56th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EMGS)

Science from the HESI Global committees will be well represented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EMGS) in Rochester, NY.

Sunday, September 7

• Platform 2:45-3:00 pm - Validation of the TGx-DDI Transcriptomic Biomarker: Ring Trial Completion and FDA Guidance Alignment. Presented by Xiaotong (Vickie) Wang, University of Ottawa (HESI Global eSTAR Committee)

Monday, September 8

• Symposium#4 9:30 - 11:30am: Improving Hazard Identification of Nitrosamines: Enhancing the Ames Assay and Mammalian Cell Approaches. Co-Chaired by Anthony Lynch, Raechel Puglisi (HESI Global Nitrosamines Research Program)
• Poster#10 - Assessing the Genotoxicity of Botanicals Using Standard Assays – an Update from the Botanical Safety Consortium (HESI Global Botanical Safety Consortium)

Wednesday, September 10

• Platform 3:15-3:45 pm: Development of miRNA Biomarkers for Nephrotoxicity: Insights from In Vivo and In Vitro Investigations. Presented by Connie Mitchell (HESI Global eSTAR Committee)
• Platform 3:45-4:00 pm: A Mechanistic Alternative to the 2-Year Rodent Bioassay: Assessing Duplex Sequencing and Tissue Sampling Strategies for Early Cancer Biomarker Detection.  Presented by James Alper Alcaraz, University of Ottawa (HESI Global eSTAR Committee)