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Summer Course on Ecotoxicology
XiamenUniversity, Xiamen, China
June 30-July 11, 2008
Introduction:
The summer course on toxicology will be jointly organized by the State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, XiamenUniversity and the Center for Marine Environmental Research and Innovative Technology (MERIT),an Area of Excellence in Hong Kong,from June 30 to July 11, 2008.
Ecotoxicology is an interdisciplinary subject in which ecological and biological effects of chemical contamination are assessed. This course provides a broad overview of different aspects of ecotoxicology, including environmental chemistry, toxicology, ecology, and risk assessment. A number of national and international experts will deliver lecturesand discuss contemporary issues and recent advancements in Ecotoxicology.
Credit: 1 credit
Organizers: State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, XiamenUniversity;
MERIT (Area of Excellence), Hong Kong
Organizing committee: Drs Kejian Wang, Xinhong Wang, Dazhi Wang, Ming Yang, and Ms. Wei Shi, XiamenUniversity;
Dr Doris Au, CityUniversity of Hong Kong
Who should join:
Undergraduate, master and doctoral students in Ecotoxicology, Chemistry, Biology and environmental sciences, if you are willing to know more about current progress of environmental science and make more friends, please don’t hesitate to join us.
Assistant opportunity:
We need a student to provide assistance for the summer course, to help with the organizing of lectures and field trips, with good opportunities to have close communication with well-known scientists and to practice your English!
Financial support:
The State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (XiamenUniversity) would like to support 8 students (from Hong Kong or mainland, not including students from Xiamen) at the amount of up to 3000 RMB for each to attend the summer course, which can be spent for travel and/or accommodation. If you want to apply for the fund, please indicate it in the application form. Please note that the deadline for fund application is May 31st, 2008.
How to participate:
Click HERE to download the application form and submit it to Dr. Ming Yang () by May 31st, 2008.
Teaching faculty for the course includes:
Name / Title / Department / Affiliation / Country / EmailJohn Giesy / 1) Prof. and Canada Research Chair,
2) Chair Prof. At-large,
3) Distinguished Prof. Emeritus
4) Concurrent Prof. / 1) University of Saskatchewan, Canada
2) CityUniversity. Hong Kong;
3)MichiganStateUniversity
4) Nanjing Univeristy / University of Saskatchewan; / Saskatoon,Canada /
David Hinton / Chair Professor
and Nicholas Professor / Environmental Health and Ecotoxicology, NicholasSchool of the Environment and Earth Sciences / DukeUniversity / North Carolina, USA /
Des Connell / Emeritus Professor / Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, GriffithSchool of the Environment / GriffithUniversity / Brisbane, Australia /
Rudolf Wu / Chair Professor / Department of Biology and Chemistry / CityUniversity of Hong Kong / Hong Kong, China /
Paul Lam / Chair Professor / Department of Biology and Chemistry / CityUniversity of Hong Kong / Hong Kong, China /
Doris Au / Associate Professor / Department of Biology and Chemistry / CityUniversity of Hong Kong / Hong Kong, China /
Michael Lam / Associate Professor / Department of Biology and Chemistry / CityUniversity of Hong Kong / Hong Kong, China /
Wen-Xiong Wang / Professor;
Chair Professor at XiamenUniversity / Department of Biology / The University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong / Hong Kong, China /
Huasheng Hong / Chair Professor / State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science / XiamenUniversity / Xiamen, China /
Kejian Wang / Professor / State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science / XiamenUniversity / Xiamen, China /
Dazhi Wang / Professor / State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science / XiamenUniversity / Xiamen, China /
Xinhong Wang / Associate Professor / State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science / XiamenUniversity / Xiamen, China /
Prof. John Giesy will teach the following topics:
Courses on Ecotoxicology and Environmental Risk assessment (30h)
Concept and theory of Ecological Risk Assessment
Exposure Assessment
Predicting ExposureMonitoring
Hazard Assessment
Probabilistic Risk Assessment
Sediment Toxicity Assessment
Field trips/case study
A series of speciallectures will be given as follows:
Fish models in human health and disease (David Hinton) (2h)
Special topics on environmental management (David Hinton) (2h)
Behavior and Effects of Hazardous Chemicals in the Environment (Des Connell) (1.5 h)
Evaluation of Ecological and Human Health Effects of Environmental
Chemicals using Probabilistic Techniques.(Des Connell) (1.5h)
Risk assessment of contaminants in marine mammals and birds (Paul Lam) (2 h)
Coastal Ecosystem Health (Huasheng Hong) (2h)
Contemporary issues in ecotoxicoology (Rudolf Wu) (2h)
Chemical monitoring and biomonitoring (Rudolf Wu) (2h)
Application of biomarkers in ecotoxicological assessments (Doris Au) (2 h)
Marine medaka as a model fish for marine ecotoxicology (Doris Au) (2 h)
Novel chemical technologies for pollution monitoring (Michael Lam) (4 h)
Bioavailability and Bioaccumulation of Metals in the marine environment (Wen-Xiong Wang)(4 h)
Immunotoxic effects on marine-cultured fish (Kejian Wang) (2 h)
Bioaccumulation and biotransformation of trace organic pollutants in the coastal environment (Xinhong Wang) (2 h)
Biotoxin and ecosafety (Da-zhi Wang) (2 h)
Coordinators:Ms. Wei Shi 86-592-2186039
Dr. Ming Yang
Lecture Schedule (30/06 – 11/07/2008)
Sun / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Sat29/06
(am) / 30/06
Concept and theory of Ecological Risk Assessment (John) (3h) / 01/07
Exposure Assessment -Predicting Exposure(John) (3h) / 02/07
Exposure Assessment –Monitoring (John)(3h) / 03/07
Probabilistic Risk Assessment (John) (3h) / 04/07
Bioavailability and Bioaccumulation of Metals in the marine environment (WX Wang) (4 h) / 05/07
Field trips/case study.
(6h)
(John)
(pm) / Exposure Assessment -Predicting Exposure (John) (3h) / Exposure Assessment –Monitoring (John) (3h) / Hazard Assessment (John) (3h) / Sediment Toxicity Assessment (John) (3h) / Bioaccumulation and biotransformation of trace organic pollutants in the coastal environment (XH Wang) (2 h)
06/07
(am) / 07/07
Risk assessments of environmental contaminants (Des Connell) (3 h) / 08/07
Application of biomarkers in ecotoxicological assessments (Doris Au) (2 h)
Chemical monitoring and biomonitoring (Rudolf Wu) (2h) / 09/07
Contemporary issues in ecotoxicology (Rudolf Wu) (2h)
Marine medaka as a model fish for marine ecotoxicology (Doris Au) (2 h) / 10/07
Special topics on environmental management (David Hinton) (2h) / 11/07
Novel chemical technologies for pollution monitoring (Michael Lam) (4 h) / 12/07
(pm) / Risk assessment of contaminants in marine mammals and birds (Paul Lam) (2 h) / Coastal Ecosystem Health (HS Hong) (2h) / Fish models in human health and disease (David Hinton)
(2 h) / Immunotoxic effects on marine-cultured fish (KJ Wang) (2 h) / Biotoxin and ecosafety (DZ Wang) (2 h)
Coordinators:Ms. Wei Shi 86-592-2186039
Dr. Ming Yang