|PROTECTED Conference| June 16-18, 2020 Queen’s University Belfast PROGRA &ABSTRAC BOOK www.qub.ac.uk/ (website link when available)
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Contents Welcome Note
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General Information
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Programme
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Abstracts
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Welcome Note Dear participants, On behalf of PROTECTED we are pleased to welcome you to Queen’s University Belfast for this Conference. This event will be the final conference of the EU funded PROTECTED
This conference provides an ideal platform for the 15 represented projects to present and discuss their results and to initiate new collaborations and new ideas (to be expanded to include other speakers etc) We hope you will enjoy this event, meeting your colleagues, having fruitful discussions and making new connections.
Dr Lisa Connolly PROTECTED Co-Ordinator Queen’s University Belfast
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General Information Wi-Fi Free Wi-Fi is available for the duration of the conference by connecting to _The Cloud network at QUB. Visitors from other academic institutions should use “eduroam”. You can get help from The Cloud by visiting their Wi-Fi support pages. Meals Coffee and tea will be available at refreshment breaks throughout the conference. Lunch will be served in atrium of School of Biological Sciences at 1.00pm on all days and Conference Dinner will be served in The Great Hall at 8.00pm on 17th June (welcome reception from 7.30pm). Poster Boards Posters will be available for viewing in the Atrium of School of Biological Sciences throughout the conference. Poster Presentation will take place from 6.00pm on Tuesday 16th June. Contact In case of important travel issues, e.g. an unavoidable delay in arrival that may impact the start of your presentation or an unpredictable cancellation of attendance on short notice, you may contact the registration desk on +44 [0]28 9097 xxxx. Smoking policy Smoking is strictly prohibited within the buildings and grounds of the university except in specifically designated smoking areas.
PLEASE NOTE Mobile phones must be switched off during lectures.
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Tuesday 16 June 12.00-13.30
Registration
Registration desk School of Biological Sciences
14.00-14:10
Welcome address
Professor Ian Greer Vice-Chancellor
Queen’s University Belfast
14:10-14:30
Opening address
Dr Lisa Connolly PROTECTED Co-Ordinator Queen’s University Belfast
14:30-18:00
14:30-15:00
15:00-15:30
15:30-16:00
Theme 1
Chair xxxxxx
Natural and Emerging EDCs
Institution xxxxxxxx
Mycotoxins, mass spectrometry, farm animals, health effects
Oluwatobi Kolawole
Effect of zearalenone, an estrogenic mycotoxin, alone or in combination, on the intestine.
Tarek Lahjouji
Endocrine disruptor compounds in cyanobacteria.
Vittoria Mallia
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Queen’s University Belfast
Institut National De La Recherche Agronomique
Norwegian Veterinary Institute
16:00-16:30
Refreshments
Foyer, School of Biological Sciences
16:30-17:30
Keynote speaker
EDC Superstar 1 tba
17:30-18:00
Summing up of key public messages
18:00-19:00
Poster Presentation (Plus hot buet and drinks reception)
20:00
Finish Day 1
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Foyer, School of Biological Sciences
Wednesday 17 June 8:30-16:00
Theme 2
Chair xxxxxxxx
Understanding ED mixture effects
8:30-9:00
In vivo zebra fish larvae tests on endocrine disruptors and mixtures
Gustavo Guerrero Limon
Exposure effects of defined realistic mixtures of POPs on ZF development, behaviour and population.
Maria Christou
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor transactivation assays to study health impacts of exposure to mixtures of chemicals.
Que Thi Doan
QSAR modelling EDs and their mixtures.
Elizabeth Goya Jorge
10:30-11:00
Refreshments
Foyer, School of Biological Sciences
11:00-11:30
In vivo biomarker assays in adult carp.
Solomon Oguche
Emerging high content analysis (HCA) technology for the investigation of EDs and their mixtures.
Mazia Amber
9:00-9:30
9:30-10:00
10:00-10:30
11:30-12:00
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University of Liege
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
University of Liege
ProtoQSAR
Universidad Austral De Chile
Queen’s University Belfast
12:00-12:30
Development of a combined chemical-biological detection system for mycotoxin/POP mixtures affecting human development.
Clémence Budin
12:30-13:00
PI/Guest speaker
tba
13:00-14:00
Lunch
Foyer, School of Biological Sciences
14:00-14:30
Development of a combined chemical-biological detection system for EDC mixtures affecting male reproductive health (reproductive performance).
Berenice Collet
tba
Yuling Xie
14:30-15:00
BioDetection Systems
BioDetection Systems
Queen’s University Belfast (Leveraged ESR1) 15:00-15:30
tba
Jonathan McComb Queen’s University Belfast (Leveraged ESR2)
15:30-16:00
PI/Guest speaker
tba
16:00-16:30
Refreshments
Foyer, School of Biological Sciences
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16:30-18:00
Chair xxxxxx Institution xxxxxxxx
16:30-17:30
Keynote speaker
EDC Superstar 2 tba
17:30-18:00
Summing up of key public messages
18:00-19:00
Optional Tour of the School of Biological Sciences facilities
School of Biological Sciences
20:00
Conference Dinner
The Great Hall Queen’s University Belfast
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Thursday 18 June 8:30-10:30
Theme 3
Chair xxxxxxxx
Assessing ED health effects 8:30-9:00
Identifying mixtures of contaminants associated with adverse child health outcomes.
Anteneh Assefa Desalegn
Health impacts of complex mixtures on human foetal and placental health.
Chiara Tallia
Effects of defined realistic mixtures of POPs on neurodevelopment in vivo & in vitro models
Ajay Yadav
10:00-10:30
PI/Guest speaker
tba
10:30-11:00
Refreshments
Foyer, School of Biological Sciences
Theme 4
Chair xxxxxxxx
9:00-9:30
9:30-10:00
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
University of Aberdeen
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Risk Communication
11:00-11:30
Consumer perception of endocrine disruptors in the environment and food chain.
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Melissa Kelly Queen’s University Belfast
Chair xxxxx
11:30-12:00
Keynote speaker
Tba Regulatory/legislative speakers (EFSA, JRC and EU Commission)
12:00-12:30
Summing up of key public messages
12:30-13:00
Conference close
Dr Lisa Connolly Queen’s University Belfast
13:00-14:00
Lunch
Foyer, School of Biological Sciences
14:00-15:00
Supervisory Board Meeting (PROTECTED members only)
17:00-20:00
Public Outreach Event (Dissemination of the projects key messages plus media communications)
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Abstracts
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Notes
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