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Save the date for the annual IGG meeting 2023!

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The Annual IGG Meeting will be held on 28th November 2023 at Lhasa Limited, Leeds, UK.

The meeting will include the Richard Williams Award candidate presentations, data workshops on real-world decisions in genotoxicity and topics such as Nitrosamines, 5-years on. We look forward to seeing you there.

Update on IWGT Meeting Format

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Please see the below message from the IWGT Organizing Committee regarding the upcoming IWGT meeting format:

You will be aware that at IWGT our preferred format is on-site attendance in order to maximize interactions with the Working Group members. However, in view of the continued Covid-related travel restrictions, we anticipate many interested scientists may not be allowed to attend IWGT in person. We therefore decided to extend the options to join IWGT remotely, and to move towards a “hybrid” format.

We will therefore now accept registrations from scientists who want to attend IWGT remotely, and to do so scientists should use the below link to register, and identify that they will be attending virtually. The registration fee will remain at 250 Euro.

IWGT Registration link

Nominations for the 2022 UKEMS Young Scientist Award

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Nominations are requested for the 2022 UKEMS Young Scientist Award

This prestigious biennial award is presented to a UKEMS member who has made an outstanding contribution to the field. In order to be eligible, the nominee must have no more than 10 years’ experience since receiving their PhD and should have been a UKEMS member for longer than 9 months.

Nominations should include a cover letter, one page CV, a list of publications, full copies of the nominee’s 3 ‘best’ papers and a letter of support from the nominee’s supervisor, line manager or other suitable proposer.

The recipient will be required to present an award lecture at the 2022 UKEMS Conference at The Royal Hall, Harrogate and to submit an appropriate manuscript (research or review article) to Mutagenesis.

Nominations will be considered by a panel of judges, comprising UKEMS Fellows UKEMS Committee Members.

The award consists of:

  • Travel, registration and accommodation expenses for a relevant scientific meeting the following year
  • Cheque for £250
  • Inscribed UKEMS Young Scientist Medal

Please send nominations to Robert Smith (robert.p.smith@labcorp.com) by Friday 18th February 2022.

UKEMS Meeting: Dec 1st – Spread the word!

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It’s just over a week until our One Day UKEMS Meeting in London on December 1st.

With many plans coming together in a short time, we encourage you to book asap via the website here.

Programme
The programme can be found on the website.

Venue details
The meeting is being held at Hallam Conference Centre, 44 Hallam Street, London W1W 6JJ. Sessions will be held in the Council Chambers with badge collection and refreshments/lunch in the Regent Suite.

 

The First Richard Williams Memorial Award Winner

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Last year, at our annual IGG meeting, we held the first Richard Williams Memorial Award honouring the scientific contributions and memory of Dr. Richard Williams, our past IGG committee member. This award was kindly sponsored by Lhasa and was set up to support early career investigators within industry. Supported by the IGG, The Richard Williams Memorial Award will sponsor one individual a year to attend and present at the United Kingdom Environmental Mutagen Society (UKEMS) meeting.

It is with huge excitement that today, we are able to introduce you to the first winner of the Richard Williams Memorial Award, Amy Wilson.

Amy is an Associate Principal Scientist within the Genetic Toxicology team at AstraZeneca. Learn more about Amy’s award-winning work, career to date, biggest inspiration and where you can see Amy present her work in Lhasa’s blog here.

EEMGS Abstract Deadline – Jan 31st

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Mark your presence on the 48th European Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society Annual Meeting (EEMGS2020) to be held in Porto, Portugal, between 6 – 8 May 2020, by submitting your abstract now!

There are only a few days left until the deadline of 31st January 2020. Do not miss out the opportunity to share your work with peers from industry, universities and regulatory bodies from all around the world. Submit your abstract here: https://www.eemgs2020.eu/en/registration/submissions/

The general theme of the congress is “Exposure and Susceptibility: bridging gaps to improve health”. The preliminary Scientific Programme is now available on their website: www.eemgs2020.eu

Save the Date! IGG Annual Meeting 19th-20th June 2019

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Save the date! This year’s IGG Annual Meeting will be held from the 19th – 20th June 2019 at the Deansgate Hilton in Manchester. This meeting is sponsored by Gentronix and will be on the theme “Regulatory Genetic Toxicology: Theory and Reality”. The meeting will start on the evening of the 19th with a keynote from David Kirkland on “Regulatory Assessment of Genotoxicity Data: Past, Present and Future” followed by drinks and bowl food, an excellent opportunity for networking and catching up with colleagues. The 20th will have half a day on “Regulatory Genetic Toxicology: Theory” covering new challenges including oligos and medical devices, while the afternoon will be interactive workshops on proof of exposure and when negative is equivocal. Download the Meeting Flyer for more information. There will be travel bursaries available as well as early bird registration fees and reduced rates for members of EEMGS and affiliated societies. Registration will open soon, so for now, Save the Date!

IGG at UKEMS 2019

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This year, UKEMS will hold a joint meeting with the BTS at Robinson College Cambridge from 15th – 17th April.

The BTS-UKEMS Congress 2019 programme has a strong speaker line-up, which hopes to draw a record number of delegates, all key members within the field of toxicology.

Registration is open.

Abstract submission is open, the deadline for submission is February 1st 2019.

To view the latest programme highlights, to register and for abstract submission click here.

UKEMS provides bursaries for students, postdoctoral and industrial members to attend the annual UKEMS conference. To apply, click here.

IGG will host a session at the meeting. Check our meeting page, Twitter and LinkedIn for updates.

We look forward to seeing you there!

IGG @ UKEMS 2018

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UKEMS 2018 will be held from September 2nd – 5th at Magdalen College, Oxford

The IGG have contributed to sessions at this year’s UKEMS meeting by selecting speakers on topics relevant to the industrial community. These include:

James Whitwell, Covance, Harrogate: Extended treatment with recovery is required for detection of certain chemicals in the human peripheral blood lymphocyte assay.

Amy Wilson, AstraZeneca, Cambridge: High content comparison of GeneTox responses in parent and p53 knock out cell lines.

Shareen Doak, Swansea University: 3D liver spheroids for genotoxicity testing.

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