Genetics and Environmental Mutagenesis Society
Spring 2012 Meeting
April 24, 2012
EPA-RTP Campus, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, RTP, NC 27711
For online registration and for the form required to carry a laptop onto the EPA campus see bottom of this page.
EMERGING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
8:00 AM – 8:45 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome: Nagu Keshava, Ph.D., GEMS President
Introductions: Lyle Burgoon, Ph.D., GEMS President-elect
9:00 AM – 9:40 AM Topic: Hydraulic Fracturing
Robert B. Jackson, Ph.D., Duke University
9:40 AM -10:20 AM Topic: Nanomaterials
Martin Philbert, Ph.D., University of Michigan
10:20 AM–10:40 AM Coffee Break
10:40 AM–11:20 AM Biofuels Statewide: Millions of Gallons. Also Landscape-changing, No Small Task, and Civic Responsibility.
W. Steven Burke, Biofuels Center of North Carolina
11:20 AM–12:00 PM Disinfection byproducts in drinking water: Human health risks and risk management options
Detlef Knappe, Ph.D., North Carolina State University
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM Lunch Break (Lunch Provided)
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM Topic: Environmental Health Data Integration
David Lyons, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Concluding Remarks
Lyle Burgoon, Ph.D., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency