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Hurry! Early Bird Registration ends May 18 and the hotel is filling up our room block, so go to the "Registration" tab above and take care of those things now.
Updated 5/11/12:
> The deadline for poster submission for inclusion in the meeting supplement is June 1. We currently have 335 abstracts. The platform slots are nearly all scheduled and space in the poster session is getting tighter. When we fill our poster boards, we may not be able to accommodate additional poster submissions. So get those in as soon as possible.
> The updated program agenda and agenda matrix are now available on the "Committees & Agenda" tab.
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
A scientific symposium on animal, plant & microbial toxins, including:
o Toxin proteomics & genomics
o Toxin pharmacology & physiology
o Toxins as leads for drug development
o Venoms, antivenoms & other antidotal agents
o Clinical toxinology - envenomations & management
o Exotic venomous animals & management of non-native bites/stings
o Venomous animal biology
o Venomous animal husbandry - Zoos, universities, quasi-public & private collections
o Veterinary toxinology
o Biotoxins and Bioterrorism
and more....
&
Venom Week 2012, 4th International Scientific Symposium
on All Things Venomous
When: July 8 - 13, 2012
Where: Hilton Hawaiian Village
A scientific symposium on animal, plant & microbial toxins, including:
o Toxin proteomics & genomics
o Toxin pharmacology & physiology
o Toxins as leads for drug development
o Venoms, antivenoms & other antidotal agents
o Clinical toxinology - envenomations & management
o Exotic venomous animals & management of non-native bites/stings
o Venomous animal biology
o Venomous animal husbandry - Zoos, universities, quasi-public & private collections
o Veterinary toxinology
o Biotoxins and Bioterrorism
and more....
Updated: 5/10/12
> Notifications of presentation are going out now but may extend into early next week. If you don't hear anything by next Wednesday, please contact us.
> A preliminary program agenda and agenda matrix are available above and on the "Committees and Agenda" tab. It's still a work in progress and some presentations and sessions may get moved around a bit, but you can see the overall shape of the meeting and the exciting scientific program that's in store.
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Older:
> We've added a welcome message from the Organizer of the Venom Week meeting as well. Please see below.
> We will be producing the meeting supplement a little more than a month prior to the meeting. Any late-submitted abstracts to be included in the meeting supplement must be submitted by June 1, 2012.
> We're going through the abstracts and assigning them to sessions. We had planned to have platform/poster designations and sessions set by April 16, but that may have to be pushed back a bit, but no more than a week or two. We are very close to having a completed conference agenda. At this point, we have over 310 scientific presentations of very high caliber.
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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
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, invited faculty 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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Older notices:
> The abstracts have now gone to Toxicon, which will produce the abstract issue in time for the meeting. Abstracts submitted between now and the meeting will be produced in a meeting supplement.
> Individuals from countries not in the U.S. Visa Waiver Program will need a letter of invitation to the meeting in order to obtain the required visa to visit the U.S. (information moved to registration page above).
> Get the bug. Put it everywhere:
> Online registration is now open. Click on the "Registration" tab above and follow the link to the registration page.
> The special rate code for the meeting hotel is now posted on the Hilton Hawaiin Village tab. There is also a special rate for students. Contact Catherine Wood with confirmation of student status for the special rate code. These are first-come, first-served, so make your reservations early. If these rooms sell out, we won't have more at these prices. If there are unused student-rate rooms still available after a yet-to-be-determined date, we will make them available to those with financial need or special circumstances. Contact Catherine Wood for information: catwood@salud.unm.edu
International Society on Toxinology:
http://www.toxinology.org/
Venom Week Symposiums:
http://hsc.unm.edu/conf/Venomweek/index.shtml
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