PRELIMINARY AGENDA - nas

PRELIMINARY AGENDA
Metabolomics as a Tool for Characterizing
the Exposome
MAY 28­–29*, 2015  THURSDAY 8:30–5:00, FRIDAY 8:30–NOON  WASHINGTON, DC
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
2101 CONSTITUTION AVENUE, LECTURE ROOM
this meeting will be webcast
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 8:30AM–5:00PM
Session 1: Use of Metabolomics to Characterize
Human E xposures to Environmental
Stressors — A Vision
8:30
8:45
9:05
9:35
Welcome and Opening Comments — Chirag Patel,
Harvard University, and David Balshaw, National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
What is the Exposome? — Stephen Rappaport,
University of California, Berkeley
Use of Metabolomics to Characterize
Exposure — David Wishart, University of Alberta
Overview of Technical Aspects — Toby Athersuch,
Imperial College London
10:05 Break
11:20 Panel Discussion — Collecting Metabolomics
Data: Technical Hurdles and Opportunities
Moderator: Dean Jones, Emory University
Panelists:
Susan Sumner, RTI
Andrew Patterson, Penn State University
12:30 Lunch
Session 3: Turning Metabolomics Data into Usable
Databased Information
1:30
3:30
3:45
10:50 Detection Challenges — Anthony Macherone,
Agilent Technologies
*The committee and government liaison group will meet Friday,
May 29, 12:30–2:300pm.
Break
Panel Discussion — Turning Metabolomics Data
into Usable Databased Information
Panelists:
David Wishart, University of Alberta
Chirag Patel, Harvard University
Session 2: Collecting Metabolomics
Data: Technical Hurdles and
Opportunities
10:20 Need for Separation Technologies — Erin Baker,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Overview — Oliver Fiehn, University of California,
Davis
Session 4: Case Studies
4:30
5:15
Case Study 1: Using Informatics and
Metabolomics Data for Decision Making,
Nutrition Example — David Wishart, University
of Alberta
Adjourn for Day
(continued)
Register at
http://dels.nas.edu/envirohealth
FRIDAY, MAY 29, 8:30AM–12:00PM
8:30
8:45
9:15
Welcome and Recap of Day 1
Case Study 2: Roel Vermeulen, Utrecht University
(invited)
Expocast — Elaine Cohen-Hubal, US
Environmental Protection Agency
10:30 Panel Discussion — Use of Metabolomics to
Understand Background Exposures: Research and
Policy Implications
Moderator: Ivan Rusyn†, Texas A&M University
Panelists:
Lauren Zeise†, California Environmental
Protection Agency
Steve Rappaport, University of California,
Berkeley
Elaine Cohen-Hubal, US Environmental
Protection Agency
12:00Adjourn*
For more information and to subscribe for
updates, please visit
http://dels.nas.edu/envirohealth
Emerging Science meetings are free and open to
the public.
indicates a member of the Standing Committee on Use of
Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions.
*The committee and government liaison group will meet Friday,
May 29, 12:30–2:300pm.
†
About the Committee
At the request of the National Institute of Environ­mental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Research
Council formed the Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions
to facilitate communication among government, industry, environmental groups, and the academic
community about scientific advances that may be used in the identification, quantification, and control
of environmental impacts on human health.
FRIDAY, MAY 29, 8:30AM–12:00PM
8:30
Welcome and Recap of Day 1
9:15
Expocast — Elaine Cohen-Hubal, US
Environmental Protection Agency
8:45
Case Study 2: Roel Vermeulen, Utrecht University
(invited)
10:30 Panel Discussion — Use of Metabolomics to
Understand Background Exposures: Research and
Policy Implications
Moderator: Ivan Rusyn†, Texas A&M University
Panelists:
Lauren Zeise†, California Environmental
Protection Agency
Steve Rappaport, University of California,
Berkeley
Elaine Cohen-Hubal, US Environmental
Protection Agency
For more information and to subscribe for
updates, please visit
http://dels.nas.edu/envirohealth
Emerging Science meetings are free and open to
the public.
12:00Adjourn*
†
indicates a member of the Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health
Decisions.
*The committee and government liaison group will meet Friday, May 29, 12:30–2:300pm.
About the Committee
At the request of the National Institute of Environ­mental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Research
Council formed the Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions
to facilitate communication among government, industry, environmental groups, and the academic
community about scientific advances that may be used in the identification, quantification, and control
of environmental impacts on human health.