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Symposium: "The New Biology" Revolution in Environmental Health Sciences
November 4, 2002
 
Moderator: Richard Harris, National Public Radio
 
10:00 Introduction
Richard Harris, NPR
Audio Clip
 
10:15 Welcome
David Eaton, University of Washington
Audio Clip
 
10:20 The National Academies and the Future of Toxicogenomics
Kenneth Olden, Director, NIEHS
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10:35 The Genomics Revolution
Samuel Wilson, Deputy Director, NIEHS
Audio Clip
 
10:50 The Impact of Toxicogenomics
Raymond Tennant, Director, NCT, NIEHS
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11:05 Questions
 
11:15 The New Biology and Public Health
Gilbert Omenn, University of Michigan
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11:35 The Public and Genomics
Barbara J. Culliton, The Center for the Advancement of Genomics
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12:00 Audience Discussion
Audio Clip
 
12:30 Lunch (on your own)
 
1:30 Welcome
David Eaton, University of Washington
 
1:35 Genomic Technologies
David Craford, Affymetrix
Audio Clip
 
2:00 Bioinformatics
William Mattes, Pharmacia
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2:30 Genomics and the Chemical Industry
Carol Henry, American Chemistry Council
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3:00 Break
 
3:15 Genomes and the Law
Gary Marchant, Arizona State University
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3:45 Genomics in the Government
Federal Liaison Group Members
Audio Clip
 
4:30 Audience Discussion
 
5:00 Adjourn
 
November 5, 2002
 
1:00 Welcome and Introduction
David Eaton, University of Washington
 
1:10 Informal presentation by NIEHS on goals for committee
Kenneth Olden, Ray Tennant
 
1:20 General discussion of possible topics and presentations for upcoming workshops
 
2:30 Break
 
2:45 General discussion of other topics and questions from committee for NIEHS
 
3:30 End of public session
 
NOTE: This is an unedited audio file of the Symposium: "The New Biology" Revolution in Environmental Health Sciences and is not an official report of National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, or National Research Council (collectively “National Academies”). Opinions and statements included in the recorded discussions are solely those of the individual persons or participants at the symposium, and are not necessarily adopted or endorsed or verified as accurate by the National Academies.
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