: Do You Have What It Takes to Network Successfully? Valery Forbes, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Interactive methods and group problem solving to find solutions to some of the most common networking situations that you will find yourselves in as graduate students. This event is free and open to all students, but pre-registration is required.
5:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Meet and greet with NASAC members NASAC Booth, Silent Auction area 6:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Student-Mentor dinner Room Tennessee C
Don’t miss this opportunity to mingle and network with many SETAC members! The cost of the dinner is $5 and pre-registration is required.
Tuesday November 19
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. NASAC open student assembly meeting Room Lincoln C
We’d love to have you join us to brainstorm about student activities for the annual meet-ing and beyond. We’ll also have a short presentation about the upcoming Young Envi-ronmental Scientist meeting. See you there!
5:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Meet and greet with NASAC members NASAC Booth, Silent Auction area
Topic: Blogging About Science: Sharing Your Data in a New Way Sustainable Nano group panel, University of Wisconsin In this noon-time seminar, an experienced panel of students and researchers will share tricks of the trade on how to write about science in a blog format. This event is free and open to all students, but pre-registration is required.
5:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Meet and greet with NASAC members NASAC Booth, Silent Auction area
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Regional Chapter Updates
Regional Chapter
Ohio Valley
By Brandon Armstrong
The Ohio Valley Regional SETAC Chapter co-hosted an annual meeting with the regional Michigan chapter of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) on September 20, 2013 in E. Lansing, Michigan. The meeting focus was inter-disciplinary in nature with keynote speakers, as well as student platform and poster presentations that encom-passed both environmental and mammalian toxicology themes. Dr. Jack Harkema from Michigan State University gave a keynote address entitled “The Interface of Health Effects Caused by the CardiometabolicSyndrome” and Dr. Keith Grasman from Calvin College gave a keynote address entitled “Canaries in the Coal Mine: Fish-Eating Birds as Sentinels for Pollution in Aquatic Ecosystems”. Approximately 70 persons attended the meeting and there were five platform presentations given by students and over 20 stu-dent poster presentations. Three students from the Ohio Valley Regional Chapter of SETAC were awarded prizes for best presentations:
Will Folland, a graduate student at Michigan State Universi-ty, received the Best Student Platform Presentation award for his talk entitled “Assessing the Toxic Potency of Aroclor 1268 to Piscivorous Marine Mammals us-ing Mink as a Mammalian Model”. Cassandra Nix and Shane Daugherty, both of Ashland University, received the first and second place awards for the Best Student Poster Presentations, respectively.
The joint meeting with Ohio Valley SETAC and MI SOT was considered a success as a wide array of inter-disciplinary topics were addressed during the meeting and meeting participants were able to network within a broad circle of toxicologists and environmental scientists.
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Regional Chapter Updates
Regional Chapter
South Central
By Latonya Jackson
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The SETAC-South Central Regional Chapter held its annual regional meeting this past May 30-June1,2013. The students, professors, and professionals got togeth-er for a short course on Coastal Prairie Restoration presented by Mark Kramer of the Armand Bayou Na-ture Center, which included a “hay ride” style site visit. There was an evening of socializing at the annual so-cial dinner at the Armand Bayou Nature Center where
winners of the silent auction were announced. The highlight of the meeting were the many platform and poster presentations by the attending gradu-ate students. We congratulate the following graduate students who won in the platform and poster presentations:
Platform: 1st - Elias Oliozor (Baylor) 2nd - Chris Breed (Baylor) 3rd - Alfy Cazan (ULL) Poster: 1st - Emmanuel Blankston (ULL) 2nd - Sam Haddad (Baylor) 3rd - Latonya Jackson (ULL)
The SETAC-South Central Regional Chapter welcomed a new student rep-
resentative: Latonya Jackson of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
The SETAC-South Central Regional Chapter thanks Lissette Aguilar (past
student representative) for all the hard work she has done and outstanding
accomplishments she has attained during her tenure as student representa-
tive.
Regional Chapter Updates
Regional Chapter
Chesapeake Potomac
By Hilda Fadaei Khoei
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Chesapeake Potomac Regional Chapter
Update on CPRC’s social networking changes
The CPRC has recently established a Communications Steering Committee (CSC) which is a volunteer group of CPRC members who are interested in updating and im-proving the communications and outreach of the CPRC. Presently the committee has six members: David Kent (CPRC President); Matt Behum (CPRC Treasurer); Natasha Andrade (CPRC Secretary); Hilda Fadaei Khoei (CPRC Student Representative); Scott Lynn (CPRC BoD); and Debra Joseph (CPRC Newsletter Editor). Our goal is to make our social media accounts and website more fun and inter-active while reaching out to underrepresented groups in the CPRC region to get more involved. One of the first accomplishments of the CSC was to re-activate and update the CPRC Facebook and LinkedIn accounts. So if you aren’t already connected to us on Facebook or LinkedIn, please look for CPRC SETAC on Facebook and LinkedIn and “Like” or “LinkIn” to us! Efforts are underway to coordinate posts and information across the CPRC website, Facebook page, and LinkedIn page so whichever is your preference you can follow recent events and obtain important information on meetings and deadlines. The CPRC website (www.cprcsetac.wordpress.com) is being updated and re-imagined to make it more streamlined and focused while still keeping available as much information as possible on past events and activities. The CPRC membership has a lower representation of academic members than most other SETAC chapters, so the CSC is working on an outreach effort to identify, engage and get involvement from professors and students at academic institutions across the CPRC region. If you are moti-vated and energetic and would like to become involved in the CSC, please contact Scott Lynn ([email protected]).
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Regional Chapter Updates
Regional Chapter
Chesapeake -Potomac
By Hilda Fadaei Khoei
CPRC meeting at SETAC-Nashville
Don’t miss this great opportunity to mingle with our members and find ways to get involved. We will meet on Tuesday, Nov. 19th from Noon to 1 pm in Presidential Boardroom B.
2013 CPRC-SETAC Student Travel Award Winners CPRC granted travel awards to students presenting at SETAC-NA annual meeting. The award winners will be announced during our chapter meeting in Nashville.
Get to know some of the CPRC student members!
James Sanders is a first-year Ph.D. student under Dr. Upal Ghosh. His research focuses on a novel approach to passive sampling of mercury and organomercury in environmental matrices. He is also involved in a large-scale field project in-volving analysis and in situ remediation of polychlorinated biphenyl contamina-tion. Before arriving at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, he re-ceived a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Metropolitan State College of Den-ver and a master's degree in environmental health (toxicology) from Colorado
State University.
Huan Xia is a third-year PhD student from department of Chemical, Biochemcal and Environmental Engineering of University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Currently he is working with Dr. Upal Ghosh on the project of “PAH interactions with soil and effects on bioaccessibility and bioavailability to humans. He has mostly focused on geochemistry characterization of soil and sediment; partition-ing behaviors of PAHs among carbonaceous materials; sorption/desorption mech-anism of PCBs on activated biochar and assessments of bioavailability and bioac-
cessibility of PAHs to both organisms and humans.
Hilda Fadaei Khoei is a third-year Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland Baltimore County in the Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering Department. She works with Dr. Upal Ghosh, exploring the use of passive sam-pling to measure freely dissolved concentrations of PCBs in aquatic systems. Hil-da’s research focuses on incorporating passive sampling measures in PCB transport and food chain models to predict recovery after in-situ treatment of contaminated sediments. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineer-
ing from University of Tehran and a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Univer-sity of Missouri.
Collaborating with the Europe SAC
SAC
Europe
By Erica Brockmeier
Since the World Congress in Berlin in May 2012, NASAC and the Europe SAC have been working to increase communications and interactions between our two student groups. Several new initiatives have recently come to fruition, including a “Students of SETAC” Facebook page (www.facebook.com/studentsofSETAC) and Twitter account (@StudentsofSETAC). Now SETAC students from all over the world can ‘like’ or follow the activities available to SETAC students on a global level. Check out the newsletter for more info on how to connect with us!
We’ve also got some other exciting developments on the horizon as NASAC continues to collaborate with the Europe SAC-including a social media short course proposal for the SETAC Europe meeting in Basel, in-creased outreach both within and outside of SETAC, and the development of a Young Environmental Sci-entist (YES) meeting in North America. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue our collaboration across the pond and beyond!
Earlier this summer I had the great opportunity to participate in the planning session and site visit for the 4th YES meeting. This meeting will be held at the Petnica Science Center in Valjevo, Serbia in March of 2015. The previous YES meetings have all been great opportunities for SETAC students-with travel grants provided and no registration fees required for all pre-senters and the chance to develop presentation and networking skills in an all-student setting. The con-cept of the YES meeting is something truly unique and demonstrates the importance that SETAC holds in its student membership.
With the 4th YES meeting plans in motion, the SAC will work on expanding this concept to pro-vide SETAC students a thoroughly engaging and rewarding meeting opportunity.
Courtyard of Petnica with view of the hotel and lab space
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(left to right): Members of the SAC, NASAC, and Petnica Nikola Božić, Dragan Jevtić, Corinna Burkart, Elke Zimmer, Tomica Mišljenović, Tijana Milekić, Annika Agatz, Varja Knežević, and Erica Brockmeier.
A view of the restaurant and the beautiful Serbian countryside
In addition to the traditional platform sessions, poster social, opening workshop, and career talks, the 4th YES meeting will also incorporate lab skills and soft skills courses to all participants. Students attending the lab courses will be able to utilize the brand-new equipment and space available at Petnica and those taking soft skills courses can focus on improving their abilities in experimental design, giving presentations, writing for journals and grants, and in using modeling tools. There will also be an e-job corner, ample networking and socializing opportunities, and the chance to meet other SETAC students at this beautiful and brand-new facility. Below are just a
few photos to highlight Petnica and the folks in-volved with the meeting planning-check out our “Students of SETAC” Facebook page for more pic-tures and upcoming info about 4th YES meeting!
The brand new biology lab space
Symposium room (top) and meeting space for short courses (left)
Stay tuned as plans progress over the coming months, and we hope to see you at Petnica in 2015!
Видимо се ускоро!
Collaborating with the Europe SAC
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SAC
Europe
By Erica Brockmeier
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An Overview of NASAC Subcommittees
Subcommittees
NASAC
By Sara Bowman
NASAC recently developed subcommittees for many of our activities and new initiatives. The subcommittees are chaired by a NASAC representative, but are made up of SETAC stu-dent members. That means that we are looking for volunteers to serve on our subcommit-tees and help plan activities, events, and begin new initiatives. Below you can find descrip-tions of our current and future subcommittees. If you are interested in serving on one our committees, please email the Chair or Vice Chair at [email protected], visit our booth at Nashville , or contact your regional chapter representative for more information. Art and Song Contest Subcommittee Chair: Sarah Vogt, Mid-South Regional Chapter Representative At each SETAC North America annual meeting, NASAC will host an art and song contest. The purpose of this event is to showcase the artistic talents of SETAC students whose work falls under the theme of SETAC or of the annual meeting. Outreach Subcommittee Chair: Louise Stevenson, South California Regional Chapter Representative The role of the Outreach Subcommittee is to develop strategies for better informing SETAC students and members of the role of NASAC, how students can become better involved with activities related to the function of the society, and how to better engage with students and recent graduates on a broader level. Newsletter Subcommittee Chair: Latonya Jackson, South Central Regional Chapter Representative NASAC publishes a newsletter (SETAC Student News) at least biannually but with the goal of putting forth at least four publications per year. This publication includes updates from the Chair, Vice Chair, and SNA BoD Liaison, biographies from new NASAC members, up-dates from regional and student chapters, overviews or previews of previous or upcoming annual meetings, as well as any other activities or events related to SETAC students. Social Media Subcommittee Chair: Pepe Rodriguez, Laurentian Regional Chapter Representative NASAC, the SAC, and other student representatives of SETAC Regional Chapters and GU’s will coordinately manage and post items to the “Students of SETAC” Facebook and Twitter accounts. These accounts will serve as a forum for announcements and activities for stu-dents of all SETAC geographical units, including advertising student events and meetings and promoting SETAC-related opportunities relevant for SETAC students on a global level.
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Annual Meeting Activities Subcommittee Subcommittee in Development Student activities at the SNA annual meeting include two noon-time seminars, the student-mentor dinner (organized by the student activities committee and the SETAC office), the student art and song contest (coordinated by the Art and Song contest subcommittee chair) and the NASAC booth in the exhibition hall. In addition, interest has been garnered in having a student social event at the an-nual meeting, separate from the SETAC social events, as a forum for students to interact with one another apart from the conference. Fundraising Subcommittee Subcommittee in Development As NASAC continues to grow and change, financial support which comes from outside of SNA can provide a means for furthering novel initiatives and for providing additional opportunities for both NASAC members as well as North America SETAC students as a whole. Furthermore, as NASAC and the SAC have developed the goal of hosting the Young Environmental Scientist (YES) meeting every year, alternating between Europe and North America, the need for a Subcommittee Chair in this po-sition will facilitate the accomplishment of this activity.
Students of SETAC Facebook and Twitter Accounts As a joint initiative between NASAC and the European SAC, we have put together global “Students of SETAC” Facebook and Twitter accounts. These will be managed by the chairs of NASAC and Europe SAC, a representative from Australasia, and the social media subcommittee chairs. The pages are an effort to keep students up-to-date with events, meetings, opportunities, as well as serve as a forum for sharing ideas. Both our Twitter and Facebook accounts continue to grow and we encourage social media users to “like” us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for updates on all things related to SETAC students. Click on the hyperlinks below to access our pages and stay posted on what’s going on in SETAC!
Also, if you have something that you think should be shared on these pages, please contact us at [email protected].
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Inspired by this year’s meeting theme “Harmonizing Science Across Disciplines” the SETAC NASAC is organizing its first Student Song Contest in addition to the Art Contest.
Send a picture of your artwork and/or a video link to [email protected]
Art contest guidelines Submissions must fit the theme of the Nashville meeting (Harmonizing Science Across
Disciplines) or SETAC (Environmental Quality through Science) Submissions must be an original piece in a physical media that includes painting (oil, acrylic,
watercolor, mixed media, etc.), sculpture, or drawing. [Digital artwork or photography will not be accepted for this contest. Photography submissions can be made as part of the SETAC Global Environmental Contest.]
Artwork must be signed by artist for verification of originality Artwork must be submitted as a picture taken by the artist. A description and meaning of the
work must also be submitted. The top finalists chosen by NASAC will have their artwork posted on Facebook and voted upon
by fellow scientists at the SETAC 34th Annual North America Meeting in Nashville, TN. Winners will be announced during the closing presentation of the meeting. Song contest guidelines Submissions must fit the theme of the
Nashville meeting (Harmonizing Science Across Disciplines) or SETAC (Environmental Quality through Science)
Submissions must be either an original song or a parody of a popular song.
Submissions should not exceed 3 minutes in length.
Submission should be made in the form of a YouTube video as a music video or the artist performing his/her song. Be creative.
Voting for the finalists will take place on Facebook before and during the Meeting.
Winners will be announced during the closing presentation of the meeting. For questions regarding the Art and/or Song competition please contact Sarah Vogt ([email protected])
I am a PhD student at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology in Dr. Paul Klerks’ eco-toxocology lab. My research focuses on environmental toxicolo-gy. I am presently looking at how birth control pills effect organ-isms in the aquatic environment. I have been a student member of SETAC and SETAC- South Central Region since 2010. I re-ceived my Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Louisi-ana-Lafayette in 2002 in Biology. Afterwards, I worked as a medical research specialist, specializing in breast and ovarian cancers, at Tulane University in New Orleans, La. In 2010, I en-rolled in the PhD program at the University of Louisiana at Lafa-yette and am currently a third year PhD student. I look forward to attending the Nashville meeting and reconnecting with old friends and making new friends as we collaborate to make our SETAC student body the best it can be.
I am a PhD candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where I study the effect of nanomaterials on freshwater systems with Dr. Roger Nisbet. I was born and raised in Dallas, Texas and lived there until I moved to Massachusetts for college. I attended Amherst College in western Mas-sachusetts, where I majored in biology, played field hockey and lacrosse, and discovered “seasons”. My interest in environmental toxicology began when I conducted an undergraduate research project on the effect of phy-toestrogens on Siamese fighting fish. This project directly led me to focus on ecotoxicology as a career. I graduated from Amherst and began work as a lab technician at UCSB. I started the doctoral program in Ecology, Evolu-tion and Marine Biology a year later and have really enjoyed it so far. My doctoral research focuses on the effects of nanomaterials on freshwater al-gae and Daphnia empirically and quantitatively, utilizing ecological mod-els to direct experimental design and interpret results. I am involved in
two large research centers—primarily with the University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology and I recently became a Graduate Fellow in the Center for Nano-technology in Society at UCSB. In my free time, I like to bake, play sports, make ice cream, go run-ning, spend time with friends, and send gloating pictures of the beach to my family in Texas. I am excited about the chance to become more involved in SETAC and am particularly looking forward to working on the Outreach subcommittee.
Latonya Jackson
South—Central Representative
Louise Stevenson
Southern California Representative
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Join us for the 34th SETAC North America Annual Meeting in Nashville, TN.
Harmonizing Science Across Disciplines
http://nashville.setac.org/
The SETAC North America Annual Meeting is a 5-day event jam-packed with training and learning opportu-nities. More than 2,300 scientists, assessors, regulators and managers will gather to gain knowledge and skills in the latest cutting-edge environmental research and science. You will have a chance to connect with and learn from a diverse group of representatives from academia, business and government from more than 40 countries. You will accomplish specific learning objectives and have the chance to make valuable connec-tions with other professionals in your own and related fields.
There is still time to register. You may register online (until October 31) or on site at the standard rates. Also, if you missed the regular submission deadline and wish to have a poster at this meeting, you can still submit your abstract.
We would love to see you at the SETAC 9th Special Science Symposium in Brussels, Belgium.
The overall aim of this symposium is to facilitate the knowledge exchange between stakeholders from aca-demia, industry and regulatory bodies, in order to enhance our understanding of the sources, fate and con-sequences of chemical contaminants and other stressors in the marine environment. This is critical for iden-tifying comprehensive and consistent strategies for marine management.
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