Saturday, May 30, 1998 marked the second annual Friends of
Environmental Toxicology Day at the University of Calinfornia,
Davis, Buehler Alumni Center. This event gives our Friends--the
general public, members of industry, state agencies, and environmental
groups--the opportunity to come together and share reasearch,
ideas, and concenrs about environmental issues affecting Northern
California.
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Registration / Continental Breakfast |
| 9:30 - 9:35 |
- Welcome - Fumio Matsumura, Department
Chair
- Dr. Matsumura at lunch
|
| 9:35 - 9:45 |
- Opening Remarks - Barbara Schneeman,
Dean
- UCD College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
|
| 9:45 - 10:15 |
- Keynote Speaker - Heidi Haugen, High
School Biology Teacher
- UCD Environmental Toxicology Alumna (B.S. in Env. Toxicology--1986)
- Honors: 1997 National Association of Biology Teachers' Outstanding
Biology Teacher Award for California; 1997-98 Teacher of the
Year Award for the Elk Grove Unified School District, 1997-98
Teacher of the Year Award for Sacramento County
|
| 10:15 - 10:45 |
- Graduate Student Presentations on Current Research Advances
- Amro Hamdoun -
"Adaptation Mechanisms of Marine Organisms to Stress"
- Miguel Rea -
"Modulation of Telomerase in Human Epidermal Cells"
- Jerome Rigot -
"Bio-Engineering Approach to Plant-Mediated Soil Bioremediation"
|
| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
- Panel Discussion on Methyl Tertiary
Butyl Ether
- Moderator - Dr. Donald Crosby, Emeritus Faculty,
UCD Env. Toxicology
- Dr. Stephen L. Brown - Past President of the
Society for Risk Analysis and Director of Risks & Radiation
and Chemical Compounds (Oakland, CA)
- Dr. Glenn Miller - Alumnus (Ag & Environmental
Chemistry Ph.D. Program--1987), Currently a Professor of Env.
& Resource Sciences at the University of Nevada, Reno
- Dr. Daniel Chang - Professor, UCD Civil &
Environmental Engineering
- Dr. Joseph Brown - OEHHA, Cal EPA Water Toxicology
Unit
- Panel Pictures 1 2
3
- Audience Pictures 1 2
|
| 12:00 - 12:15 |
- Wendell W. Kilgore Distinguished Achievement Award Presentation
- Award Presentation Pictures 1
2 3
|
| 12:15 - 1:30 |
- Buffet Lunch in the Library and a Poster Session in the
AGR Room
- Lunch Pictures 1 2
3 4
5 6
7 T-Shirt
winner
|
| 1:30 - 1:45 |
Walk/Drive to Department of Environmental
Toxicology, Meyer Hall |
| 1:45 |
Tour of Department Labs/Offices |
