ILS Scientists Presenting at 2021 SOT Annual Meeting & ToxExpo Virtual Event

The 60th Annual SOT meeting will take place virtually March 12-26, 2021. Visit our booth in the #ToxExpo Exhibit Hall to learn more about our services and meet members of the ILS team.


The Virtual 2021 SOT meeting will feature plenary speakers, panel discussions, oral and poster presentations drawn from submitted abstracts, as well as opportunities for early-career scientists through continuing education sessions.  Below is a full list of ILS scientists scheduled to present during this year’s virtual conference.

Monday, March 15th
Senior Computational Toxicologist, Xiaoqing Chang, PhD (NICEATM Support Contract)
Presenting Abstract: #1033: “Toxicokinetic Models for QIVIVE and Consideration of Uncertainty”
Workshop Session: A Future Framework for Application of In Vitro Metabolism and QIVIVE Models to Inform Risk Assessment
11:15am to 2:00pm EDT

Tuesday, March 16th
Senior Epidemiologist, Whitney Arroyave, PhD
Featured Poster: POS 110 – Carcinogenicity “Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Breast Cancer Incidence: Evaluating the State-of-the-Science”
Virtual Poster Hall
11:15am to 1:00pm EDT

Wednesday, March 17th
Senior Toxicologist, Agnes Karmaus, PhD
Platform Presentation, “Modeling steroidogenesis disruption: leveraging high-throughput in vitro screening data to predict mode of action and pathway-level perturbations”
Chairing Symposium Session: “The Power of Integrating Computational Toxicology with Multiparametric In Vitro Assay Systems”

Thursday, March 18th
Principal Toxicologist, Judy Strickland, PhD, DABT (NICEATM Support Contract)
Presenting Poster Abstract 2341/Board P217: “International Regulatory Needs for Acute Toxicity Data”
Regulation/Policy Poster Session
1:00pm-2:45pm EDT

ILS Principal Toxicologist, Jonathan Hamm, PhD (NICEATM Support Contract)
Presenting Poster Abstract 2345/Board P221: “Performance of the GHS Mixtures Equation for Predicting Acute Oral Toxicity”
Regulation/Policy Poster Session
1:00pm-2:45pm EDT

Senior Data Scientist, Patricia Ceger, MS, DABT (NICEATM Support Contract)
Presenting Poster Abstract 2324/Board P200: “Retrospective Evaluation of the Acute Fish Toxicity Test for Pesticide Registration”
Ecotoxicology Poster Session
1:00pm-2:45pm EDT

Friday March 19th
Associate Study Director, AtLee Watson, PhD
Chairing the CE Course “Development, Toxicology, and Pathology of the Female Reproductive Tract: Interpretations of Findings from the Pathologist and Regulatory Perspectives”
Continuing Education Course: CE07
11:00 AM–2:45 PM EDT

Principal Data Scientist, Shannon Bell, PhD
Presenting in the CE course “Rapid Chemical Assessment Using Open Computational Methods”
Continuing Education Course: CE10
11:00 AM–2:45 PM EDT

Principal Toxicologist, Neepa Choksi, PhD
Presenting in the CE course “Rapid Chemical Assessment Using Open Computational Methods”
Continuing Education Course: CE10
11:00 AM–2:45 PM EDT

Monday, March 22nd
Senior Data Analyst, Jaleh Abedini, PhD (NICEATM Support Contract)
Presenting Poster Abstract 2542/Board P280: “NICEATM Computational Tools and Resources Supporting Alternative Test Method Development and Evaluation”
Computational Toxicology l Poster Session
1:00pm-2:45pm EDT

Data Scientist I, Bethany Cook, MS (NICEATM Support Contract)
Presenting Abstract 2541/Board P279: “Providing Context for Chemical Effects through Bioactivity and Consumer Use”
Computational Toxicology l Poster Session
1:00pm-2:45pm EDT

Tuesday, March 23nd
Principal Data Manager, Amber Daniel, MTox
Presenting “Updates to the Integrated Chemical Environment: Expanding Tools and Data to Support Toxicity Assessments”
Platform Sessison: Biological Models for In Vitro-In Vivo Extrapolation
2:45pm to 4:00pm EDT

ILS President, Dave Allen, PhD (NICEATM Support Contract)
Presenting Poster Abstract 2757/Board P223: “Retrospective Analysis of Dermal Absorption Triple Pack Data”
Alternatives to Mammalian Models I Poster Session
1:00pm-2:45pm EDT

Senior Toxicologist, John Rooney, PhD (NICEATM Support Contract)
Presenting Abstract 2760/Board P226: “Variability in the Rabbit Skin Irritation Assay”
Alternatives to Mammalian Models I Poster Session
1:00pm-2:45pm EDT

Research Associate II, Lincoln Martin, MS
Presenting Poster Abstract 2822/Board P288: “Next Generation Genotoxicity Assessment in Human Hepatocyte Models: CometChip® and Micronucleus Assay in Metabolically Competent HepaRG™ Cells”
DNA Damage and Repair Poster Session
1:00pm-2:45pm EDT

Senior Computational Toxicologist, David Hines, PhD
Presenting Poster Abstract 2799/ P265: “Application of Open-Source PBPK Models in Rat-to-Human Pharmacokinetic Extrapolation of Oral Nicotine Exposures”
Computational Toxicology II Poster Session
1:00pm-2:45pm EDT

Wednesday, March 24th
Senior Toxicologist, Agnes Karmaus, PhD
Presenting Poster (2976/P114), “Integrating Cytotoxicity Profiling into the H295R Steroidogenesis Assay”
Alternatives to Mammalian Models II Poster Session
11:15am-1:00pm EDT

Friday, March 26th
Senior Toxicologist, Agnes Karmaus, PhD
Presenting the CE course “Understanding Tox21/ToxCast High-Throughput Screening Data and Application to Modeling”
Continuing Education Course: CE14
11:00 AM–2:45 PM EDT