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15th International Symposium on
Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms
(PRIMO15)
Bordeaux, chief town of Aquitaine, has an
important inheritage left by the 18th century
which was the golden age for the city. In
Bordeaux, gastronomy, wines and the art of living
are held of the pride of place. The numerous
restaurants offer extremely diversified range of
top quality regional and international cuisine.
Its vineyards cover a wide range diversity of
appellations (Saint Emilion, Médoc, Graves,
Sauternes) and multiplicity of Chateaux where
famous wines are produced. http//www.bordeaux-tou
risme.com
The registration fees include attendance to all
platform sessions, abstract book/CD, special
issue of Marine Environmental Research, coffee
breaks (x6), lunches (x3), Wine and Cheese Party,
Town Hall reception and bus transportation. The
guided Tour in a Wine Chateau and the Symposium
dinner require on site confirmed registration.
Registration on primo15.ism.u-bordeaux1.fr Con
tact Mrs N. Lavaud Tel [phone].
Fax [phone] e-mail
n.lavaud_at_bordeaux-expo.com
Conference Venue Palais des Congrès de
Bordeaux Boulevard Jean Gabriel Doumergue 33000
Bordeaux. Contact Mrs C. Beharitch-Leal Tel
33 5 56 11 88 78 Fax [phone]
22 email c.bearic_at_bordeaux-expo.com The
Bordeaux Congress hall is located 15km from
Mérignac International Airport ( direct highway),
10 km from the Railway Station and 5 km from City
Downtown ( easy access by tramway and bus
facilities) Hotel Registration A large range
of hotels from 1 star (50 ) to 4 stars (200 )
are available in a walking distance from the
Congress Centre and also in Bordeaux
Downtown. Direct on-line registration on the
site Contact Mrs N. Lavaud Tel [phone]
85 21. Fax [phone]. email
n.lavaud_at_bordeaux-expo.com
Organised by University of Le Havre, University
of Bordeaux and CNRS
http//primo15.ism.u-bordeaux1.fr
Located in the heart of the Conference Hall, an
exhibition will allow consultants, industrial
companies, service suppliers, equipment
manufacturers and publishers to present
activities, equipment and know-how. Contact
Mrs C. Beharitch-Leal Tel [phone].
Fax [phone] e-mail
c.bearic_at_bordeaux-expo.com.
C. Minier, LEMA, Université du Havre. 25, rue
Philippe Lebon - BP 540 76058 LE HAVRE Cedex.
Tel [phone]. Fax
33 2 32 74 43 14.  P. Garrigues, ISM Université
Bordeaux 1 351 Cours de la Libération 33405
Talence Cedex. Tel[phone].
Fax [phone]. e-mail
primo15_at_ism.u-bordeaux1.fr website
http//primo15.ism.u-bordeaux1.fr
Bordeaux, May 17 - 20 2009
Bordeaux Congress Centre
http//www.bordeaux-expo.com
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International Scientific Committee

• The Conference will include parallel sessions of
  oral and poster presentations. A non-exhaustive
  list of major topics proposed for communications
  is given below
• Emerging compounds
• Mechanisms of Toxicity
• Genotoxicology/ carcinogenicity
• Omics
• Ecotoxicology in specific environments
• Endocrine disruption
• Effects on reproduction and development
• Ecological relevance and Multi- stress
• Freshwater studies are welcome.
• 4 Special PRIMO awards will be attributed to
  young scientists presenting oral and poster
  communications.

The PRIMO 15 Conference will be held in the
Bordeaux Congress Centre. PRIMO meetings take
place on a biennial basis alternatively in Europe
or on the American Continent. This is the first
time that it will be held in France. The aim of
this conference is to bring together scientists
from academia, private and governmental
institutes to deal with integrated approaches in
all the aspects of aquatic toxicology both marine
and freshwater from molecular to ecosystem level.
Farida Akcha, France  Afonso Bainy,
Brazil Rebecca van Beneden, ME, USA Maria João
Bebianno, Portugal Miren P. Cajaraville,
Spain Lionel Camus, Norway Kevin Chipman, United
Kingdom Malin Celander, Sweden David Epel, CA,
USA Lars Förlin, Sweden Stephen George, United
Kingdom Anders Goksøyr, Norway Ketil Hylland,
Norway Tom Hutchinson, United Kingdom Margaret O.
James, FL, USA Angela Köhler, Germany Mike Moore,
United Kingdom Cinta Porte, Spain Francesco
Regoli, Italy Amy H. Ringwood, NC, USA Daniel
Schlenk, CA, USA John Stegeman, MA, USA Peter
Thomas, TX, USA Aldo Viarengo, Italy John
Widdows, United Kingdom
A selection of short courses will be offered
prior to the Conference on Sunday May 17. They
will cover significant advances in aquatic
toxicology new compounds of interest,
bioanalytical strategies, toxicity mechanisms.
Update information at http//primo15.ism.u-bord
eaux1.fr
To submit an abstract please post through direct
on-line submission at http//primo15.ism.u-bordea
ux1.fr before 23th January 2009.
Co-chairmen C. Minier Université du Havre and
P. Garrigues, Université de Bordeaux Université
du Havre Joëlle Forget-Leray,François
Leboulenger, Julie Letendre, Perrine
Geraudie-Maltret. Université de Bordeaux
Magalie Baudrimont, Jean-Paul Bourdinaud, Jérome
Cachot, Xavier de Montaudouin, Bénédicte Morin.

• Call for papers deadline
• February 1rst 2009
• Abstract acceptance notification
• February 15th 2009
• Conference pre-registration deadline
• April 1rst 2009