SEB Metals Symposium 2007
Meeting Themes and Programme
The meeting will begin on Monday 3rd September with an inaugural lecture at 5pm. Registration will be open from 4pm. There will then be two full days of science on Tuesday 4th September and Wednesday 5th September.
Programme Monday 3rd September
W1 - Welcome Evening and Inaugural Lecture
15:30 Registration
17:00 Buffet and Reception
A hot buffet and wine will be served in the restaurant area of the Franklin Wilkins Building. This is included in the registration fee and is available to all registered delegates.
18:00 Introduction - Nic Bury and Richard Handy
18:15 Welcome from King's vice-principal - Prof Phil Whitfield
18:30 Dr Samuel N. Luoma (US Geological Survey/ The Natural History Museum)
Whence metal ecotoxicology? Exploiting integrative concepts [W1.1]
19:15 Networking - King's Bar (Wine provided)
Tuesday, 04 September 2007
A1 - Metal Homeostasis
08:50 Introduction: Nic Bury and Richard Handy
09:00 Dr Peter Kille (Cardiff University)
Metal-omics: bad grammar or an emerging science [A1.1]
09:30 Mr Paul Craig (McMaster University)
Oxidative stress response and gene expression with acute copper exposure in zebrafish [A1.2]
09:50 Prof. Christer Hogstrand (King's College London)
Regulation of zinc transporters in fish [A1.3]
10:20 Dr Stephen Sturzenbaum (Kings College London)
Genetics and Genomics of Cadmium Exposure in the Nematode C.elegans [A1.4]
10:50 Tea
A3 - Metal Nutrition
11:20 Dr Simon Davies (University of Plymouth)
Mineral Prospecting in Fish-Are Requirements Underestimated? [A3.1]
11:50 Dr Tania Y.-T. Ng (McMaster University)
Trophic transfer and dietary toxicity of Cd from oligochaetes to rainbow trout [A3.2]
12:10 Mr David Boyle (King's College London)
The effects of a natural metal-contaminated diet on metal bioavailability and reproduction in fish [A3.3]
12:30 Prof. Anne-Katrine Lundebye Haldorsen (NIFES)
Essential and non-essential metals in feed ingredients and their consequence for farmed fish. [A3.4]
13:00 – 14:20 Lunch/Posters
A5 - Metal Chemistry
14:20 Prof. Raewyn Town (University of Southern Denmark)
Dynamic speciation and bioavailability of metals in aqueous systems [A5.1]
14:50 Dr Elise Rotureau (Wageningen University)
Dynamic metal sorption by charged polysaccharides [A5.2]
15:10 Dr Andrew Turner (University of Plymouth)
Metal speciation modelling for environmental biologists: perspectives from a geochemist [A5.3]
15:30 Tea
A4 - Metal Speciation
16:00 Ronny Blust (University of Antwerp )
Kinetics of internal and external metal binding: explanations for differences in availability and toxicity of metals across species. [A4.1]
16:30 Dr Mafalda Baptista (CIIMAR)
Cyanobacteria in a freshwater reservoir – does metal concentration influence bloom occurrence? [A4.2]
16:50 Miss Leyla Shams (School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Science, University of Plymouth)
Uptake of Platinum Group Elements by the Marine Phytoplankton Chlorella stigmatophora [A4.3]
17:10 Mr Farhan Khan (King's College London)
Metal bioaccumulation, distribution and storage strategies of Gammarus pulex exposed to a copper and zinccontamination gradient [A4.4]
19:30 Symposium Dinner at the Strand Palace
The Symposium Dinner is included in the price of your registration fee and all delegates are booked to attend. The Strand Palace Hotel is just the other side of Waterloo Bridge from King’s College. A map showing how to get to the hotel will be provided to delegates on registration.
Wednesday, 05 September 2007
A4 - Metal Speciation
09:00 Prof. Phil Rainbow (Natural History Museum)
Intracellular metal speciation and the trophic transfer of metals in invertebrates [A4.5]
09:30 Mr Thomas Lacoue-Labarthe (UMR 6217 CNRS-IFREMER-Université de La Rochelle)
Differential bioaccumulation behaviour of nine radiotracers (54Mn, 60Co, 65Zn, 109Cd, 110mAg, 134Cs, 203Hg, 210P [A4.6]
A2 - Metal Toxicity
09:50 Dr Jim McGeer (Wilfrid Laurier U.)
Using physiology, geochemistry and toxicology to develop prediction models for the impacts of metals in aquatic systems. [A2.2]
10:20 Dr Karel De Schamphelaere (Ghent University)
The chronic effects of dietary Zn and Cu on Daphnia magna at multiple hierarchical levels of biological organization [A2.3]
10:40 Tea
11:20 Dr Martin Grosell (RSMAS, University of Miami)
Pb induced gene expression changes in freshwater organisms may serve environmental monitoring and revealgeneral mechanisms of Pb toxicity [A2.4]
11:50 Mrs Maria de Fátima Jesus (CESAM & Dept. Biology-Univ. Aveiro/ Colorado School of Mines)
Integrating the variation of environmental conditions to predict non-lethal effects of metals to Daphnia magna[A2.5]
12:10 Ms Irina Komjarova (University of Antwerp)
Effect of Ca2+, Na+ and pH on the simultaneous uptake of of Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn in the water flea Daphniamagnaand zebrafish Danio rerio at environmentally relev [A2.6]
12:30 Dr Gretchen Bielmyer (University of North Florida)
Effects of copper toxicity on three species of scleractinian corals [A2.7]
13:00 Posters/Lunch
14:00 Publication Discussion - Nic Bury and Richard Handy
14:20 Dr Brita Muyssen (Ghent University)
Ca and Mg physiology determining metal bioavailability and acclimation in cladocerans: lab and field evidenc [A2.8]
14:40 Dr Lieven Bervoets (Department Biology, University of Antwerp)
Do acid volatile sulfides (AVS) control the bioavailability of metals to benthic macro-invertebrates? [A2.9]
15:00 Dr Rachel Walton (University of Manchester)
The endogenous use of silicon for amelioration of aluminium toxicity in the freshwater snail, Lymnaea stagnalis[A2.10]
15:20 Tea
15:40 Dr Stephen Lofts (NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology)
Effects of metals on macroinvertebrate communities in upland streams of Northern England [A2.11]
16:00 Dr Richard Handy (University of Plymouth)
Toxic Effects of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles and Carbon Nanotubes to Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). [A2.12]
16:20 Discussion and Overview - Nic Bury and Richard Handy
17:00 Meeting Close
Posters (Displayed throughout the meeting)
A1 - Metal Homeostasis
Ms Samantha Hughes (Cardiff University/ King's College London)
The knockout of metallothionein and phytochelatin synthase inC. elegans: metal induced effects on life history andgene expression [A1.5]
Mr Thomas Lacoue-Labarthe (UMR 6217 CNRS-IFREMER-Université de La Rochelle)
First experiments on the maternal transfer of heavy metals in the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis [A1.6]
Mr Farhan Khan (King's College London)
Parallel Analysis of Deletion Mutants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae under Zinc Deficiency [A1.7]
A2 - Metal Toxicity
M. Eyckmans (University of Antwerp)
Defence mechanisms of fish with different sensitivity towards heavy metals: Interaction and dynamics of proteins and hormones [A2.1]
Dr Gretchen Bielmyer (University of North Florida)
The effects of salinity on acute zinc toxicity to the euryhaline fish,Fundulus heteroclitus. [A2.13]
Mr Christopher Durrant (King's College London)
Population Genetic Traits and Phenotypes of Brown Trout Inhabiting a Metal Contaminated River in North WestCornwall [A2.14]
Miss Samantha Martins (FURG, Brazil)
Copper accumulation kinetics in gills of the yellow clam Mesodesma mactroides [A2.15]
Miss Mariana Lauer (FURG)
Dietary copper effect on reproduction of the euryhaline copepod Arcartia tonsa [A2.16]
Mr Thomas Lacoue-Labarthe (UMR 6217 CNRS-IFREMER-Université de La Rochelle)
Phenoloxidase activation detected during the embryonic development of the European Cuttlefish, Sepia officinalisand response to Ag and Cu exposure [A2.17]
Dr Ilona Szivak (EAWAG, Swiss Federal Inst. Of Aquatic Science and Technology)
Metal induced oxidative stress in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii [A2.18]
Mr Saber Khodabandeh (Tarbiat Modares University)
Effects of Mercury on Na+,K+-ATPase intensity and activity in the Branchial Cavity Organs of Palaemon elegans(Decapoda, Crustacea) [A2.19]
Mr Saber Khodabandeh (Tarbiat Modares University)
Tissue accumulation and toxicity of mercury in the golden grey mullet,Liza aurata, fry [A2.20]
Miss Z Khoshnood (Tarbiat Modares University)
Histopathological and Pathomorphological Effects of Mercuric Chloride on the Gills of Persian Sturgeon, Acipenserpersicus, Fry [A2.21]
Dr Nic Bury (King's College London)
The effects of soluble pollutants from highway runoff on UK fish and invertebrates.[A2.22]
Dr Adebayo Otitoloju (University of Lagos)
Bioaccumulation, histopathology and weight changes in the blue crab,Callinectes amnicola exposed to sublethaldoses of heavy metals. [A2.23]
Mr David Boyle (King's College London)
Assimilation of silver, zinc and cadmium from natural metal-contaminated diets by zebrafish [A2.24]
Miss Ana Cardoso (Unidade Biotecnologia Ambiental)
Induction of metallothionein in Atlantic Limpet Patellaulyssiponensis (Gmelin, 1791) after exposure to mercury[A2.25]
Dr Chris Pook (University of Plymouth)
The Metabolic Cost of Resistance to Copper in Nereis diversicolor Measured As Scope for Growth [A2.26]
Ms Anastasia Giannakoula (Department of Crop Production, Technological Educational Institute ofThessaloniki, PO Box 141, Sindos 54100, Greece)
Accumulation of proline concentration, carbohydrates and lipid peroxidation in helianthus shoots-leaves as affected by Mn toxicity and hormones [A2.27]
A3 - Metal Nutrition
Mr Daniel Leeming (University of Plymouth)
The Genotoxicity of UV light in EPC A1 cell while in the presence of organic, inorganic and nanoparticulate* Zinc,an in vitro approach. *Results pending [A3.5]
A4 - Metal Speciation
Mrs Adriana Pereira (IVM-Institute for Environmental Studies)
Trace metals in aquatic systems impacted by iron mining and ore processing in Brazil: geochemistry, bioavailabilityand bioaccumulation [A4.7]
Mr Niko Celis (University of Antwerp)
The impact of salinity on the uptake rate of Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn in the European sea bass [A4.8]
