Organized by

International Institute of Biotechnology and Toxicology (IIBAT) Padappai – 601 301, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, India

‘ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR’

On

“Contemporary Topics in Pathology,

Laboratory Animal Science and Safety Assessment”

11 November 2011

InvItatIon

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Participants are requested to send the filled registration form along with the prescribed fee. The DD should be drawn in favour of IIBAT Payable at Chennai (with name on the backside of DD).

The DD should be sent to the Director, IIBAT, Padappi-601301 by either registered/ speed post or by courier service .

Category On/before 08.11.2011 Spot registration

STPI/IAVP /ICVP Members Rs. 4000/- Rs. 5000/-

Students * Rs. 2500/- Rs. 3500/-

Others (Industry, etc.) Rs. 4500/- Rs.5500/-

Registration

Contact: : Director, International Institute of Biotechnology and Toxicology

Email: director@iibat.com, Phone: 044-27174246, 044-27174466

Venue : Radisson blue Hotel GRT, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai-16. www.radissonblue.com

Transport & Accommodation: Chennai is well connected by bus, train and flights from all major cities of India. Venue is close to airport on GST road. Participants need to make Transport & Accommodation arrangement on their own.

From left, Mahabalipuram, , Ripon Building, 1913 (seat of the Chennai Corporation), Tidel Park, Asia's largest IT park, Kapaleeswarar Temple, Parry’s corner

Visit Chennai: Chennai formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam, is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, lo-cated on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Tamilnadu is best known for the hospitality shown towards, by every individ-ual. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the fifth most populous city in India, and also the world's 36th largest metropolitan area. According to an A.C. Nielsen survey, Chennai is regarded as the second cleanest city in India. Chennai accounts for 60 per cent of the country's automotive exports, which leads it to be called as 'The Detroit of Asia'. Chennai is an important centre for Carnatic music and hosts a large cultural event, the annual Madras Music Season, which includes performances by hundreds of artists. The city has a vibrant theatre scene and is an important centre for the Bharata Natyam, a classical dance form. The Tamil film industry, currently the second largest film industry in India, is based in Chennai

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Dr. David M. Moore, DVM, MS, DACLAM

Assist. Vice President for Research Compliance, & Director, office of Research compliance, Virginia Tech Univ.; Adjunct Asso. Prof, Dept of Biomedical Sci & Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland.

Dr. Moore received his ACLAM board certification in 1984 soon after he completed Residency/Postdoctoral Fellowship 1983 in Lab Animal Medicine/Toxicology from Univ. of Texas Medical School, He earned his DVM in 1980 from Louisiana State Univ. School of Vet. Medicine, Baton Rouge after com-pleteting is MSc (1976) & BSc (1974) in Zoology from Louisiana Tech Univ Ruston, LA. He has authored or co-authored over 75 peer-reviewed articles in leading biomedical journals as well as 16 book chapters, and has served as a valued member of for several national and international organizations

Dr. Angela King-Herbert, DVM, DACLAM

Head, Laboratory Animal Management ,NIEHS, USA.

Angela King-Herbert, a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM), is currently the Head of Laboratory Animal Manage-ment with the National Toxicology Program (NTP) at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). She received her Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Tuskegee University and practiced as a small animal clinician for several years. Dr. King-Herbert was a post-doctoral fellow at Lovelace Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute in Albuquerque, NM. She entered the residency program in Laboratory Animal Medicine at North Carolina State University (NCSU) and upon completing the residency program; Dr. King-Herbert became the Director of the Biological Resources Facility in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University. Dr. King-Herbert was the attending veterinarian at RJ Reynolds and manager of the animal facility. She joined the NTP in 2004.

Dr. Monique Y. Wells, DACVP, DECVP, DABT, Eurotox-registered toxicologist.

President at Toxicology/Pathology Services Inc. (TPS) and Owner at Discover Paris!

Dr. Monique Y. Wells is a veterinary pathologist and toxicologist with 20 years of experience in toxicologic pathology. She obtained her DVM from the Univ. of Pennsylvania and her master’s degree in vet. pathobiology from The Ohio State Univ. She is a diplomate of the ACVP, the ECVP, and the ABT, and is a Eurotox-registered toxicologist. Dr. Wells worked for the chemical (Chevron), pharmaceutical (Rhône-Poulenc Rorer; currently Sanofi-Aventis) and cosmetics (L’Oréal) industries in the U.S. and in France prior to launching her consulting firm, Toxicology/Pathology Services Inc., in 2002. She provides primary slide evaluation, peer review, clinical pathology data interpretation, dossier review, due diligence consulting and training services to private industry, governmental and NGO institutions. Her Mission is to provide expertise in the field of preclinical safety assessment, combining education and training in veterinary pathology with international experience in industry

Dr. Ronald Herbert, D.V.M., Ph.D. fellow IATP

Senior Staff Scientist, & Head, Pathology Support Group, NIEHS, USA

Dr. Herbert is a vet pathologist with over 20 years experience in rodent toxicologic pathology and pathology peer review for rodent toxicity and car-cinogenicity studies. He is a 1985 graduate of the Tuskegee Univ School of Vet Medicine, where he earned degrees in Biology and Animal and Poultry Science, and a DVM. Dr. Herbert attended Purdue Univ School of Vet Medicine where he completed a residency/PhD program of study in vet pathology, graduating in 1991 with a Doctorate in Comparative & Anatomic Pathology. In 1991, Dr. Herbert joined the National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS), and currently serves as a senior staff scientist and pathology consultant/advisor in the Division of the National Toxicology Program. He is Head of the Pathology Support Group within the Cellular and Molecular Pathology Branch, where he directs the activities of the Necropsy, Histology, Electron Microscopy, and Immunohistochemistry core laboratories that provide pathology support to research programs of the Department of Intramu-ral Research. He has authored or co-authored over 60 peer-reviewed articles in leading biomedical journals as well as 7 book chapters, and has served as a pathology consultant/advisor for several national and international organizations.

Dr. Mark F. Cesta, D.V.M., Ph.D., D.A.C.V.P.

Staff scientist NIEHS, USA

Mark Cesta, is a staff scientist and board certified pathologist in the NTP Pathology Group. His current research focuses on growth factors involved in the pulmonary fibrotic effects of single- and multi-walled carbon nanotubes in rats and the contribution of pre-exposure to bacterial endotoxin. After graduating from vet school at Colorado State Univ, Dr. Cesta worked in private practice for three years. During 2000 to 2003 he completed his resi-dency at North Carolina State Univ and joined as an IRTA fellow at NIEHS in the CMPB/NTP Toxicologic Pathology Training Program. He received his ACVP board certification in 2004. Dr. Cesta began working as a toxicologic pathologist at Integrated Laboratory Systems, Inc. in 2005. In January of 2007, he became the newest member of NIEHS.

Dr. Deepa Rao, B.V.Sc., Ph.D., D.A.B.T.

NTP Pathologist (Contractor) /Research Fellow, NIEHS, USA.

Deepa Rao is a board certified toxicologist & board certified pathologist in the NTP Pathology Group. Her training & research focus is in neurotox & neuropath. Dr.Rao received her vet degree from Mysore Vet College in 1992, a Masters degree from Oklahoma State Univ in Vet Physiological Sciences in 1996, & her doctorate from the Univ of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in 2000. Her doctorate work focused on the effects & mechanisms of toxicity resulting from combined exposures to noise & chemicals. She continued research as a postdoctoral fellow at CIIT Centers for Health Research working on the toxic effects of inhaled manganese to the brain. Dr.Rao then joined Covance Laboratories in Madison, WI as a Study Director overseeing preclini-cal toxicity studies. Following completion of the ABT certification in 2005, Dr. Rao returned to vet school in Madison, WI to pursue residency training in Veterinary Anatomic Pathology. She joined NIEHS in 2008 as a Research Fellow, and completed board certification in Vet Pathology in 2011.

The speakers

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Time Agenda & Speaker

08.30AM to 09.00 AM REGISTRATION AND TEA

09.00AM to 09.30 AM INAUGURATION & WELCOME ADDRESS BY Dr. P. Balakrishna Murthy,

Director, IIBAT

09.30 AM to 11.15 AM Confounding Variables in Laboratory Animals, by Dr. David Moore

11.15 AM to 12.00 Time Management for Preclinical Safety Professionals, by Dr. M. Y. Wells

12.00 to 01.00 PM NTP Pathology Peer Review, by Dr. Ronald Herbert

01.00 PM to 01.45 PM LUNCH

01.45 PM to 02.45 PM Advancing Toxicologic Neuropathology, by Dr. Deepa Rao

02.45 PM to 03.30 PM Pathology Data Interpretation in US-NTP studies, by Dr. Mark Cesta

03.30 PM to 04.00 PM GLP: Implications for the Toxicologic Pathologist, by Dr. M. Y. Wells

04.15 PM to 05.00 PM Environmental Enrichment and the Rodent Bioassay, by Dr. Angela King-Herbert

05.00 PM to 06.00 PM Functional Observational Battery, by Dr. David Moore

06.00 PM to 06.45 PM NTP Perinatal Study Design, by Dr. Angela King-Herbert

06.45 PM to 07.00 PM CLOSING CEREMONY

04.00 PM to 04.15 PM TEA

07.00 PM to 08.00 PM DINNER