Volume 34
Issue 2, 2014
ISSX President’s Message By John O. Miners, ISSX President As a Society, ISSX is dependent on the commitment and goodwill of its members for its activities, including the organization of scientific meetings and the functioning of Council and committees. Several members of ISSX completed their terms on Council or ISSX committees at the end of 2013. In the last Newsletter, I acknowledged the contribution of retiring officers and councillors. I would also like to thank members who have completed their terms on various committees: Awards Committee - Chantal Guillemette and Paul Hollenberg; Finance Committee - Eric Johnson (chair) and Teruko Imai; Membership Affairs Committee Hugues Dolgos (chair); Scientific Affairs Committee - Aleksandra Galetin, Heyo Kroemer, Zhouhan Hu, and Mikihisa Takano. Scientific reach, the hosting of high quality meetings, and international– ization are core to the mission of ISSX. I am pleased to announce that ISSX Council has approved a collaboration with the International Transporter Consortium (ITC). The ITC is an alliance of academic, industry, and regulatory scientists with a
common interest in developing the science of drug transporters. As an expert group, the ITC will contribute to the planning and delivery of transporter sessions at ISSX meetings. The ITC-ISSX collaboration has many potential benefits given the importance of transporters in drug disposition and the interest of many ISSX members in transporter science.
meeting co-chairs, Professor Changxiao Liu and Dr. Zhuohan Hu, and their colleagues in CSSX for hosting a scientifically rewarding and socially enjoyable meeting.
As I indicated in the last newsletter, the two ISSX scientific meetings scheduled for 2014 will increase the international scope of the Society. The 5th Asia Pacific ISSX Meeting, which was held in Tianjin, China from May 9-12, was hosted by the Chinese Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (CSSX), our affiliate and partner in China. The meeting was a great success. There were 552 registrants representing seventeen different countries and approximately 300 poster abstracts. Congratulations go to Professor Yasushi Yamazoe and Dr. Kazuya Maeda, the respective recipients of the Asia Pacific Scientific Achievement Award and the New Investigator Award, who both gave presentations at the meeting. On behalf of ISSX, I wish to thank the
Registration is now open for our second meeting in 2014, the joint 19th North American ISSX / 29th JSSX Meeting which will be held in San Francisco October 19-23. The meeting co-chairs Drs. Eric Johnson and Tetsuya Terasaki and their colleagues on the Meeting Organizing Committee have developed an outstanding scientific program that can be accessed on the ISSX website. Please support this meeting by your attendance and don’t forget to renew your membership, which provides the added benefit of discounted meeting registration. John O. Miners President International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics
IN THIS ISSUE 1
ISSX President’s Message
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Book Review: Natural Products Chemistry
Asia Pacific ISSX Meeting 3 5th Report
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19th North American ISSX / 29th JSSX Meeting
6 In Memoriam: Garold Steven Yost 7 13th European ISSX Meeting