University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Dept. Biology and Ecology
Novi Sad, Serbia
Monday, 21st September
09:30-11:00 Registration
11:00-11:45 Opening
Slavka Gajin, acting Dean of UNSFS
Radmila Kovačević, REP LECOTOX Co-ordinator
Ivana Teodorović, Workshop Organizing Committee
SECTION 1: RISK ASSESSMENT OF CHEMICALS WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO REACH
11:45-12:30 Key note lecture: Integrated approaches to the evaluation of the human and ecological risks – case of POPs– How we can use data from monitoring for risk assessment?Ivan Holoubek, RECETOX, Brno, Czech Republic
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
1.A. Legislative aspect
13:30-14:15 Regulatory Need for Integrated Risk and Health Impact Assessment – Current Approaches and New Directions,Dimosthenis Sarigiannis, Institute for Health andConsume Protection European Commission -Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
14:15-15:00 New Legislative Framework on Chemicals Management and Risk Assessment in Serbia, Katarina Krinulović, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Chemicals Department, Belgrade, Serbia
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
1.B. Emerging substances and nanomaterials: analysis, environmental fate, effects, ERA
15:30-16:00 Assessment of endocrine disruptive potential of complex pollutant mixtures in river ecosystems,Klara Hilscherova, RECETOX, Brno, Czech Republic
16:00-16:30 Assessment of emerging contaminants in municipal wastewaters – a transition country perspective,Marijan Ahel, Institute Rudjer Boskovic, Zagreb, Croatia
16:30-17:00 Two invited WS participants /short presentations
• The expression of CYP1A and metallothionein in hepatopancreas of Merluccius merluccius and Mullus barabatus from the Adriatic sea, Mirjana Mihailović, Department of Molecular Biology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", Belgrade, Serbia
• Comparison of the action of single PBDE congeners and mixtures on ovarian steroid secretion. An irreversible effect on progesterone secretion, Ewa L Gregoraszczuk, Department of Physiology and Toxicology of Reproduction, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
17:00-18:00 Discussion
Dinner reception (at the Conference Venue, right after the last session)
Tuesday, 22nd September
SECTION 1: RISK ASSESSMENT OF CHEMICALS WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO REACH (continued)
1.C. Incorporating “Omic ” Information into Risk Assessment and Policy
9:00-9:45 Potential applications of system biology (‘omics ’) for the regulation of chemicals and pharmaceuticals, Stefan Scholz, Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxcology, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
9:45-10:30 Application of “Omic “ technologies to monitoring, Brett Lyons, CEFAS, UK
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:00 Poster session
12:00-13:00 Discussion
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
SECTION 2: ECOSYSTEM RISK ASSESSMENT
14:00-14:45 Key note lecture:“From complex contamination to individual toxicants -Effect-directed analysis as an approach to unravel cause-effect relationships in polluted sediments ” Werner Brack, Department for Effect-Directed Analysis, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
2.A. Aquatic ecosystems, ERA in WFD and GD
14:45-15:30 Sediment and the WFD: a current and future perspective inspired by SedNet,Jos Brils, Deltares, Utrecht,The Netherlands
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-16:30 Effect-directed analyses (EDA) approach for identification of hazardous chemical contamination in the Sava River Basin,Tvrtko Smital, Institute Rudjer Boskovic, Zagreb, Croatia
16:30-17:00 Nutrient pollution of surface waters and associated risks to ecosystems and human health (water blooms & cyanobacterial toxins) Luděk Bláha, RECETOX, Brno, Czech Republic
17:00-17:30 Two invited WS participants - short presentations
• Excitatory amino acid beta-n-methylamino-l-alanine is a putative environmental neurotoxin,Srdjan Lopicic, Institute for Pathological Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia • Bioavailability and toxicity of chemical compounds in natural water,Irina Blinova, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Tallinn, Estonia
17:30-18:15 Discussion
18:30 City tour
Wednesday 23rd September
9:00-9:30 Special presentation: NETWORKING dynamics: INCO NETS and ERA NETS under FPs, Armand Beuf, European Comission, Directorate-General for Research, Brussels, Belgium
9:30-9:45 Special short oral presentation: FP6 INCO project NEUROIMAGE and its perspectives, Pavle R. Andjus, Center for laser microscopy, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
SECTION 2: ECOSYSTEM RISK ASSESSMENT (continued)
2.A. Aquatic ecosystems, ERA in WFD and GD (continued)
9:45-10:15 Bioavailability of organic contaminats in aquatic environment,Jussi Kukkonen, Laboratory for Aquatic Ecology and Ecotoxicology, Faculty of Biosciences, University of Joensuu, Finland
10:15-10:45 Water quality in Vojvodina Region - recent screening of specific pollutants,Ivana Ivancev Tumbas, CECRA, UNSFS, Novi Sad, Serbia
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
2.B. Special topic - up-scaling
11:15-11:45 Risk assessment of toxicants and ecosystems: the challenge for understanding the reality, Mikhail Beketov, Department of System Ecotoxicology, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
11:45-12:15 Invited WS participant - short oral presentation
• Freshwater ecosystems at risk and the consequences for human society: from microscale to macroscale, Cristina Sandu, Institute of Biology, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
12:15-13:00 Discussion
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
2.C. Terrestrial ecosystem
14:00-14:30 The role of ecological risk assessment in contaminated land management,Joop J.Vegter,TNO,The Netherlands
14:30-15:00Dredged sediments application on land,Jakub Hofman, RECETOX, Brno, Czech Republic
15:00-15:30 Potential health risk assessment for soil heavy metal contamination in the central zone of Belgrade (Serbia),Ivan Gržetić, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-16:30 Responses of Amphibian Populations to Chemical Contaminants in Context with Other Stressors,Val R.Beasley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
16:30-16:45 Invited WS participants - short presentation
• Application of microbial and plant tests in preliminary evaluation of risk for PAHs contaminated area, Agnieszka Klimkowicz-Pawlas, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Department of Soil Science and Land Conservation, Pulawy, Poland
16:45-18:00 Round table discussion and conclusions
