Upcoming Meetings

Communication of Plants with the Environment Nordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, 1996 April 20-23.


Second International Conference on Environmental and Industrial Toxicology: Research and Application Bangkok, Thailand, 1996 December 9-13

This conference has been organized to promote multidisciplinary approaches to the global, environmental and human health problems that result from the use of chemicals. Topic areas will be toxicology of environmental and industrial chemicals and pollutants, mechanisms of toxicity, cancer risks by environmental factors, factors modifying toxicity, evaluation of toxicity, detection and detoxification of chemicals in the environment, and risk assessment and management. Deadline for abstracts of contributed papers has passed. Contact the conference secretariat, Chulabhorn Research Institute, Office of Scientific Affairs, Vipavadee Rangsit Highway, Bangkok 10210, THAILAND (Telephone (662) 247-1900. FAX 247-1222).

Fourth International Conference on the Biochemistry of Trace Elements Berkeley, California, 1997 June 23-26

Sponsored by the International Soil Science Society, Soil Science Society of America and the Society of Envirorunental Geochemistry and Health. Six special symposia have been organized, covering such topics as fate and transport of metals, risk assessment, food chain transfer of cadmium, trace elements and biosolids, phytoremediation and soils contaminated by past military activities. The conference provides a forum for science and engineering researchers to present their most recent findings and to discuss state-of-the-art innovative methodology, analytical techniques and process development. Contact Dr. Alex Iskandar, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH 037755, U.S.A. (Telephone 603 646-4198, FAX 646-4561, iskandar@cn-el.usace.army.mil)

Sixth Conference on the Application of Chromatographic Methods in Phytochemical & Biomedical Analysis Lublin, Poland, 1997 June 26-2

Organized by the Polish Society of Phytochemistry, University Medical Academy of Lublin and committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Main scientific themes will include all chromatographic techniques and hyphenated methods applied in the field of phytochemical analysis, sample preparation and isolation of biochemically active substances. The program will consist of plenary lectures by invited speakers, as well as short communications, poster presentations and discussion sessions. Contact Prof. Kazimierz Glowniak, Dept. of Pharmacognosy, Medical Academy, Peowiakow 12, 20-007 Lublin, Poland. (Telephone 48 81 23314, FAX 28903)

10th International Rapeseed Congress Canberra, Australia, 1999 September 26-29

Theme: New Horizons for an Old Crop. Contact Bryce Bell, Box 94, Wilberforce 2756, NSW, Australia. (Telephone 61 45 75 2008, FAX 75 2003)

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