Environmental Fate of Transgenic Insecticidal Proteins from Genetically-modified Crops: The Metamorphosis of Ecotoxicology

Tuesday, November 18, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room D6, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Kelsey R Prihoda
Keri L.D. Henderson
Joel Coats
Moderators:
Joel Coats
Kelsey R Prihoda
Keri L.D. Henderson
1:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
1:35 PM
Introductory Remarks
2:05 PM
The importance of soil protein fate to PIP crop registration
Annabel Waggoner, US Environmental Protection Agency; Zigfridas Vaituzis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; John L. Kough, US Environmental Protection Agency; John A. Glaser, US Environmental Protection Agency
2:25 PM
Experimental approaches for determining environmental fate of transgenic plant proteins
Jeffrey D. Wolt, Iowa State University; Huong Thi Lan Tran, Iowa State University; Ali M. Tabatabai, Iowa State University; Taner Z. Sen, Iowa State University
3:05 PM
Analytical challenges facing the quantification of transgenic proteins in environmental matrices
Kelsey R Prihoda, Pioneer Hi-Bred International; Marc S. Harper, Pioneer Hi-Bred International; Bryan W. Clark, Duke University; Joel Coats, Iowa State University; Keri L.D. Henderson, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc; Raymond J. Layton, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
3:25 PM
Break
3:40 PM
Monitoring of Bt proteins in soil using biomimetic extraction technology
Guomin Shan, Dow AgroSciences LLC; Rod A. Herman, Dow AgroSciences; Shawna K. Embrey, Dow AgroSciences LLC; Don Tyler, Dow AgroSciences LLC; Valerie A. Korjagin, Dow AgroSciences LLC
4:40 PM
The influence of genetically modified herbicide resistant cropping systems on the soil ecosystem
Kari E. Dunfield, University of Guelph; David J. Levy-Booth, University of Guelph; Jeff R. Powell, University of Guelph; Rachel G. Campbell, University of Guelph; Miranda M. Hart, University of Guelph; Robert H. Gulden, University of Guelph; John N. Klironomos, University of Guelph; Peter Pauls, University of Guelph; Jack T. Trevors, University of Guelph; Clarence J. Swanton, University of Guelph
5:00 PM
Putting it in perspective:  A weight of evidence approach to transgenic protein exposure characterization
Keri L.D. Henderson, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc; Laura Higgins, DuPont Pioneer; Marc S. Harper, Pioneer Hi-Bred International; Kelsey R Prihoda, Pioneer Hi-Bred International; Raymond J. Layton, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
5:20 PM
Concluding Remarks
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