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Tuesday - 9 September 2008

5. Session: Lung & Inhalation

Time Speaker Title
08:30 - 09:00 Anna Shvedova Relevance of animal model studies "Aspiration vs. Inhalation" to potential occupational exposures
09:00 - 09:30 Ken Donaldson Long rigid carbon nanotubes behave like long asbestos in a model of direct mesothelial exposure
09:30 - 10:00 Peter Hoet In vitro models to study the pulmonary response
to particles
10:00 - 10:30 Awarded Lecture based on the evaluation of the submitted abstracts

Session chair: Peter Gehr

6. Session: Immunology

Time Speaker Title
11:00 - 11:30 Bengt Fadeel Nanoimmunotoxicology: interactions of engineered nanpoarticles with professional phagocytes
of the immune system
11:30 - 12:00 David Warheit The role of surface reactivity in nanoparticle-related pulmonary toxicity
12:00 - 12:30 Awarded Lecture based on the evaluation of the submitted abstracts

Session chair:

7. Session: Biological Effects & Mechanisms II

Time Speaker Title
14:00 - 14:30 Andre Nel Predictive toxicological paradigms for the assessment of nanoparticle toxicity
14:30 - 15:00 Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser Dynamics and cellular responses of lung cells to nanoparticles
15:00 - 15:30 Awarded Lecture based on the evaluation of the submitted abstracts
15:30 - 16:00 Awarded Lecture based on the evaluation of the submitted abstracts