4th Asian Conference on
Environmental Mutagens
International Advisory Board:
Dr. Takehiko Nohmi (Japan)
Dr. Jia Cao (China)
Dr. Ashok K. Giri (India)
Dr. Malyn Chulasiri (Thailand)
Dr. Stefano Bonassi (Italy)
Dr. David DeMarini (USA)
Dr. William Au (China)
Dr. Byung-Mu Lee (South Korea)
Dr. Rakhmetkazhi Bersimbay (Kazakhstan)
About India:
Home to one of the Seven wonders of the World, The Taj Mahal, India
is a nation of rich cultural heritage and home to some of the oldest
civilizations of the World. The seventh largest nation, is the homeland
for the upcoming 4th ACEM, 2014. The capital of the nation, New
Delhi, has a great historical asset of the Mughal Empire, embossed with
Mughal Architectures that includes the Red Fort, etc.
The Deccan plateau and south India too has several locations of
interests like Kanyakumari and Goa. The whole nation is rich in flora
and fauna, well connected through out the land mass as well as with the
international destinations. The nation of 1 billion awaits for you, in
December 2014.
The Asian Association of Environmental Mutagen
Societies (AAEMS)
December 10-12, 2014
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
Kolkata | India
Organizing Secretary
Mahabaleshwar
Taj Mahal, Agra
Dr. Ashok K. Giri
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
Kolkata | India
Dal Lake, Kashmir
Red Fort, Delhi
Allepy, Kerala
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Invitation:
With immense pleasure, we invite you all to attend the 4th Asian
Conference on Environmental Mutagens, to be held in Kolkata, from
10th to 12th December, 2014. The conference aims to provide a common
platform to exchange ideas and scientific acumen in the field of
environmental mutagenesis, which is considered to be one of the prime
factors faced by humans, all over the world.
The conference invites participants from different walks of
environmental research, to meet and present their work in form of
posters and oral presentations. The major topics that will be delved into
are as follows:
1) Environmental Mutagenesis and Genetic Toxicology
2) DNA damage, repair and response
3) Environmental OMICS and carcinogenesis
4) Antimutagenesis, Anticarcinogenesis
5) Epidemiology, Genetic Susceptibility & Risk
Assessment
6) New approaches to mutagenesis and genotoxicity
testing
7) Nanotoxicology
8) Epigenetics and Xenobiotics
9) Chemoprevention and therapeutics
10) Biomarkers and Exposure Assessment
11) Systems Toxicology:Genomics, Proteomics,
Metabolomics
12) Radiation induced damages
About the Venue:
Kolkata, popularly known as City of Joy, is a city harnessing the
conglomeration of different cultural communities of India and abroad.
The former capital of India, the British influence on the architectural
lineage of the Metropolis lies with its Greco-Roman style buildings and
the aristrocratic life style of yesteryears
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology established in 1935 as
Indian Institute of Medical Research and rechristened in 1956. The
institute has developed an oral vaccine for cholera, herbal products for
controlling gastric ulcer, diagnostic kits for malignancy and hormonal
disorders, etc.
In and Around Kolkata
Kolkata and Suburbs
The City of Joy, has
several places for visit
and be mesmerized with
it’s rich lineage of history
and existence. Victoria
Memorial, Belur Math,
The great Banyan Tree
at Botanical Garden, The
Indian Museum, etc.
The city tour is a treat
to visitors, bringing in joy
to every heart. The city is
also called, The City of
Palaces.
Sunderbans
Sunderbans, the UNESCO
World Heritage site, is a
10,000 km2 dense mangrove
forest. It is the home to the
magnificent Royal Bengal
Tiger and is a well deserved
winter retreat amidst over
3000 meandering riverlets
at the mouth of Ganges
Delta.
Darjeeling
One of the most popular retreat
from Indian summer, the Queen
of the Hills, Darjeeling is the
home of the traditional tea
industry of “Darjeeling Tea”.
Winter offers snow to the lucky
few and the view of ice capped
Kanchenjungha, at sunset is a
memorable experience with the
hot cup of Darjeeling Tea in the
local made cane chairs.