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17th World Congress of the International Society on Toxinology
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Venom Week 2012, 4th International Scientific Symposium
on All Things Venomous
When: July 8 - 13, 2012
Where: Hilton Hawaiian Village
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Venom Week 2012, 4th International Scientific Symposium
on All Things Venomous
When: July 8 - 13, 2012
Where: Hilton Hawaiian Village
Updated: 5/16/13
> The special issue of Toxicon, composed of full manuscripts from the meeting abstracts, is in press. Watch for it.
> Announcing the North American Society of Toxinology (NAST), dedicated to the advancement of the science of all things venomous and principal sponsor of future Venom Week meetings. Visit the website (www.nastox.org) for access to prior Venom Week meeting abstracts and more, and become a member.
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Older notices:
> The 17th World Congress of the IST and Venom Week 2012 meeting is now history. Our thanks to all who helped to organize, participated in, or sponsored the meeting. This website will remain up for at least a year. The meeting abstracts can now be found on the "Meeting Abstracts" tab. They're in two parts: 1) The special issue of Toxicon, which contains abstracts 1 - 297; and 2) The meeting supplement, which contains the welcome messages, meeting program and abstracts 298 and higher. > Planning for Venom Week 5 has begun. It will be held on the West Coast of the U.S., co-organized by Sean Bush and Cynthia Lewis-Younger. Stay tuned to this space for updates on this meeting and the next IST World Congress.
> The expiration date on U.S. Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius) Antivenom, Lot# 4030026 has been extended another year. It now expires Oct 31, 2013. Here is the official announcement on the FDA website:
http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/SafetyAvailability/ucm325899.htm
This is the only lot that is currently in circulation in the country. Please distribute this information so that hospitals and others who have this product do not discard it.
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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF I.S.T.
Dear Fellow Toxinologists and Friends
The 17th World Congress on Animal, Plant and Microbial Toxin of the International Society on Toxinology will be held in Hilton Village, Hawaii from July 8 -13, 2012. This time we are combining the world Congress with the venom week 2012. Over the years there have been concerns that the Society and the meetings have not given sufficient attention to clinical toxinology. This world congress will be well balanced between basic toxinology research and clinical toxinology. The congress programme is well organized with many experts from various parts of the world participating. There will be a special plenary session including "Biotoxins and bioterrorism". "Drug discovery from natural toxins". The local organizing committee led by Carl and Steve as well as other members are not leaving any stones unturned to make this remarkable congress a memorable one. We also hope to invite many clinical toxinologists from Asia and Africa to highlight the
problems of envenomations which has been described as the "Disease of the poor". While we bring frontier research as basic toxinology we also look into the possibility of the basic research turned into application by translation research with particular reference to human treatment.
There will be also discussion on the initiatives of the IST, such as Nomenclature Committee, Global Snake Bite Initiative, Clinical Toxinology Group, etc.
We are also encouraging the young toxinologists and research students to attend the World Congress. If there is sufficient number of students we will be able to organize a "Student Forum".
Hawaii is well known for its tourist attractions, fabulous sea beaches, volcanoes as well as exotic delicious food and also a melting pot of culture.
As President of the International Society on Toxinology, I warmly welcome you all to Hawaii to attend the World Congress. I guarantee a very good scientific program and a memorable social event which will remain in your memory for a long time.
WITH BEST WISHES,
Gopal.
Prof.P.GOPALAKRISHNAKONE,
MBBS,PHD,FAMS,DSc
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A Message from the Organizer of Venom Week Symposiums, and Meeting Co-Organizer and Co-Chair.
Venom Week 2012, is the 4th International Scientific Symposium on all things venomous, and will be held in conjunction with the 17th World Congress of the International Society on Toxinology (IST), July 8 – 13, 2012, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Venom Week meetings have been held periodically since 2005. They have been North American-based scientific meetings with an international faculty and focus. They have been a unique collaboration among those with an interest in venomous animals, their venoms and the management of envenomations, bringing together basic and clinical scientists, zoo and collections management personnel, veterinarians, venomous animal scientists and more.
Since the IST World Congress was scheduled to be held in the U.S. at the same time as the 2012 Venom Week meeting, and there was both overlap and unique aspects to each, it seemed appropriate to combine these meetings to obtain the benefits of shared interests and the opportunities for new collaborations. It is clear from the outstanding participant list and the submitted scientific abstracts that an exciting meeting is in store, with over 300 scientific presentations in a wide diversity of toxinologic subjects.
All of that and Hawaii, too.
As the organizer of the Venom Week Symposiums, I wish to welcome you to Hawaii to attend the combined meeting of Venom Week and the IST World Congress. In concert with my colleague, Dr. Gopalakrishnakone, and in conjunction with my Co-Organizer and Co-Chair of the current meeting, Carl-Wilhelm Vogel, we guarantee a fascinating and productive scientific meeting and a memorable event whose impact on the advancement of the study of natural toxins, venomous animals and related subjects will be global in impact and years in duration.
Steven A. Seifert, MD, FAACT, FACMT
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A Message from the Meeting Co-Organizer and Co-Chair.
Dear Toxinologists from Around the World,
It gives me great pleasure to serve as organizer, jointly with Dr. Steven Seifert, on behalf of the International Society on Toxinology (IST) of its 17th World Congress. For the first time, the meeting will be held jointly with the Venom Week Symposium. The meeting will take place in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, in the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki, from July 8th through July 13th, 2012.
Although Hawaii is part of the USA, we will be the host for the IST World Congress for IST’s Asia Pacific regional section, given Hawaii’s mid-Pacific location, in line with IST’s cycle of the World Meeting through its three regions (Pan America, Europe, Asia Pacific). The Hawaii meeting will follow the 16th World IST Meeting in Recife, Brazil in 2009 (Pan American Section) and the 15th World IST Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland in 2006 (European Section).
We have received over 340 abstracts for presentation at the meting. We are pleased to offer separate session tracks in the clinical sciences and basic sciences to highlight IST’s growing commitment to the clinical aspects of envenomations. In addition, we will have timely sessions on the potential use of biological toxins as agents of bioterrorism, toxins as lead compounds for new drug development, including translational aspects.
The approximately 300 abstracts received by the abstract submission deadline will be published in a special issue of Toxicon, made available to all meeting attendants. Late breaking abstracts will be included in the meeting supplement.
We also plan an exiting social program to highlight the multicultural aspects of Hawaii. In addition, we hope that all meting attendants will take advantage of the many leisure activities that Honolulu, the island of Oahu, and all of the Hawaiian Islands offer, from world class beaches, to world class shopping, and unmatched natural beauty.
With Warmest Aloha
Carl-Wilhelm Vogel, MD, PhD, FCAP, FASCP
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It gives me great pleasure to serve as organizer, jointly with Dr. Steven Seifert, on behalf of the International Society on Toxinology (IST) of its 17th World Congress. For the first time, the meeting will be held jointly with the Venom Week Symposium. The meeting will take place in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, in the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki, from July 8th through July 13th, 2012.
Although Hawaii is part of the USA, we will be the host for the IST World Congress for IST’s Asia Pacific regional section, given Hawaii’s mid-Pacific location, in line with IST’s cycle of the World Meeting through its three regions (Pan America, Europe, Asia Pacific). The Hawaii meeting will follow the 16th World IST Meeting in Recife, Brazil in 2009 (Pan American Section) and the 15th World IST Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland in 2006 (European Section).
We have received over 340 abstracts for presentation at the meting. We are pleased to offer separate session tracks in the clinical sciences and basic sciences to highlight IST’s growing commitment to the clinical aspects of envenomations. In addition, we will have timely sessions on the potential use of biological toxins as agents of bioterrorism, toxins as lead compounds for new drug development, including translational aspects.
The approximately 300 abstracts received by the abstract submission deadline will be published in a special issue of Toxicon, made available to all meeting attendants. Late breaking abstracts will be included in the meeting supplement.
We also plan an exiting social program to highlight the multicultural aspects of Hawaii. In addition, we hope that all meting attendants will take advantage of the many leisure activities that Honolulu, the island of Oahu, and all of the Hawaiian Islands offer, from world class beaches, to world class shopping, and unmatched natural beauty.
With Warmest Aloha
Carl-Wilhelm Vogel, MD, PhD, FCAP, FASCP
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A Message from the Incoming President of the I.S.T.
Dear Colleagues,
As the incoming president of the International Society on Toxinology, I am very happy to add my welcome to you to this Congress. It is a great occasion to have the IST’s international congress together with Venom Week, and I hope that this will stimulate many new ideas and collaborations.
I would like to thank the organisers for putting together a challenging and exciting programme and for hosting us in such a beautiful location. I am sure that we all benefit professionally and socially from the coming days.
Best wishes,
Alan Harvey
Some useful links:
International Society on Toxinology:
http://www.toxinology.org/
Venom Week Symposiums:
http://hsc.unm.edu/conf/Venomweek/index.shtml
Hawaii Chamber of Commerce
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