We are pleased to announce that the 1st International Endocrine Disruptor Conference on the Island of Ireland will be held online via Microsoft Teams over 15-16 June 2021.
This conference will explore the global issue of endocrine disruptors and will bring together all 15 Early Stage Researchers from the EU funded PROTECTED project. This event will provide an ideal platform for this talented new generation of experts to share their important findings and initiate new collaborations and ideas.
This conference will also host a complimentary selection of internationally renowned speakers on the subject of endocrine disruptors. We expect that this event will promote fruitful discussion and generate new ideas for solving the global threat of endocrine disruptors.
Click on the titles listed below for furhter information. Pre-recorded talks are available to watch at Pre-recorded Talks
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13:00-13:25 (UK time) - Welcome and Opening addresses
Welcome address
Professor Ian Greer
Vice-Chancellor
Queen’s University BelfastOpening address
Professor Lisa Connolly
PROTECTED Co-ordinator
Queen’s University BelfastJOIN
- 13:30-14:25 (UK time) - KEYNOTE - Dr Laura N Vandenberg
"Pregnancy is a vulnerable period: effects of xenoestrogens on mothers and their daughters"
Dr Laura N Vandenberg, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Chair: Prof. Lisa Connolly, Queen’s University Belfast
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- 14:30-14:55 (UK time) - DISCUSSION PANEL - Natural and Emerging EDCs
PANEL:
Dr Oluwatobi Kolawole, Queen’s University Belfast
Dr Tarek Lahjouji, Institut National De La Recherche Agronomique
Dr Vittoria Mallia, Norwegian Veterinary Institute
Mr Gustavo Guerrero-Limón, University of Liege
Dr Maria Christou, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Chairs: Gustavo Guerrero-Limón & Tarek Lahjouji
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- 15:00-15:25 (UK time) - VIRTUAL COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK
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15:30-16:25 (UK time) - KEYNOTE - Prof. Erik Ropstad
"Effect studies with human relevant mixtures of persistent organic pollutants (POPs)"
Professor Erik Ropstad, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Chair: Dr Tara McMorrow, University College Dublin
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- 16:30 - 16:55 (UK time) - GUEST SPEAKER - Dr Yuling Xie
"Endocrine disrupting chemicals: impact on obesity/diabetes pathways and intervention via dietary nutrients'"
Dr Yuling Xie, Queen's University Belfast
Chair: Dr Steven Verhaegen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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- 17:00-17:25 (UK TIME) - DISCUSSION PANEL - Understanding ED mixture effects
PANEL:
Dr Que Thi Doan, University of Liege
Dr Elizabeth Goya-Jorge, ProtoQSAR
Mr Solomon Oguche, Universidad Austral De Chile
Ms Mazia Amber, Queens University Belfast
Ms Clemence Budin, BioDetection Systems
Chiairs: Que Thi Doan & Clemence Budin
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- 17:30-18:05 (UK time) - GUEST SPEAKER - Dr Jonathan McComb
“Investigating persistent organic pollutants as endocrine disruptors of androgen receptor signalling”
Dr Jonathan McComb, Queen's University Belfast
Chair: Dr Steven Verhaegen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- 18:10-18:25 (UK time) - Introducing HEEDS.org - Dr Jerry Heindel
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13:00-13:55 (UK time) - KEYNOTE - Dr Leonardo Trasande
"Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: New Knowledge of Health Effects and Policy Implications"
Dr Leonardo Trasande, New York University
Chair: Professor Lisa Connolly, Queen's University Belfast
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- 14:00-14:55 (UK time) - KEYNOTE - Dr Terje Svingen
"Exploring the use of Anogenital Distance as a broad biomarker for anti-androgenic effects: from molecular insight to Adverse Outcome Pathway development"
Dr Terje Svingen, Technical University of Denmark
Chair: Prof. Paul Fowler, University of Aberdeen
- 15:00-15:25 (UK time) - DISCUSSION PANEL - Assessing ED health effects & Risk Communication
PANEL:
Mr Anteneh Assefa Desalegn, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Dr Chiara Talia, University of Aberdeen
Mr Ajay Yadav, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Ms Melissa Kelly, Queen’s University Belfast
Ms Bérénice Collet, BioDetection Systems
Chairs: Melissa Kelly & Chiara Talia
- 15:30 -15:55 (UK time) - VIRTUAL COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK
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16:00-16:55 (UK time) - KEYNOTE - Dr Tamarra James-Todd
"Endocrine Disruptors, Personal Care Products, and Women's Health across the Life Course"
Dr Tamarra James-Todd, Harvard T.H Chan
Chair: Dr Tilman Kuhn, Queen’s University Belfast
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- 17:00-17:55 (UK time) - KEYNOTE - Dr Olwenn Martin
"Endocrine Disruption: Lost in Translation"
Dr Olwenn Martin, Brunel University London
Chair: Dr Marie Louise Scippo, University of Liege
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- 18:00-18:15 (UK time) - Summing up of key public messages
- 18:20-18:30 (UK time) - Conference Close - Professor Lisa Connolly
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Watch pre-recorded talks
Pre-recorded Talks
PROTECTED is an EU Funded Marie Skłodowska Curie Intial Training Network which aims to develop expertise and protective capabilities against endocrine disruptors. You can find out more about the exiciting research being undertaken within the project here.
