Dear students and colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to an upcoming conference on health and environment, to be held in Doha, Qatar (home of the 2022 FIFA World Cup) March 26-29, 2012. Although the focus of the conference is mutagens, sessions concerning health and environment in general will suit everyone. The VIth International Conference on Environmental Mutagens in Human Populations will held in Doha, March 26-29, 2012. Students are especially encouraged to apply as their costs will be subsidized and multiple awards offered. Currently symposium topics include: Environmental contamination and health concerns Specific environmental health concerns in developing countries Basic mechanisms of mutagenesis and carcinogenesis DNA repair and signaling in response to insult from environment Environmental contamination in adverse reproductive outcome Biomarkers for human population studies Epigenetics and gene-environment interactions in human disease Genomic and proteomic technologies in environmental health Application of scientific knowledge for disease prevention Novel strategies to protect against environmental mutagenesis Legal and ethical issues in environmental health I appeal for your assistance in promoting this event (forwarding this email) to your contacts, colleagues and any potentially interested research centers. The current deadline for abstract submission is December 22. Check the website for more details: http://www.icemhp-2012.org
Renee Renee A. Richer, Ph.D Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar Qatar Foundation-Education City P.O. Box 24144 Doha, Qatar (w) (974) 492-8228 (c) (974) 347-7903 [email protected]
