The Genetics and Environmental Mutagenesis Society (GEMS), based in Research Triangle Park, NC, is finalizing plans for its upcoming 25th anniversary meeting on Monday, October 29, at the Radisson Hotel in Research Triangle Park, NC. The meeting topic is “Current and Future Issues in Environmental Toxicology”. In addition to presentations by junior scientists from the Triangle area competing for travel and scientific awards, which are typically outstanding presentations of cutting edge science, three well-known senior scientists have committed to speak. Randy Jirtle, PhD, Professor of Radiology and member of the Genetics Program at Duke University, will speak on “Epigenetics: The New Genetics of Toxicology.” Andrew Maynard, PhD, Chief Science Advisor to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at The Smithsonian Institution, will discuss emerging nanotechnologies. Our third speaker will be Ann Richard, Ph.D., from the National Center for Computational Toxicology at the USEPA, who will present a talk on new aspects of computational chemistry relating to environmental toxicology and the development of structure-activity relationships. At this 25th anniversary meeting, all past GEMS presidents will be recognized and a Past Presidents Travel Award will be given out in their honor to a junior scientist who delivers a talk at the meeting. Further information is available at the GEMS website: http://gems-nc.org .
