How Epigenomic Effects Mediate Persisting Actions of Developmental Toxicants
March 1, 2013, Doris Duke Center, Duke Gardens
7:45-8:15 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:15-8:45 Welcome and Overview: Edward Levin and Susan Murphy
8:45-9:30 Randy Jirtle, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Department of Oncology, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research:
Keynote Address: Epigenetics: How Genes and Environment Interact
9:30-10:05 Douglas Ruden, Ph.D., Wayne State University:
Epigenetics of prenatal lead exposure and effects on brain development
10:05-10:20 Break
10:20-10:55 Susan K. Murphy, Ph.D., Duke University:
Environmental Nudging of the Imprintome
10:55-11:30 Andrea Baccarelli, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard University:
Mitochondrial Genetics, Epigenetics and Disease
11:30-12:05 David Volz, Ph.D., University of South Carolina:
Early Zebrafish Embryogenesis is Susceptible to Developmental TDCPP Exposure
12:05-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:35 Carmen Marsit, Ph.D., Dartmouth University:
Placental miRNA as Biomarkers of Exposure and Outcome
1:35 – 1:55 Max Costa, Ph.D., New York University Cancer Institute:
Epigenetic Effects of Carcinogenic Metals
1:55-2:45 Julie Herbstman, Ph.D., Columbia University:
Detecting Methylation Changes Associated with Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollutants
2:35-3:00 Discussion and Closing remarks