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The Hispanic Organization of Toxicologists (HOT) is a Special Interest Group of the Society of Toxicology

ISSUE

Feb-March 2014

27 Toxenlaces From the President P.1

HOT Awards 2014 P.2

HOT Members Presentations P.5

HOT Sister Organizations P.7

HOT Annual Reception Sponsors P.8

Celebrating the Achievements of HOT Members P.8 Incoming HOT Executive Board 2014-2015 P.9

Announcements P.11

From the President

HOT Officers Contact

Betina Lew, Ph.D. President betina.lew@churchdwight.com Linval DePass, Ph.D. Vice President linval.depass@durect.com Minerva Mercado-Feliciano, Ph.D., DABT Vice President elected mmercadofeliciano@gmail.com Elena Hernández-Ramón, M.D., Ph.D. Secretary elena.hernandez-ramon@nih.gov Ranulfo Lemus Olalde, Sc.D. DABT Treasurer ranuamex@aol.com Betzabet Quintanilla, Ph.D. Councilor mquintan@cinvestav.mx Maria E. Gonsebatt, Ph.D. Councilor gonsebatt@yahoo.com.mx Azita Cuevas, Ph.D. Councilor azitakj@gmail.com René Viñas, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Representative rene.vinas@gmail.com Catherine Rondelli, Ph.D. Graduate Student Representative cmrondel@utmb.edu Leslie Recio, Ph.D. Past President lrecio@ils-inc.com

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

This is a VERY special year for our Special Interest Group (SIG). We are celebrating our 10th anniversary!!!! Let’s celebrate together during our Annual Meeting in Phoenix!!!

Here are some of the events that you should plan on attending during the annual meeting:

First, our SIG will have a designated area in the Pavilion with representatives of the HOT membership. As usual, our community will be there bringing a special enthusiasm and energy to the Pavilion. Please stop by if you have any questions about HOT or simply to meet our officers, see old friends and make new ones!!! Also, the HOT officers will have HOT pins available. Please wear the pin attached to your badge so we can identify you as a HOT member.

Another highlight is our reception. It will take place on Tuesday March 25, starting at 6:30 pm at the Arizona Latino Arts and Cultural Center located at 147 E. Adams St., Phoenix, Arizona. This is

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an event that you CAN’T miss!!! We will announce the winners of this year Travel Awards, and update you in the news and activities of our SIG. Be ready to mingle and network! As always, we will have food, refreshments and great Latino music.

The SIG-Collaboration Group (SIG-CG)

Global Hot Topics Event is a novel event that will be hosted on Monday March 24, 5:00 – 6:30 pm in Room 221A of the Phoenix Convention Center. I am honored to be co-chairing this event with colleagues from WIT, ASIAO and TAO. This year the event will focus on Air Pollution around the World: Global Concerns. An international panel of speakers will present on the toxicological impacts of air pollution originating from sources common to their regions while promoting and encouraging discussion with the audience on this important topic with global impact. Dr. Paulo Saldiva from Sao Paulo, Brazil will discuss the adverse health effects of sugar cane burning in the exposed population in Brazil; Dr. Evans Afriyie-Gyawu from Georgia Southern University, Atlanta, USA, will talk about

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HOT Awards 2014 By Jorge G. Muñiz Ortiz, Ph.D.

HOT Awards Committee Chair, 2013-2014

The Awards Committee of the Hispanic Organization of Toxicologists (HOT) evaluates submitted applications that include an abstract and a letter of recommendation. After a rigorous judgment process the Committee chooses which application deserves to be given funding for travel to the Society of Toxicology annual meeting. This process is repeated for each SOT annual meeting. The Travel Awards are provided by funds of key HOT sponsors.

This year we had 17 applicants and funding provided by sponsors for 5 awards. The Travel Awards are available to any HOT member; this year applicants represented universities and research institutions from Colombia, Mexico, United Kingdom and the United States of America. We received applications from 2 undergraduates, 1 master’s student, 13 graduate students and 1 postdoctoral fellow. All applications are considered equally, regardless if they come from a postdoc, graduate student or undergraduate. The SOT-accepted abstracts are judged by a panel of senior HOT members, based on the quality of the rational/scope, experimental procedures, results, conclusion, and how the research helps to the advance of the field of toxicology. Each judge independently provides a score for each of the above-mentioned criteria for each applicant. The Awards Committee Chair adds up the individual judges’ scores and the awards go to the applicants with the top total scores.

Toxicological Implications of Smoke from Burning Scrap Automobile Tires for Singeing Meat in Africa (Ghana); and Dr. Jan Topinka from Prague, Czech Republic will talk about Gene Expression Profiles in Asthmatic Children Living in Localities with Different Extent of the Air Pollution. As a refresher to end the first full day of sessions at the SOT Annual Meeting, cookies, coffee and tea will be complimentary to all attendees.

For our Students and Trainees, there are several mentoring opportunities including an event completely focused on the trainee of Latino origin that will take place on Wednesday March 26 at 7:00 – 8:00 am (breakfast will be served) in Room 221 of the Phoenix Convention Center. This event will include a short presentation on how to leverage opportunities and strength areas in your CV and interview to assist in the job hunting and early professional life. A second short talk will focus on training opportunities available at the National Institutes of Health for trainees of minority origin. The presentations will be followed by round tables, in which mentees will have the opportunity of directly interacting with mentors of Latino origin that work in the sector of their choice (industry, government or academia). In this part of the session the mentees will have the opportunity of getting clarification on their own questions on crafting the resume/CV, leveraging strengths and steps involved in the hiring process.

Lastly, be supportive of your colleagues and attend presentations, posters, or other events where members of HOT are involved (check list on page 5). If you see posters with HOT ribbons (Orange and Gold), introduce yourself to the member – a Travel Award winner - and get information on their research. Be sure to go back home with multiple business cards, ideas and energized to continue making a difference to others.

Please make sure you get involve in the HOT events and with our community in general. This is your support group in the bigger network that is the Society of Toxicology. The HOT is here to help you to develop your scientific career and to support each other. Together we will keep growing as a visible scientific community and keep building bridges through toxicology.

HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY TO ALL OF US!!!

Cheers!!

Betina Lew, Ph.D. HOT President Building Bridges Through Toxicology

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It is time the world knows about you!! We are looking for outstanding Hispanic trainees to be feature in Toxenlaces. If you are that trainee or if you want to nominate somebody, send your/her/his biography and picture to Verónica Ramírez (Toxenlaces Editor) at vramirez@health.southalabama.edu for inclusion in upcoming issues.

Thereby, after a careful evaluation, the 2014 HOT Travel Awards winners are:

Vanessa Nuñez, Undergraduate Student at University of California

(Los Angeles, CA, USA)

Vinicius Carreira, Ph.D candidate at University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH, USA)

Alexandra Colón Rodríguez, Ph.D student at Michigan State University

(East Lansing, MI, USA)

Rosa I. Rodriguez Cotto, Ph.D. candidate at University of Puerto Rico

(San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Aline De Conti, Postdoctoral Fellow at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

(Silver Spring, MD, USA)

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If you want to collaborate with short articles, news or notes related with Toxicology, send it to Verónica Ramírez (Toxenlaces Editor) at vramirez@health.southalabama.edu for inclusion in upcoming issues.

The awards will be given out during the HOT Reception at this year’s SOT meeting in Phoenix, AZ, which will be held on Tuesday March 25th starting at 6:30 pm at the Arizona Latino Arts and Cultural Center located at 147 E. Adams St.

The HOT would like to recognize the companies that this year sponsored HOT Travel Awards for donating a generous financial grant to the awardees. And also HOT would like to express its gratitude to the persons who made possible such sponsorship from those companies:

Robert P. Casillas, Ph.D. Sponsoring of Vanessa Nuñez

Mari S. Stavanja, Ph.D., Sponsoring of Vinicius Carreira

Azita Cuevas, Ph.D. Sponsoring of Alexandra Colón Rodríguez

Ingenieros Lemus de Mexico

Ranulfo Lemus Olalde, Sc.D., DABT Sponsoring of Rosa I. Rodríguez

Kevin Kerzee, Ph.D., DABT Sponsoring of Aline De Conti

On behalf of the HOT Awards Committee, I want to congratulate the winners and thank all of those who submitted an application for the award. I am very proud to see the quality of the research that is being performed by scientists of Hispanic/Latino heritage here in the United States and abroad. Let’s keep up the great work!!

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HOT Members Presentations at the SOT 2014 Annual Meeting

Some of our HOT members will be presenting the results of their research projects on this year SOT Annual Meeting at Phoenix, Arizona. We encourage you to visit their posters or oral presentations, meet them, get interest in their research and establish networking. Check the list below to know the day and time of their presentations (poster sessions are by board number).

POSTER SESSION Exhibit Hall CC

Monday March 24, 2014

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Session: Biological Modeling # 135: INTERPRETING NHANES BIOMONITORING DATA: DIOXINS. Authors: Ruiz P, Simon T., Mumtaz M. Session: Alternatives to Mammalian Models I # 150: Authors: EFFECTS OF LXR ACTIVATION ON LIPID METABOLISM AND VISUAL FUNCTION IN ZEBRAFISH. Authors: Pinto C., Riu A., Philip J., Bondesson M., Gustafsson J-A.

Session: Autoimmunity/Hypersensitivity.

# 222: ASSOCIATION OF PRO-INFLAMMATORY AND APOPTOTIC-RELATED GENES EXPRESSION WITH LYMPHOCYTE DNA TELOMERE LENGTH (LTL) IN A MEXICAN POPULATION EXPOSED TO ARSENIC. Authors: Escudero-Lourdes C., Pérez-Martínez A.S., Del Razo L.M., Alegría-Torres J.A., Mandeville P. Session: Alternatives to Mammalian Models I. # 231: IDENTIFICATION OF CHEMICAL-SPECIFIC TOXICITY TRANSCRIPT PROFILES IN VITRO USING A COMPREHENSIVE OR A CUSTOM-MADE MICROARRAY. Authors: Naciff J.M., Shan Y., Wang X., De Abrew N., Adams R., Tiesman J.P., Wetmore B., Thomas R.S., Settivari R., Carney E., Daston G.P.

# 232: TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF TOLUENE AND THINNER IN TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM HERBST. Authors: Pajaro-Castro N., Caballero-Gallardo K., Olivero-Verbel J. # 235: EFFECTS OF LXR ACTIVATION ON LIPID METABOLISM AND VISUAL FUNCTION IN ZEBRAFISH. Authors: Pinto C.L., Riu A., Gustafsson J., Bondesson M., Jonsson P. Session: Carcinogenesis I # 420: ARSENITE AND METHYL METHANESULFONATE CO-EXPOSURES INDUCE SYNERGISTIC CELLULAR RESPONSES ASSOCIATED WITH CARCINOGENIC PATHWAYS. Authors: Balbuena P., Ross S.M., Recio L., Winters J., Clewell H.J., Clewell R. Session: Food Toxicology/Nutrition. # 535: PRESENCE OF AFLATOXINS AND FUMONISINS IN NIXTAMALIZED MASA FROM MILLS IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF MONTERREY, MÉXICO. Authors: Villarreal-Guerra J.M., Gonzalez-Barranco P., Picon-Rubio F., Bernal-Barragan H., Marroquin-Cardona A.G. E

Session: Neurotoxicity: General # 623: TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF BRAIN ABC TRANSPORTERS DURING ACUTE ACETAMINOPHEN (APAP) INTOXICATION IN MICE AND THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF THE NUCLEAR FACTOR-ERYTHROID 2-RELATED FACTOR 2 (NRF2). Authors: Ghanem C.I., Rudraiah S., Manautou J.E. # 644: METHAMPHETAMINE INDUCES NEUROTOXICITY IN BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER ENDOTHELIAL CELLS: PROTECTIVE ROLE OF PROLACTIN. Authors: Rosas-Hernandez H., Cuevas E., Lantz-McPeack S.M., Paule M.G., Gu Q., Imam S.Z., Ali S.F., Gonzalez C.

1:00 PM to 4:30 PM

Session: Genetic Toxicity Testing.

# 227: GENOTOXICITY ASSESSMENT OF SANDALWOOD (SANTALUM ALBUM) ESSENTIAL OIL ON HUMAN BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA CELLS (MCF-7). Authors: Ortiz-Sánchez C., Morales L., Sastre M., Castro A., Matta J.L. Session: Biotransformation/Cytochrome P450

# 326: EFFECT OF VINCLOZOLIN ON LIVER CYTOCHROME P450 EXPRESSION AND TESTOSTERONE AND ESTRADIOL SERUM LEVELS DURING PREGNANCY. Authors: Garcia-Montes de Oca F.G., Lopez-Gonzalez M.L., Chavira-Ramírez R., Sierra-Santoyo A.

Session: Chemical and Biological Weapons: Safety Assessment: Mechanisms and Novel Methods.

# 407: IDENTIFICATION OF GLUTAREDOXIN AS A MOLECULAR TARGET FOR THE SULFUR MUSTARD ANALOG BIS(2-CHLOROETHYL)METHYLAMINE. Authors: Jan Y., Heck D.E., Casillas R.P., Laskin L.D., Laskin J.D.

# 411: SULFUR MUSTARD ALTERS SEBOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION IN HAIRLESS MOUSE SKIN. Authors: Heck D.E., Joseph L.B., Cervelli J.A., Composto G.M., Casillas R.P., Gerecke D.R., Sinko P.J., Laskin D.L., Laskin J.D.

# 413: THE SULFUR MUSTARD ANALOG BIS(2-CHLOROETHYL) METHYLAMINE INDUCES OXIDATIVE DAMAGE IN MOUSE SKIN. Authors: Joseph L.B., Composto G.M., Cervelli J.A., Gerecke D.R., Casillas R.P., Laskin D.L., Laskin J.D., Heck D.E.

# 423: TARGETING CONNEXIN 43: CUTANEOUS WOUND REPAIR USING THE SULFUR MUSTARD ANALOG, NITROGEN MUSTARD, HAIRLESS MOUSE SKIN MODEL. Authors: Chang Y., Wang J.D., Hahn R.A., Chang H., Casillas R.P., Gordon M.K., Gerecke D.R.

Session: Risk Assessment I

# 533: MODELING OF BLOOD LEAD LEVELS IN ASTRONAUTS EXPOSED TO LEAD FROM MICROGRAVITY-ACCELERATED BONE LOSS. Authors: Garcia H., Tsuji J., James J.

Session: Regulation and Policy.

# 548: A SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT RISK ASSESSMENT. Authors: Choudhury E., Enters K., Stavanja M.

Session: Ecotoxicology

# 618: METALS, PAHS, AND TOXICITY OF SEDIMENTS FROM SANTA MARTA, A COAL PORT IN COLOMBIA. Authors: Caballero-Gallardo K., De la Rosa J., Johnson-Restrepo B., Garcia-Cantillo A. Guerreo-Castilla A., Olivero-Verbel J.

SYMPOSIUM SESSION

North Ballroom 120B Monday March 24, 2014

9:15 AM to 12:00 Noon

Session: Induced Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and Their Differentiated Progeny Cells: Implementation in Toxicity Testing INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL-DERIVED NEURONS AS A HUMAN MODEL FOR TESTING ENVIRONMENTALLY-INDUCED DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROTOXICITY. Authors: Druwe I.L., Shafer T.J., Wallace K.A., Valdivia P.A., Mundy W.

POSTER SESSION Exhibit Hall CC

Tuesday March 25, 2014

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Session: Natural Products: In Vitro. # 101: VIRTUAL SCREENING FOR THE DISCOVERY OF BIOACTIVE NATURAL COMPOUNDS AGAINST DNA METHYLTRANSFERASES, PROTEIN TARGETS IN SKIN CANCER. Authors: Maldonado-Rojas W., Olivero-Verbel J. Session: Clinical and Translational Toxicology. # 237: TRAUMA AND DRUGS OF ABUSE IN PUERTO RICO: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY. Authors: Jirau H., Colón F., Figueroa M., Rodríguez G., Rodríguez P., Jiménez-Vélez B. Session: Gene Regulation and Signal Transduction I. # 313: HORMONAL CHANGES AND GENE SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN FEMALE RAT THYROIDS EXPOSED TO ACRYLAMIDE. Authors: Colli-Dula R.C., Denslow N.D., Friedman M.A. Session: New Science on Neurodegenerative Disease. # 329: ENVIRONMENTAL/MITOCHONDRIAL TOXICITY INDUCED BY PARAQUAT AND MPP+ IS ASSOCIATED WITH A DECREASE IN UBIQUITINATION- AND P62/AUTOPHAGY-MEDIATED CLEARANCE OF OXIDIZED PROTEINS. Authors: Navarro-Yepes J., Anandhan A., Quintanilla-Vega B., Franco R.

# 332: EXPLORING GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS IMPLICATED IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE USING A PARAQUAT AND MANEB MODEL IN Drosophila. Authors: Nunez V., Krantz D., Martin C.

# 350: CHANGES OF TIGHT JUNCTIONS IN THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER ARE MEDIATED BY AΒ25-35-RAGE INTERACTION. Authors: E. Cuevas E., H. Rosas-Hernandez H., Lantz-McPeak S., Paule M.G., Gu Q., Gonzalez C., Imam S.Z., Kanungo J., Ali S.F. Session: Inflammation in Disease # 433: THE IMPACT OF ENDOTOXINS IN AFRICAN DUST: CAUSE FOR INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE. Authors: Ortiz-Martínez M.G., Jimenez-Velez B.D.

1:00 PM to 4:30 PM

Session: Cardiovascular Toxicity and Hemodynamics: An In Vitro Approach

# 157: TCDD AND OMEPRAZOLE UP-REGULATE HUMAN PLATELET ACTIVATION VIA THE ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR (AHR) NONGENOMIC PATHWAY. Authors: Pombo M., Lame M., Tablin F. Session: Liver # 246: LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX: IS NRF2 RESPONSIBLE FOR SEX DIFFERENCES IN SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ACETAMINOPHEN-INDUCED HEPATOTOXICITY IN MICE? Authors: Rohrer P., Manautou J.E. # 253: TOLERANCE TO ACETAMINOPHEN (APAP) HEPATOTOXICITY IN A MOUSE MODEL OF AUTOPROTECTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH INDUCTION OF FLAVIN-CONTAINING MONOOXYGENASE-3 (FMO3). Authors: Rudraiah S., Rohrer P., Gurevich I., Rasmussen T.P., Manautou J.E. # 261: ALTERED TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION AND EXONIZATION OF THE FIRST INTRON OF THE HUMAN LIVER ABCC4 GENE IN TISSUE SPECIMENS FROM CASES OF ACETAMINOPHEN OVERDOSE. Authors: Gu X., Manautou J.E. Session: Inhalants and Cardiopulmonary: Agents and Methods # 301: ACETAMINOPHEN PRODUCES OXIDATIVE STRESS IN THE AIRWAYS AND MODULATES RESPIRATORY RESPONSES TO OXIDANT CHALLENGE. Authors: Smith G.J., Cichocki J.A., Manautou J.E., Morris J.B. Session: Inhalants and Cardiopulmonary: PM, Ozone, and Diesel Exhaust.

# 342: EFFECTS OF DIESEL EXHAUST ON MARKERS OF GENETIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR TOXICITY IN RATS: RESULTS FROM THE ACES STUDY. Authors: Hallberg L., Conklin D.J., Kong M., Parks J., Hernandez C., Norton C., Ward J., Ameredes B., Wickliffe J., Torous D., Dertinger S., Bemis J. Session: Metal Neurotoxicity II: MeHg and Other Metals. # 641: BRAIN REGION-DEPENDENT EFFECTS OF METHYLMERCURY ON EXPRESSION OF LIGAND AND VOLTAGE-GATED CALCIUM CHANNELS IN RAT. Authors: Colón-Rodriguez A., Hajela R.K., Atchison W.D.

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AETOX – http://www.aetox.com Asociación Latinoamericana de Toxicología – http://www.alatox.org/qsomos/index.html Asociación Toxicológica Argentina – http://www.ataonline.org.ar Center of Environmental and Toxicological Research – University of Puerto Rico – http://cetr.rcm.upr.edu PLAGBOL – Salud, Agricultura y Medio Ambiente – http://plagbol.org.bo/noticias/enlaces Ritsq - http://www.ritsq.org Sociedade Brasileira de Toxicologia – http://www.sbtox.org.br/ Sociedad Cubana de Toxicologia Sociedad Mexicana de Toxicolgía – http://www.somtox.com.mx/ Society for Risk Analysis Latin America – http://www.srala.org/ Toxicología Acuática Ambiental, Medicina Veterinaria-Universidad Nacional de Colombia

http://www.docentes.unal.edu.co/jfgonzalezma Universidad de Cartagena – http://reactivos.com

HOT Sister Organizations

POSTER SESSION Exhibit Hall CC

Wednesday March 26, 2014

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Session: Carcinogenesis III

# 124: MECHANISTIC EVALUATION OF THE CHEMOPREVENTIVE EFFECTS OF FOLIC ACID AND TRIBUTYRIN IN A RAT LIVER CARCINOGENESIS MODEL. Authors: de Conti A., Guariento A.H., Furtado K.S., Tryndyak V, Beland F.A., Pogribny I.P., Moreno F.S.

Session: Biomarkers II

# 150: DETERMINATION OF AFLATOXIN M1 IN BREAST MILK AS A BIOMARKER OF MATERNAL AND INFANT EXPOSURE IN COLOMBIA. Authors: Paloma Sánchez P., Diaz G.J.

Session: Education, Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues.

# 370: STRATEGY TO DEVELOP EXPERTISE IN RISK ASSESSMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. Authors: Barros S.B., Nascimento E.S., Camargo J.V., Faustman E.M., Hayes A., Rosenheck L., Umbuzeiro G.D.

Session: Developmental Basis of Adult Disease.

# 425: In vivo ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR-MEDIATED DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY IMPAIRS THE ADULT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. Authors: Carreira V.S., Fan Y., Jiang M., Koch S., Nattichionni M., Smith M., Rubinstein J., Puga A. Session: Reproductive Toxicology: Male

# 449: DEVELOPING A SCREEN FOR ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EPIGENETIC EFFECTS. Authors: Camacho J., Allard P.

1:00 PM to 4:30 PM

Session: Oxidative Injury and Redox Biology.

# 118: NRF2 BUT NOT NF-KB IS ACTIVATED BY AFRICAN DUST ORGANIC EXTRACT IN BEAS-2B. Authors: Rodríguez R.I., Jiménez-Vélez B.D.

Session: Liver and Models # 241: miRNA-SEQ ANALYSIS OF LIVERS OF RATS EXPOSED TO PHENOBARBITAL. Authors: Flores Torres M., Wright J., Currie R., Gooderham N.J. Session: Kidney.

# 546: ALDH16A1 INTERACTING WITH HPRT1 IN THE PURINE SALVAGE PATHWAY. Authors: Sandoval M., Jackson B., Chen Y., Johnson R.J., Vasiliou V.

# 550: EPIGENETIC CHANGES IN P21 EXPRESSION IN RENAL CELLS AFTER EXPOSURE TO BROMATE. Authors: Scholpa N.E., Zhang X., Cummings B.S.

SYMPOSIUM SESSION

Room 122 Wednesday March 26, 2014

9:00 am to 11:45 am

Session: Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Neuro/Glial Toxicity: From Oxidative Stress to Redox Signal Transduction Chairperson(s): Rodrigo Franco, University of Nebraska Lincoln, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Lincoln, NE, and Michelle L. Block, Virginia Commonwealth University, Anatomy & Neurobiology, Richmond, VA.

POSTER SESSION Exhibit Hall CC

Thursday March 27, 2014

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Session: Computational Toxicology and Data Integration II. #448: EDCS DATABANK: 3D-STRUCTURE DATABASE OF ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS. Authors: Montes-Grajales D., Olivero-Verbel J.

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, HOT Travel Award Winners 2014. For general information about SOT Annual Meeting program, visit: http://www.toxicology.org/AI/MEET/AM2014/index.asp

If your Hispanic Organization is planning a Toxicology meeting or you are organizing a Toxicology event intended for a primarily Hispanic audience, and want to promote it, send an email to Verónica Ramírez (Toxenlaces Editor) at vramirez@health.southalabama.edu for more information for its inclusion in upcoming issues.

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If you are interested in being interviewed for the section When I Grow Up, please contact Azita Cuevas at azitakj@gmail.com

Celebrating the Achievements of HOT members

HOT Annual Reception’s Sponsors

The HOT would like to recognize the financial contribution of the companies to our this year annual reception, as well as the persons who made possible such contribution from those companies:

Robin Woods

Sami Abunadi

Alan Hoberman, Ph.D.

Jozef Mertens, Ph.D., DABT

The HOT is celebrating the achievement of Dr. Ofelia Olivero (HOT Past President 2011-2012)!! The Society of Toxicology announced on the Communiqué Newsletter Special issue 2014 that Dr. Olivero was elected as one of the Councilors for the 2014–2015 Council and Committee Members. Congratulations Dr. Olivero!

Do you know that you also could be nominated for a committee or for council? Found out how by reading this interesting article from the Society of Toxicology Communiqué Special issue 2014.

Robert P. Casillas, Ph.D.

Mari S. Stavanja, Ph.D.,

Azita Cuevas, Ph.D.

Ingenieros Lemus de Mexico

Ranulfo Lemus Olalde, Sc.D., DABT

Kevin Kerzee, Ph.D., DABT

Linval DePass, Ph.D., DABT President Education: B.Sc. Georgetown University; M.Sc. University of Miami; Ph.D. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Current: Executive Director, nonclinical Safety at Durect Corporation.

Minerva Mercado-Feliciano, Ph.D., DABT Vice-President Education: B.Sc. Universidad de Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras; M.Sc. Indiana University; Ph.D. Indiana University. Postdoctoral Fellow at National Toxicology Program, NIEHS, NIH.

Current: Toxicologist at US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticides, Health Effects Division.

Elena Hernández-Ramón, M.D., Ph.D. Vice-President Elect Education: M.D. Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; M.Sc. Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional; Ph.D. University of York. Postdoctoral Fellow at Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute/NIH.

Current: Scientific Program Manager, Office of Intramural Training and Education, NIH.

Verónica Ramírez Alcántara, Ph.D. Secretary Education: B.Sc. Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; M.Sc./Ph.D. Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Connecticut and University of Cincinnati.

Current: Postdoctoral Fellow at University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute.

Ranulfo Lemus-Olalde, Ph.D., DABT Treasurer Education: B.Sc. Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, M.Sc. Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional; Sc..D. Tulane University; Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Pittsburgh.

Current: Health, Safety and Environmental Director of the International Tungsten Industry Association. Principal Toxicologist at Advanced Testing Laboratory, Inc.

Silvia B. Moraes Barros, Ph.D. Councilor Education: PharmD University of São Paulo, MSc Analytical Toxicology University of São Paulo, Ph.D. Toxicology University of São Paulo. Current: Senior Professor University of São Paulo

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Meet the Executive Board that will lead HOT to reach more goals in the period 2014-2015. This Executive Board will be effective on May.

Incoming HOT Executive Board 2014-2015

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Maria E. Gonsebatt, Ph.D. Councilor to Sister Organizations Education: Ph.D. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Current: Professor at the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Azita Cuevas, Ph.D. Councilor Education: B.A./B.Sc. University of Colorado; MPH New York Medical College; Ph.D. New York University School of Medicine.. Current: Senior Research Toxicologist at PepsiCo, Scientific Affairs Division.

Betzabet Quintanilla, Ph.D. Councilor Education: Ph.D. Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional; Postdoctoral Fellow at National Cancer Institute- NIH/University of Maryland at Baltimore. Current: Assistant Professor at the Department of Toxicology of the Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional.

Teresa de Jesús Palacios, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Representative

Education: B.Sc. Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala; M.Sc. Fundación Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Ph.D. Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla-Fundación Universidad de las Americas Puebla. Current: Postdoctoral Fellow at Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Biotechnology, Fundación Universidad de las Americas Puebla.

Federico L. Sinche, M.Sc. Graduate Student Representative Education: B.Sc. Universidad Politecnica del Litoral; M.Sc. Oregon State University.

Current: Ph.D. student at Southern Illinois University.

Betina J. Lew, Ph.D. Past President, 2013-2014. Education: B.Sc. São Paulo State University; M.Sc. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Ph.D. Michigan State University and Sao Paulo State University; Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Rochester.

Current: Senior Toxicologist at Church and Dwight Co., Inc.

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HOT wants you to be part of the organization! To make it available to everyone, HOT accepts applications from non-SOT members to become HOT members. Yes, that is right!! You only have to have the desire to collaborate with and be part of our great organization.

Your HOT membership provides you with valuable resources throughout your scientific career as for networking through the largest Hispanic toxicologist community, giving you opportunity for Travel Awards or serving as a mentor to the young Hispanic toxicologists; besides you receive the Toxenlaces newsletter every two months.

Application and more information can be found at Non-SOT Member Application. So, what are you waiting for? We are looking forward to receiving your application today!!

Toxenlaces is the newsletter that informs Hispanic toxicologists in the United States and the international Spanish and Portuguese-speaking scientific communities about important toxicological events and issues occurring in our countries. It is electronically published and distributed to our membership and Sister Organizations in Ibero-America. Toxenlaces disseminates critical dates for events, health perspectives, and funding and training opportunities. It serves as a toxicology forum for our members and other partner organizations, engages in educational outreach to the Hispanic communities and provides the essential elements to support networking among Hispanic toxicologists.

Toxenlaces is open to receive collaborations from HOT and SOT members, and Sister Organizations. You can collaborate with short scientific articles, news or notes related with toxicology. Other ways to collaborate is by nominate your peers or yourself for the sections Featured Trainee and When I Grow Up. For more information about collaborating with Toxenlaces send an email to Verónica Ramírez Alcántara (Toxenlaces Editor) at vramirez@health.southalabama.edu.

Follow us 24/7 on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/hispanicorganizationoftoxicologists. Don’t forget to visit also the SOT Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Society-of-Toxicology-SOT/163627880427831?fref=ts

The Sociedad Mexicana de Toxicología (SOMTOX), in combination with IUTOX, is holding the XIV International Congress of Toxicology in October 2016. This is the first time that an International Congress of Toxicology will be held in Mexico, and in Latin America, so what a better way to celebrate such event that having it in the beautiful city of Mérida, Yucatán, the gateway to the Mayan World. The Congress will be a “green” event with the theme: “Toxicology and Global Sustainability”. You can found more information on page 12 or at http://www.ict-mexico2016.org

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) represents approximately 450 colleges and universities committed to Hispanic higher education success in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Latin America and Spain. The HACU is celebrating its 28th Annual Conference, “Championing Hispanic Higher Education Success: Investing in America's Future", It will be held on October 4-6, 2014, at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in Denver, Colo. The HACU conference annually attracts hundreds of corporate, federal, and non-profit employers along with colleges and universities, all eager to talk to undergraduate students. The HACU Student Track program serves as a forum for undergraduate students to ask questions about careers and career development. A limited number of Student Track Scholarships are available to eligible students to attend the HACU conference. The Scholarship will cover costs for: the conference registration; travel and lodging for out-of-state students; and one conference-related meal per day. To be considered for a conference scholarship, students must complete the 28th Annual Conference Scholarship on-line application. The application deadline is June 27, 2014. For more information visit http://www.hacu.net/hacu/Conference_Student_Scholarship1.asp

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