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Announcements 1993 International Short Course on Nonclinical Drug Safety The American Health Foundation Environmental Health and Safety Council and Synthblabo Recherche (LERS) Department of Drug Safety are sponsoring the ”1993 International Short Course on Nonclinical Drug Safety”, October 4-8, 1993, at the Tarrytown Hilton Inn in Tarrytown, New York. The course concerns mainly those in the pharmaceutical industry in charge of clinical studies and those responsible for the registration of new drugs. Toxicologists and toxicologic pathologists may also benefit from this course by updating their knowledge. For further information, contact: In the U.S., Mrs. Janet Marino, American Health Foundation, 1DanaRoad, Valhalla, NY 10595 [Tel: (914) 789-7140;Fax: (914) 592-63171. In Europe, Mrs. Elvire Millant, Synthblabo Recherche (LERS), DBpartement #Etude sur la Sbcuritb du Mbdicament, 2/8 rue de Rouen, 78440 Gargenville, France [Tel: 33 (1)30 92 92 45; Fax: 33 (1)30 92 31 223.
Arkansas Toxicology Symposium The University of Arkansas for Medical Scienceswill be hosting the Arkansas ToxicologySymposium honoring the research contributions of Dr. James R. Gillette, Ph.D., Chief of the Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The Symposium will be held October 14-15, 1993, in Little Rock, Arkansas. For further information, please contact: Dr. J. Hinson, Director, Division of Toxicology,University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham, Slot 638, Little Rock, AR 72205. Phone: (501) 686-5766; FAX: (501) 686-5521.
4th International Symposium on “Spin Trapping and Organic EPR Spectroscopy with Applications in Chemistry, Biology and Medicine” The Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, National Biomedical Center for Spin Trapping and Free Radicals, of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, is hosting the 4th International Symposium on “Spin Trapping and Organic EPR Spectroscopy with Applications in Chemistry, Biology and Medicine”, October 24-28, 1993, at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Suggested topics that will be covered during the Symposium include: Kinetics and rates of spin trapping and spin adduct decay; EPR and mass spectroscopy of spin adducts; synthesis of spin traps and spin adducts; biological chemistry and metabolism of spin traps and spin adducts; spin trapping and drug toxicity; beneficial effects of spin traps. Other topics are also scheduled. For more information, contact: Audrey Winkles, Secretary, National Biomedical Center for Spin Trapping and Free Radicals, Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 N.E. 13th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73104.
Meeting Calendar September 19-22, 1993 Fourth International Symposium on Chiral Discrimination [Chern. Res. Toxicol. 6 (l), 132, 19931.
