EuroSciCon has a full and varied agenda for our ‘Nanotoxicology: Health & Environmental Impacts’ meeting on February 27th. It includes the following talks:

 

Health implications of Nanoparticles - Professor Wolfgang G. Kreyling, Helmholtz Zentrum München Research Center for Health & Environment;  Institute of Inhalation Biology, Focus Network Nanoparticles and Health, Germany

                               

The carbon nanotube hazard -   Professor Ken Donaldson, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh.

 

Nanotest: Alternative testing strategies for the assessment of the toxicological profile of nanoparticles used in medical diagnostics - Margaret Saunders, Biophysics Research Unit, Bristol Haematology & Oncology Centre, University Hospitals, United Kingdom

 

Effects of single walled carbon nanotubes on mixed neuro-glial cultures from chicken spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia - Dr  Cordula Hirsch, Materials Science & Technology, Laboratory for Materials-Biology Interactions, Switzerland

 

Capturing Nanotoxicity data – what is the optimum solution? - DS Wilkinson, Lhasa Limited, Leeds

                     

Understanding the Genotoxic Potential of Ultrafine Superparamagnetic Iron oxide Nanoparticles (USPION) - N.Singh, University of Wales Swansea, UK

 

Linking the Toxicology and Ecotoxicology of Nanoparticles - Professor Vicki Stone, Napier University, Scotland

                     

Possible Fate, Behaviour and Ecotoxicology of Nanoparticles in Natural Waters - Professor Jamie Lead, The University of Birmingham,UK

                     

Toxic Effects of Nanomaterials to Trout: Implications for Fish Toxicity Testing, Characterisation of Test Media, & Regulation - Dr Richard Handy, Plymouth University, UK

 

Biological response of fish cell cultures and sticklebacks to cadmium and silver nanoparticles - Dr Brett Lyons, CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science), Weymouth Laboratory.

                     

You can still book a place by visiting www.regonline.co.uk/nano09