NAME OF SPECIALTY SECTION: Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology
ANNUAL REPORT: 2007-2008
May 1, 2007 to April 30, 2008
I. Officers/Committees:
Officers:2007-20082008-2009
President:Shelley TylLori Dostal
Vice President: Lori DostalMark Hurtt
Vice President-elect:Mark HurttAlan Hoberman
Secretary/Treasurer:Ann dePeyster (continuing)Susan Makris
Councilors:Jodi FlawsSuzanne Fenton
Suzanne FentonJanee Gelineau-vanWaes
New Career Councilor:--Jeffrey Moffit
Student Councilor:Sheung NgSheung Ng
Past-PresidentJerrold HeindelShelley Tyl
Post-DoctoralAssembly
Representative:Miyun Tsai TurtonMindy Tsai-Turton
Newsletter Editor:Ron HoodRon Hood
Website Liaison:--Jeffrey Moffit
II.Activities
Student Presentation Awards: In 2008the RDTSS continued the format for the student presentation awards implemented in 2006. Candidates for student awards made their presentations in a special session on Monday afternoon of the SOT annual meeting in Seattle. Vice President-elect Mark Hurtt arranged for judges of student awards to interact with the students and managed the voting process for best presentations. This year 14 students competed. Winners of cash awards this year were as follows:Jacquelin Grabowski, First Place, $500; Michele La Merrill, Second Place, $300; Elizabeth Ryan and Sally White (tie), Third Place, $100.
Student Travel Awards: $2000 was originally budgeted again this year to support student travel. The money was to be divided evenly among all students applying for the student presentation awards. Ultimately, the chapter gave $175 awards to each of the 4scientific presentation awardees listed above and also to the following additional10 contestants: Helen Badham, Chad Blystone, Mabel Cortes-Wanstreet, Rupesh Gupta, Isabel Hernandez, Kembra Howdeshell, Tessie Paulose, Stephanie Petrillo, Cynthia Rider, and Emily Tung.
Scientific Achievement Award: Past President Jerry Heindel,assisted by Junior Councilor Suzanne Fenton, coordinated nominations solicited from members. The committeeselected from among the member nominations. The award can be presented for lifetime contribution to the field of reproductive and developmental toxicology, or for contribution of a particularly influential body of work. This award recipient this year was Dr. Tom Collins. Although unable to attend SOT to receive his plaque award, he had prepared an acceptance statement that was read to the membership at the annual meeting reception in Seattle.
Award for 2007 Best Paper on Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology published in Toxicological Sciences: Senior Council Jodi Flaws managed the selection of the Best Paper Award, this year resulting in a tie. Plaques were awarded to the two first authors and certificates were awarded to all co-authors. Other “top 3 finalist” certificates were also given to finalists. The twobest paper winners were as follows:
1. Kathila S. Rajapaksa, I. Glenn Sipes, and Patricia B. Hoyer. Involvement of Microsomal Epoxide Hydrolase Enzyme in Ovotoxicity Caused by 7,12-Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene
2. Lisa Joy Martin, Haiyan Chen, Xiaoyan Liao, Hooman Allayee, Diana Mouhan Shih, Grace Sangeun Lee, David Norman Hovland, Jr, Wendie Anne Robbins, Kay Carnes, Rex Allen Hess, Aldons Jake Lusis, and Michael David Collins. FK506, a Calcineurin Inhibitor, Prevents Cadmium-Induced Testicular Toxicity in Mice.
The other 3 finalists were:
1. Hiromi Hosako, Sally A. Little, Marianne Barrier, and Philip E. Mirkes. Teratogen-Induced Activation of p53 in Early Postimplantation Mouse Embryos.
2. Rao L. Divi, Sarah L. Leonard, Brettania L. Walker, Maryanne M. Kuo, Marie E. Shockley, Marisa C. St Claire, Kunio Nagashima, Steven W. Harbaugh, Jeffrey W. Harbaugh, and Miriam C. Poirier. Erythrocebus patas Monkey Offspring Exposed Perinatally to Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs) Sustain Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Compromise at Birth and at 1 Year of Age.
3. Maria E. Jönsson, Matthew J. Jenny, Bruce R. Woodin, Mark E. Hahn, and John J. Stegeman. Role of AHR2 in the Expression of Novel Cytochrome P450 1 Family Genes, Cell Cycle Genes, and Morphological Defects in Developing Zebra Fish Exposed to 3,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl or 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.
Student/Post-Doc Mixer: Junior Councilor Suzanne Fenton updated the RDTSS poster for display at this function. The remaining supply of special edition RDTSS lanyards was sufficient to give students this year. Other “freebies” will need to be re-ordered next year if the SS decides to continue this tradition.
The Spring 2008Executive Council Meeting was held Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 7-8 a.m. in Seattle, WA.
The 2008 Annual Specialty Section Business Meeting was held Wednesday, March 19, 2008at the WashingtonStateConvention Center in Seattle, WA. Specialty section President Shelley Tyl presided.
2008 RDTSS Annual General Membership Business Meeting Agenda
Call to Order and Welcome: Current President Shelley Tyl
New Officers/Elections: Shelley Tylwelcomed new officers and acknowledged the contributions of outgoing officers:
Incoming and continuing executive committee members:
Incoming President: Lori Dostal
Vice President Elect: Mark Hurtt
Secretary/Treasurer: Susan Makris
Senior Councilor: Suzanne Fenton (was Junior Councilor)
Junior Councilor: Janee Gelineau van Waes
New Career Councilor: Jeffrey Moffit
Student Councilor (appointed): Sheung Ng
Post-doc representative (appointed): Mindy Tsai-Turton
Outgoing Officers:
President: Shelley Tyl
Secretary/Treasurer: Ann de Peyster
Past President: Jerry Heindel
Senior Councilor: Jodi Flaws
Student Awards: Mark Hurtt recognized the winners of the top presentations and the ten other students presenting at the special session (listed above).
2007 Toxicological Sciences: Best Paper in Reproductive and Developmental Tox: Presented by Jodi Flaws. See details above.
Scientific Achievement Award: The 2008 RDTSS scientific achievement award was presented to Tom Collins by Suzanne Fenton (for Jerry Heindel).
Treasurer’s Report: Discussed by Ann de Peyster
- Beginning balance as of July 1, 2007:$5,906
- Estimated income from dues:$3,870
- Estimated annual meeting revenue:$3,334
- Interest earned:$ 281
- Total available: $13,391
Projected expenses
- 2008annual meeting reception and officer meeting:$5,516
- 2008 student poster cash prizes and awards:$3,530
- Best ToxSci Paper and Achievement awards,
Officer Service Certificates 340
- 2007 student travel awards paid in this FY$ 800
- RDTSS poster update reprinting $ 100
- RDTSS website upgrade: 1 hr @ $70 70
- Total projected expenses:$10,356
Anticipated year end balance assuming no other expenses:$3,035
Glenn Sipes then gave a brief presentation about opportunities for specialty sections to develop endowment funds within the SOT Endowment.
Ideas for the 2009 SOT annual meeting RDTSS-sponsored programs: Vice President Lori Dostal describedthese and moderated the discussion.
Symposia
Metabolomics and Biomarkers in Developmental Toxicology (Susan Sumner)
Toxicological Implications of Adipose Tissue (Course or Symposium?) (Robert Chapin and Phil Bartholomew)
Novel Health Effects from Developmental Exposure to Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) (Suzanne Fenton and Jennifer Seed)
Oxidative Stress and its Potential Impacts on Reproductive Health (Sally Perreault Darney and Ulrike Luderer)
Aromatase as a Mode of Action (Susan Laws and Tom Sanderson)
Workshops:
-Drug Discovery – Current and FutureState of In VitroScreening Strategies for Safety (John Davis and Robert Chapin)(RDTSS Co-Sponsor)
-Maternal Toxicity and Its Impact on Study Design and Data Interpretation (Bruce Beyer and James Kim)
Continuing Education Courses:
-(Basic): General Reproduction (Barry McIntyre and KokWah Hew)
-(Advanced): Toxicological Implications of Adipose Tissue (Phil Bartholomew and Robert Chapin)
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