CYTOTHREAT Workshop 2012
1ST CYTOTHREAT WORKSHOP ON
THE EFFECTS OF RESIDUES OF CYTOSTATICS AND OTHER PHARMACEUTICALS ON NON‐TARGET ORGANISMS
NAPOLI, ITALY; 16-18 OCTOBER 2012
Announcement
Aim of the 3‑day workshop is to provide latest research achievements as well as more general conceptual information on the threats that pharmaceuticals, and in particular anticancer drugs, released in the environment represent to aquatic organism. The workshop will focus on in vivo and in vitro toxicity test systems and application of “omics” technologies in ecotoxicity studies. Occurrence data and chemical analysis will underline the importance of studying the effects of these drugs in non‑target organisms.
Scientific Staff
Metka Filipič, Cytothreat project coordinator, Slovenia; Ester Heath, Slovenia; Siegfried Knasmüller, Austria; Ákos Horváth, Hungary; Marina Isidori, Italy; Miren López de Alda, Spain; Verica Garaj Vrhovac, Croatia; Zoran Gačić, Serbia; Ilina Hristova, Slovenia
Organizing Institutions
The Workshop is organized with the support of the FP7 Cytothreat project, by the Department of Life Sciences, Second University of Naples, Caserta – Italy in cooperation with the CytoThreat project partners:
Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Szen Istvan University, Department of Aquaculture, Gődőllő, Hungary
Spanish Council for Scientific Research Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Barcelona, Spain
Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Belgrade, Serbia
RR & CO. Knowledge Centre LTD, Ljubljana, Slovenia