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"Epigenetics and the Environment"

14th December 2011, 11am-5:00pm

Medical Lecture Theatre, Worsley Building, Clarendon Way
University of Leeds

MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY GROUP - UK
Winter Conference

Aim: The meeting will focus on the interactions between the environment and epigenetics.

Speakers:
Susan Duthie (Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, Aberdeen)
Epigenetic modifications, diet and human pathologies

Zdenko Herceg (IARC, Lyon)
Epigenome and cancer: an interface between the genome and the environment

Jos Kleinjans (University of Maastricht)
Epigenomics: a new predictive marker for toxicity

Karl Kelsey (Brown University, Providence, RI)
DNA methylation and next generation immunotoxicology

+ proffered papers

We are inviting the submission of abstracts towards poster or oral presentation — abstracts should relate to the topic of epigenetics and the environment. Accepted abstracts will be published in Mutagenesis.

A prize will be presented for the best poster or oral presentation.

A number of bursaries (up to £100 towards travel costs) will be available for early career investigators with accepted abstracts.

To allow same day travel for most attendees, the meeting will start at 11.00 am.
Leeds is served by good air, rail, and motorway links.

Download the flyer for the meeting here.

Registration forms with abstract forms are available here
or by emailing Dr Mike Routledge on medmnr-at-leeds.ac.uk

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Dear UKEMS member,

Nutrition Society and Molecular Epidemiology Group Winter Meeting 2010

The Nutrition Society Winter meeting 2010 'Functional genomic biomarkers, nutrition and disease susceptibility' will be held jointly with the Molecular Epidemiology Group at The Royal Institute of British Architects, London, UK on 02 December 2010.

Registration

Registration for this meeting is now open and to book a place please visit the Nutrition Society website. Please note that places for the meeting are very limited and prompt registration is recommended. The registration deadline is 10 November 2010.

Programme

The meeting, titled ‘Functional genomic biomarkers, nutrition and disease susceptibility’ features speakers from the UK, Europe and the US who will present the latest research in the field. A special Sheila Bingham memorial lecture will be given by Professor Tim Key. Please visit the Nutrition Society website for full programme details.

Original Communications

The deadline for submission of Original Communications for display at this meeting is 04 October 2010. Please visit the Nutrition Society website to submit an abstract before the deadline.

Original Communications will be displayed at the meeting as posters only. Posters will not be formally presented but informal viewing and discussion will take place during the lunch and tea breaks as indicated on the programme.

Delegates submitting an Original Communication should register for the meeting as soon as possible, but in the event an abstract is not accepted it will be possible to cancel the registration without penalty before the registration deadline.

We look forward to seeing you in London.

Yours sincerely,
Frank Martin
MEG Chair

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"Inflammatory responses to air pollution: Molecular epidemiology"

13th November 2009, 9am-6:30pm

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
John Snow Lecture Theatre B, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT

MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY GROUP - UK
Autumn Conference

Programme

09:00 - 09:50	Registration - LSHTM Foyer Tea/Coffee - Manson Foyer
MORNING SESSION - John Snow Lecture Theatre B Chair: Tony Fletcher
09:50 - 10:00	Welcome and Introduction - Frank Martin
10:00 - 10:35	"Overview of health effects of air pollution with an emphasis on the possible role of inflammation in causing systemic adverse effects" Ross Anderson (St George's, University of London)
10:35 - 11:10	"Respiratory tract inflammation: a global response to challenge" Frank Kelly (King's College London)
11:10 - 11:30	Tea/Coffee Break - Manson Foyer
11:30 - 12:05	"Air pollution, inflammation and cardiovascular disease" Annette Peters (GSF-Institute of Epidemiology, Germany)
12:05 - 12:40	"Effects in children" Lisbeth Knudsen (University of Copenhagen)
12:40 - 14:00	Lunch - Manson Foyer
AFTERNOON SESSION - John Snow Lecture Theatre B Chair: Frank Martin
14:00 - 14:35	"Genotoxicity of urban particulate matter" Michael Routledge (University of Leeds)
14:35 - 15:10	"Air pollution and epigenetics" Andrea Baccarelli (University of Milan/Harvard School of Public Health)
15:10 - 15:40	Tea/Coffee Break - Manson Foyer
15:40 - 16:15	"Air pollution, inflammation and human health: How can epidemiological studies tighten the knot?" Ira B Tager (University of California, Berkeley)
16:20	CLOSE OF MEETING
UK MEG Award Lecture (Open) - John Snow Lecture Theatre B Chair: Frank Martin
16:30 - 17:30	"The use of DNA damage measurements as biomarkers of exposure to environmental carcinogens" Peter B Farmer (University of Leicester)
17:30 - 18:30	Reception - Lower Cafe

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The MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY GROUP "MEG-UK" was founded in 1996 as an interest group within the UNITED KINGDOM ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGEN SOCIETY [UKEMS; website www.ukems.org ]. Its aim is to foster multi-disciplinary links between epidemiologists, molecular biologists, biochemists, geneticists, toxicologists, pathologists, nutritionists, clinician scientists, public health scientists and others studying the role of environmental and genetic factors in the aetiology of chronic disease. MEG-UK thus represents a forum for communication among researchers from diverse fields and aims to bring the best methodologies to bear on the study of the causes and prevention of human disease. MEG recognises that advances in technology provide opportunities and challenges that can only be addressed through such multidisciplinary working.

The Group has organised a number of meetings on topics relating to the use of molecular biomarkers in studying the epidemiology of cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Scientific meetings are organised annually.

MEG-UK members include epidemiologists, laboratory scientists, clinicians and others with an interest in molecular epidemiology. We welcome new members.

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