EVENTS UHCL-SETAC will participate in UHCL-SGA's "You CAN be a Hero!" Bring your CANNED GOODS and drop into Canned Good Boxes located on campus until November 19.
SETAC Meeting
4:00 pm THURSDAY, Oct 30
BAYOU BUILDING 3rd Floor Science Conference Room
MEMBERSHIP The UHCL student chapter of SETAC is open to all UHCL students enrolled in the biology, chemistry, or environmental science programs at the graduate or undergraduate level who are pursuing careers in the fields of environmental toxicology and/or environmental chemistry.
CALENDAR-IMPORTANT DATES UHCL-SETAC 2008 FUNDRAISER
Purchase Galveston Bay Marsh Cards for the Holiday Season! ON SALE NOW!!!!
CONFERENCES 29th Annual North American SETAC Conference: Tampa, FL, November 16-20.
UHCL-SETAC will present 4 student research projects. UHCL-SGA approved the Travel Funds Request. We are on our way!
President/SGA Rep: Kathryn Hernandez-Roeder Vice President: JC Whitney Secretary: Tia Hall Treasurer: Alanna McCafferty
Registration fees covered a short course on nanotoxicology, programs and handouts, lunch, registration packets and Bayou City's Barbeque social held at Armand Bayou Nature Center. It was an enjoyable and educational conference.
Speakers/Topics
Ximena Sanchez(University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, TX):Determination of estrogenic activity and heavy metal concentrations in Galveston Bay salt marshes;
Mathieu Piovesan (University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, TX): Sorption of endocrine disruptingcompounds and the environmental significance
Matt Chumchal (Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX): Mercury concentrations of three species of non-game fish from Caddo Lake, Texas
Jesse Becker (Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, TX): Distribution and bioaccumulation of mercury in a subtropical reservoir system: Amistad International Reservoir, Texas, USA
Theodore Valenti (Baylor University, Waco, TX): Potential factors influencing the pH-dependent aquatic toxicology of Prymnesium parvum Carter (golden algae)
Barry Fulton (Baylor University, Waco, TX): Responses of Lemna gibba exposed to triclosan across a range of nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and ratios
Christoph Pasch (Alan Plummer Associates, Inc,. Austin, TX): Toxicity identification evaluation on effluent of a publicly owned wastewater treatment plant exhibiting sporadic, sublethal responses
Paul Jensen (PBS&J): How knowledge gained in toxicity testing can help in water conservation
Speakers at the Plenary Session were
Scott Hall (ENVIRON, Nashville, TN): Ecotoxicology of nanoparticles
Coby Scher (Quest Consulting, Inc. Bellaire, TX): Environmental regulation of nanomaterials
Monique Long (Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX): The effects of functionalized and non-functionalized
single-wall carbon nanotubules on root elongation of select crop species
Shawna Nations (Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX): Acute toxicity of zinc oxide nanoparticles in Xenopus
Meetings are held bi-monthly in the 3rd floor conference room (Bayou Building). Tuesday or Thursday are the preferential meeting days at 4:30 pm. Membership dues are paid annually.
UHCL Student Chapter members are encouraged to be student members in the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry as well as student members of the South Central Regional SETAC.
