HESI Sessions at EMGS 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting

The Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC), Genetic Toxicology Technical Committee (GTTC), and Emerging Systems Toxicology for the Assessment of Risk (eSTAR) Committee will present their work at the Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EMGS) 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting on 15-25 September 2021.

Wednesday, 15 September 2021
3:00PM EST
Genotoxicity Risk Assessment and Public Health SIG Meeting

• Genetic Toxicology Technical Committee (GTTC) and Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC)
• Presenters: Stephanie Smith-Roe, NIEHS/Division of the National Toxicology Program (NTP), and Stefan Pfuhler, Procter & Gamble
• Note: This meeting is open to the public and you can register using this link

Tuesday, 21 September 2021
11:40AM – 11:45AM EST
Poster Session Q&A – PS34
Optimal Design of In Vivo Studies Employed for Quantitative Assessment of Genotoxicity

• Genetic Toxicology Technical Committee (GTTC)
• Presenter: Alexandra Long, University of Toronto

Wednesday, 22 September 2021
10:35AM – 10:40AM EST
Poster Session Q&A – PS59
The Botanical Safety Consortium’s Strategy for Developing a Toolkit of Assays for Robust Genotoxicity Assessments of Botanicals

• Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC)
• Presenter: Kristine Witt, NIEHS/Division of the National Toxicology Program (NTP)

Friday, 24 September 2021
12:15PM – 1:45PM EST
Symposium 04
Interpretation of Genotoxicty Dose-Response Information in a Human Health Context

• Genetic Toxicology Technical Committee (GTTC)
• Presenter: Marc Beal, Health Canada, In Vitro to In Vivo Extrapolation Incorporating Toxicokinetics
• Presenter: Robert Heflich, US FDA National Center for Toxicological Research, Effect of Animal Life-Stage on Chemically-Induced Mutagenicity
• Presenter: Paul White, Health Canada, Quantitative Interpretation of In Vivo Mutagenicity Dose-Response Data: UFs for Calculation of Human Exposure Limits

Saturday, 25 September 2021
4:10PM – 4:30PM EST
Symposium 07
Development and Application of Genomic Approaches to Evaluate Human Cancer Risk

• Emerging Systems Toxicology for the Assessment of Risk (eSTAR) Committee
• Presenter: Chris Corton, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Towards Reduction and Replacement of the 2-Year Rodent Bioassay Using Genomic Approaches: Update from eSTAR and Impact on ICH S1