The Regional Chapters of the Society of Toxicology are an important part of the organization, and provide a friendly milieu for good science and renewing and making friendships and connections. We strongly encourage you to become a member of the Central States Chapter, but even if not a member, please make every effort to attend our meeting in Ames, Iowa. We will put together an exciting program that will be of interest to a wide audience of toxicologists and other individuals. When: Thursday, October 1 to Friday, October 2, 2009

Where: Iowa State University Alumni Center, 420 Beach Avenue in Ames, Iowa

Directions to campus
Directions to the Alumni Center: take University Boulevard north from Highway 30. Turn left (west) on to either South 4th Street or on Center Drive. The ISU Alumni Center is set at the west end of the parking area between these two streets.
Use ISU Map Function Find Building: Alumni Center
Parking: Iowa State Center Parking, Lot A2, No charge for parking here.

A selection of hotels in Ames, Iowa. Map of Ames and hotel listing. The Thursday evening supper will be at Gateway Center's Meadow Room. A block of rooms have been reserved at Gateway Center for the Central States Society of Toxicology until 3 weeks prior to the meeting at a cost of $79.00 per night. The rooms will still be available at this price after the reservation cut-off date if rooms are available.

Registration Form Please indicate on the form if you would prefer a vegetarian meal.

• Non SOT members: $50
• SOT Members: $40
  • Interested in joining SOT? Go here.
• Graduate Students: Free
• Summer Scholars: Free
• Payment Information: Checks are payable to CS-SOT
  • Dr. Bryan Coppole, Dept. Pharmacology-MS1018, University of Kansas Medical Center
  • 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160 Phone: 913-588-7142

Oral Presentation Abstract Deadline: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, by Noon Central Standard. Please indicate when you submit your abstract that you wish to be considered for the Oral Presentations; without this information it will be assumed you are submitting a poster abstract only. Please indicate on your abstract whether you are a graduate student or post doctoral fellow. Three post doc presenters will be chosen and informed by Saturday, September 26. Three graduate student presenters will be chosen and informed by Saturday, September 26. Send abstracts to Linda Wild by email (lmwild@iastate.edu). If the abstract you are submitting will also be a poster, let us know that as well.

Poster Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, September 25, 2009. Please submit your abstract to Linda Wild by email (lmwild@iastate.edu) by September 25 in order to be included in the CS-SOT Program booklet. The abstract should be less than one page long (about 250 words), Times New Roman, font size 12, 1 inch margins. Please indicate on your poster abstract whether you are a graduate student or post doctoral fellow.

Program Awards: Four awards will be given (two for oral presentations, two for poster presentations). For each type of presentation, one student and one postdoctoral fellow with the paper judged best by the Chapter officers will receive cash towards attendance at the 2010 National SOT Meeting in Salt Lake City Utah March 7-11, 2010

Summer Scholars Poster Session at Central States SOT
Summer interns involved in toxicology research are invited to attend the Central States SOT meeting October 2, 2009 in Ames, Iowa and bring their posters. Posters will be judged by Graduate Students and cash prizes for the top 3 posters awarded. Summer interns must register and follow rules for poster abstract submission. Registration is free. Questions, contact Linda at lmwild@iastate.edu

Information for Organizations or Businesses wishing to display materials of interest to toxicologists during the poster session.

Information on Sponsors and activities that can be sponsored

Officers:

• President: Anumantha G. Kanthasamy, Iowa State University
• Vice-President: Jonathan A. Doorn, University of Iowa
• Past President: Hartmut Jaeschke, University of Kansas Medical Center
• Secretary/Treasurer: Bryan L Copple, Univesity of Kansas Medical Center.
• Councilors:
  • Lora L. Arnold, University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • Claire Redman Croutch, Midwest Research Institute (2008-10)
  • Lora Arnold, University of Nebraska Medical Center (2008-10)
  • James Luyendyk, University of Kansas Medical Center (2009-11)
  • Annelise Nguyen, Kansas State University (2008-10)
  • Shashi Ramaiah, Pfizer (2009-11)
• Post-doc Representative: Cheryl Rockwell, University of Kansas Medical Center
• Student Representative: Hariharan Saminathan, Iowa State University

  SCHEDULE (this is in progress and tentative)

  Thursday, October 1, 2009

  5:30- 11:00 p.m. Dinner (buffet style) at the Meadow Room of the Gateway Hotel and Conference Center
  

  Directions to Gateway Hotel and Conference Center. Highway 30 in Ames, University Boulevard exit. Go south. After passing on/off ramps for Highway 30, the first right hand turn (west) is Green Hill Drive. Follow to Gateway Hotel.
  • 5:30 Social Hour. Pay as you go bar provided.
  • 6:30 Supper
  • Room available until 11:00 p.m.

  8:00 p.m. Student/Post doc Mixer at Gateway Center Hotel; more info after the meal on Thursday evening.
  

  Friday, October 2, 2009

  8:10 to 9:00 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast, ISU Alumni Center, Reiman Ballroom, 2nd Floor

  8:10 to 9:00 a.m. Poster set-up and business displays set up in Horton Multi-purpose Conference Room, 1st Floor.

  8:10 to 9:00 a.m. Business Meeting of Officers, Alumni Center, Executive Conference Room, 3rd Floor

  • General Session, Morning: Reiman Ballroom
    
    • 9:00 to 9:10 a.m. Welcome by Dr. Anumantha Kanthasamy, 2009-2010 CS-SOT President
      
    • 9:10 to 9:15 a.m.
      Welcome note by Dr. David Holger, Associate Provost and Dean, Graduate Programs, Iowa State University
      
      • Welcome note by Dr. John Thomson, Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University
    • 9:15 to 9:45 a.m. Jo Anne Powell-Coffman, Ph.D., Genetics Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University
      
      • Genetic analyses of hypoxia response networks in C. elegans
    • 9:45 to 9:50 am. Discussion
      
    • 9:50 to 10:20 a.m. Michael W. Duffel, Ph.D., Human Toxicology, University of Iowa
      
      • Oxidative Modification of Sulfotransferases: Effects on Substrate Specificity, Reaction Kinetics, and Predictions of Metabolic Sulfation
    • 10:20 to 10:25 a.m Discussion
      
    • 10:25 to 10:40 am. Break - Cy's Lounge and Burnet Alumni Living Room, Second Floor.
      
    • 10:40 to 11:10 a.m. Arthi Kanthasamy, Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University
      
      • Methamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity linked to increases in autophagy and is influenced by Proteolytic activation of Protein Kinase C delta (PKC ) in dopaminergic neuronal cells
    • 11:10 to 11:15 a.m. Discussion
      
    • 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. Scott Moye-Rowley, Ph.D., Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa
      
      • Transcriptional regulation of multidrug resistance genes in eukaryotic microbes
    • 11:45 to 11:50 a.m. Discussion
      
    11:50 to 1:30 p.m. Buffet Lunch; buffet style, obtain food in Cy's Lounge and take back to Reiman Ballroom to eat

    11:50 to 1:30 p.m. Poster Viewing, Horton Conference Room, 1st Floor.

    • 1:30 General Session, Afternoon: Reiman Ballroom
      
    • 1:30 to 1:50 p.m. Ning Fang, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University
      
      • Revealing subcellular motions by fast live-cell imaging
    • 1:50 to 1:55 p.m. Discussion
      
    • 1:55 to 2:15 p.m. Curtis Klaassen, Ph.D., Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics, Kansas University Medical Center
      
      • The importance of the Keap1/Nrf2 pathway for toxicologists.
    • 2:15 to 2:20 p.m. Discussion
      
    • 2:20 to 3:05 p.m. Postdoc (3) Presentations; Moderator: Patricia Murphy
      
      • 10 minute each plus 5 minutes discussion, Reiman Ballroom
    • 3:05 to 3:50 p.m. Student (3) Presentations: Moderator: Suzanne Hendrich
      
      • 10 minute each plus 5 minutes discussion, Reiman Ballroom
    • 3:50 to 4:05 p.m. Break, Cy's Lounge
      
    • 4:05 to 4:15 p.m. Presentation of the John Doull Award by Dr. John Doull
      
    • 4:15 to 4:45 p.m. John Doull Award Lecture
      
    • 4:45 to 4:55 p.m. Discussion
      
    • 4:55-5:10 p.m. Student and Postdoc Awards presented by Dr. Anumantha Kanthasamy.
    5:10 p.m. Meeting adjourned.

  If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact Linda Wild, Program Coordinator, Toxicology graduate program at Iowa State University at 1-800-499-1972 or 1-515-294-7697 or email Lmwild@iastate.edu. Thank you.