Congress Programme

Monday, 22^nd September

08.00 - 09.30 h	Registration and document distribution
09.30 - 10.30 h	Opening Ceremony
10.30 - 11.00 h	Coffee Break
11.00 - 12.30 h	Opening session Chaired by J. Timbrell and A. Soares
11.00 - 11.45 h	Plenary Session I Ecotoxicology in Iberoamerica: needs and perspectives by Amadeu Soares
11.45 - 12.30 h	Plenary Session II Biomarkers and the evaluation of toxicity and risk: new challenges. by John Timbrell
12.30 - 14.00 h	Lunch
14.00 - 14.45 h	Plenary Session III chaired by I. Marigomez Pesticide pollution of surface and ground water in tropical agricultural areas by Luisa Castillo
15.00 - 17.00 h	Theme I: Chemicals in the Environment Chaired by Luisa Castillo and M. João Bebianno Platform Presentations 15.00 - 15.15 h Influence of heavy metals, salinity and organic matter on biosolids toxicity. Castillo et al. 15.15 - 15.30 h Long term exposure effects of cereal seed treated with maneb (manganese ethylene-bisdithio-carbamate) on rock pigeons (Columba livia). Pescador & Peris 15.30 - 15.45 h A short-term sublethal in situ toxicity assay for estuarine sediments with Hediste diversicolor (Polychaeta) based on postexposure feeding. Moreira et al. 15.45 - 16.00 h Toxicity of a Microcystis bloom from río De La Plata, Argentina. Zaccaro et al. 16.00 - 16.15 h Monitoramento e avaliação do intemperismo de petróleo em solo e águas naturais sob condições tropicais. Guedes et al. 16.15 - 16.30 h Effects of copper on larval and juvenile mortality and metamorphosis of Capitella sp. Y from Estero del Yugo, Mazatlan, Mexico. Méndez & Green-Ruiz 16.30 - 16.45 h Assessing sediment heavy metals contamination in Sado estuary: an index analysis approach. Caeiro et al. 16.45 - 17.00 h EPR in the study of petroleum asphaltenes. Di Mauro et al.
17.00 - 17.30 h	Coffee Break
17.30 - 18.30 h	Poster session I
18.30 - 19.30 h	Visit to “Fundação António José de Almeida” Museum
19.30 - 20.30 h	Welcome cocktail at Fundação António José de Almeida (Congress Centre)

Tuesday, 23^rd September

09.00 - 10.30 h	Theme II: Molecular and Cellular Toxicology Chaired by A. Lobo da Cunha, E. Vilanova- Gisbert and M. Cajaraville Platform Presentations 09.00 - 09.15 h Heavy metals and thiol compounds in the aquatic fungi Fontanospora fusiramosa and Flagellospora curta. Guimarães-Soares et al. 09.15 - 09.30 h Efectos de dosis bajas de plomo, por distintas vías de exposición, en la muerte celular de linfocitos de órganos linfoides en ratas adultas. Teijón et al. 09.30 - 09.45 h Affinity of mercury for tissues and inflammatory cells. Cunha & Águas 09.45 - 10.00 h Mussel gill cells as a novel model for toxicity testing: in vivo and in vitro characterization. Gómez-Mendikute et al. 10.00 - 10.15 h First evidences of endocrine disruption in feral carp from the Ebro river. Lavado et al. 10.15 - 10.30 h Evidence of antioxidant enzymatic inhibition in Bathymodiolus azoricus exposed to cadmium. Company et al.
10.30 - 11.00 h	Coffee Break
11.00 - 11.45 h	Plenary Session IV chaired by E. Marques Fontes Interaction of organophosphate pesticides with A and B-esterases: their part in biotransformation and in acute, delayed and chronic toxicity of these compounds. by Eugenio Vilanova-Gisbert
11.45 - 12.45 h	Poster sessions II and III
12.45 - 14.00 h	Lunch
14.00 - 14.45 h	Plenary Session V chaired by M. Soto Biomarkers of adaptation to xenobiotics in the sense of evolution by Jorge Herkovits
14.45 - 16.15 h	Theme III: Biomarkers of environmental Contamination Chaired by Jorge Herkovits, M. Helena Costa and J. Lopez-Baréa Platform Presentations 14.45 - 15.00 h The worm Hediste diversicolor as a biological model in health assessment of estuarine ecosystems: from biomarkers to population responses. Amiard-Triquet et al. 15.00 - 15.15 h Evaluacion de biomarcadores en la almeja catarina Argopecten ventricosus (Sowerby, 1842) expuesta a metales toxicos. Sobrino-Figueroa & Cáceres-Martinéz 15.15 - 15.30 h Gene expression as biomarker in pollution studies. Ruiz-Laguna et al. 15.30 - 15.45 h Toxicidad del cromo presente en sedimentos sobre el tubifícido Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri. Flores Tena 15.45 - 16.00 h Metallothionein content in chloride cells of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) exposed to cadmium, copper and zinc. Alvarado et al. 16.00 - 16.15 h Effects of triphenyltin, tributyltin and APGWamide in imposex induction/ promotion and acetylcholinesterase activity in the neogastropod Bolinus brandaris. Santos et al.
16.15 - 16.45 h	Coffee Break
16.15 - 18.00 h	SICTA General Assembly
20.00 - 23.30 h	Gala Diner (Porto Palácio Hotel)

Wednesday, 24^th September

09.00 - 10.30 h	Theme IV: Environmental Contamination and Biodiversity Chaired by E. Mendes da Silva and M. Betancourt Platform Presentations 09.00 - 09.15 h Effects of exudates of marine algal species on the growth and exudation of other algae. Leal & Vasconcelos 09.15 - 09.30 h Age-related sensitivity of amphibians to chemical fertilizers. Marco et al. 09.30 - 09.45 h Efectos del paration metilico y la densidad de alimento sobre los parámetros demográficos de Moina macrocopa. Mangas-Ramírez & Mauricio-Gutiérrez 09.45 - 10.00 h Lichen biodiversity limited by copper toxicity. Branquinho et al. 10.00 - 10.15 h Effects of land-derived heavy metals in the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson in a hypersaline coastal lagoon, the Mar Menor. Marín-Guirao et al. 10.15 - 10.30 h The uptake of zinc, lead, arsenic and mercury in four plant species endemic to a polluted region of Portugal. Marques et al.
10.30 - 11.00 h	Coffee Break
11.00 - 11.45 h	Plenary Session VI chaired by V. Vasconcelos Rehabilitation of an acidified tropical lake: is there any reason to celebrate ? by Eduardo M. da Silva
11.45 – 12.30h	Plenary Session VII chaired by J.M. Almeida Risk analysis of veterinary medicinal products: environmental impact and consumer safety perspectives. by E. Marques Fontes
12.30 - 14.00 h	Lunch
14.00 - 14.45 h	Plenary Session VIII chaired by C. Barata Scientific basis of the european protocols for environmental and other non-human risk assessments by by J.V. Tarazona
14.45 - 16.15 h	Theme V: Environmental risk assessment Chaired by A. Soares and J.V. Tarazona Platform Presentations 14.45 - 15.00 h Use of biomarkers of exposure and reproductive effects in mussels exposed to oil, PAHs and alkylphenols in risk assessment. Ortiz-Zarragoitia & Cajaraville 15.00 - 15.15 h Determining genetic uncertainty from the distribution of sensitivities to toxic stress among and within field populations of Daphnia magna. Barata et al. 15.15 - 15.30 h Accumulation and depuration of the cyanobacterial toxin cylindrospermopsin in the freshwater mussel Anodonta cygnea. Saker et al. 15.30 - 15.45 h Implementación de los sistemas MS-3 en un nuevo modelo conceptual para la valoración de riesgo en ecosistemas terrestres. Carbonell et al. 15.45 - 16.00 h Evaluacion toxicologica de algunas fuentes de abastecimiento de agua para consumo humano mediante una bateria de bioensayos. Díaz-Báez & Espinosa 16.00 - 16.15 h Risk assessment of a lacustrine environment using oxidative stress biomarkers of the digestive organ of a brazilian mussel (Anomalocardia brasiliana). Cantoviski et al.
16.15 - 16.45 h	Coffee Break
16.45 - 17.45 h	Poster sessions IV, V and VI
17.45 – 18.30 h	Closing session

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