Join EFSA's Scientific Colloquium N°22 ‘Epigenetics and Risk Assessment: Where do we stand?’
14 June 2016 - 15 June 2016
Spain
Join the European Food Safety’s Scientific Colloquium N°22 ‘Epigenetics and Risk Assessment: Where do we stand?’ to be held in Valencia, Spain, on 14-15 June 2016.
This colloquium will bring together experts dealing with epigenetics and human health, animal health and environmental risk assessment of chemicals. Risk assessors, scientists, risk managers and policymakers are among those encouraged to attend the event. The colloquium aims particularly at researchers active in the area of epigenetics and those interested in new mechanistic approaches and methods for risk assessment (mode of action, adverse outcome pathways, OMICs, in vitro methods).
Participants at the colloquium will critically discuss whether epigenomics data should be integrated into risk assessments, and whether this would improve hazard identification and characterisation, and make a meaningful contribution to the risk assessment process. A further objective aims at addressing molecular mechanisms, methods to investigate epigenetic effects in vitro and in in vivo, the use of epigenetic biomarkers and identifying existing data gaps and research needs.
Don’t hesitate to register online by 27 April 2016: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/scientificcolloquium22(opens in new window)
There is no fee for participation. Please note that registration may be closed once the maximum number of participants is reached or at the latest on 27 April.
For more information on the scientific colloquium, please do not hesitate to contact EFSA at scientific.colloquia@efsa.europa.eu
This colloquium will bring together experts dealing with epigenetics and human health, animal health and environmental risk assessment of chemicals. Risk assessors, scientists, risk managers and policymakers are among those encouraged to attend the event. The colloquium aims particularly at researchers active in the area of epigenetics and those interested in new mechanistic approaches and methods for risk assessment (mode of action, adverse outcome pathways, OMICs, in vitro methods).
Participants at the colloquium will critically discuss whether epigenomics data should be integrated into risk assessments, and whether this would improve hazard identification and characterisation, and make a meaningful contribution to the risk assessment process. A further objective aims at addressing molecular mechanisms, methods to investigate epigenetic effects in vitro and in in vivo, the use of epigenetic biomarkers and identifying existing data gaps and research needs.
Don’t hesitate to register online by 27 April 2016: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/scientificcolloquium22(opens in new window)
There is no fee for participation. Please note that registration may be closed once the maximum number of participants is reached or at the latest on 27 April.
For more information on the scientific colloquium, please do not hesitate to contact EFSA at scientific.colloquia@efsa.europa.eu
Keywords
epigenetics; risk assessment; molecular mechanisms