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Table 1 Platform presentations given in one of the eight sessions during the 3rd YES Meeting (Krakow, Poland)

From: News from the SETAC Europe Student Advisory Council (April 2013) - the 3rd Young Environmental Scientists (YES) meeting at the Jagiellonian University, Poland

Session

Chairs

Authors

Presentation

Aquatic ecotoxicology

D. Englert, T. Floehr, V. Knežević, J. Zubrod

Schmidt et al., Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland

Evaluation of effects of the pharmaceuticals diclofenac and gemfibrozil on marine mussels (Mytilus spp.). Evidence for chronic sublethal effects on stress-response proteins

Englert et al., University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

Varying wastewater dilution in receiving streams - implications for stream ecosystem structure and function

Dimitrov et al., Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Effects of the fungicide tebuconazole on fungal and bacterial communities in the sediment of outdoor freshwater microcosms

Rico et al., Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Direct and indirect effects of the antibiotic enrofloxacin on tropical freshwater microcosms

Peric et al., University of Barcelona, Spain

Aquatic and cellular toxicity of ionic liquids and their potential biodegradability in water

Biermans et al., Belgian Centre for Nuclear Research, Belgium

Biological effects induced in Arabidopsis thaliana after aquatic exposure to radioactive contaminants

Knežević et al., University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Sensitivity and recovery potential of Lemna minor after exposure to herbicide mixtures

Wolf et al., Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

When predictions go wrong: mixture toxicity of a repellent and a pyrethroid on aquatic invertebrates

Tassou and Schulz, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

Environmentally-relevant tebufenozide concentrations affect reproduction in the freshwater midge Chironomus riparius in a chronic toxicity test

Di Paolo et al., Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology Eawag-EPFL, Switzerland

Can the sensitivity and predictive potential of zebrafish early life stage (ELS) tests be improved by additional endpoints and chemical analysis?

Vignet et al., IFREMER, France

Long-term effects of an early and continuous exposure to PAHs on zebrafish behavioral responses

Le Bihanic et al., University of Bordeaux, France

Comparative effects of three PAH fractions from light and heavy crude oils and from a PAH-contaminated sediment on Oryzias latipes Japanese medaka early life stages

Ecological risk assessment and remediation techniques

M. Melato and J. Zubrod

Nybom et al., University of Eastern Finland, Finland

Responses of Lumbriculus variegatus to activated carbon amendments

Bluhm et al., RWTH Aachen University

Potential biofuels in an ecotoxicological investigation

Diepens et al., Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Optimizing sediment conditions for macrophyte testing in the context of prospective risk assessment

Peters et al., University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

Effects of anthropogenic pollutants on ecosystem functions in freshwater bodies - a review

Effects and exposure modeling

Jevtić and E. Zimmer

Daniels et al., RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Comparison of mechanistic models and standardized regression analyses to describe toxic effects in ecotoxicology

Qiu et al., Leiden University, The Netherlands

Predicting copper toxicity in different ecotypes of earthworms based on biotic ligand model concept

Zimmer et al., Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Interaction between food and toxicant leads to hormesis in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis

Bui et al., RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Food dependent life cycle parameters of Nitocra spinipes - implications to extrapolate effects to population level

Environmental chemistry

M. Brinkmann and C. Schür

Poma et al., IRSA-CNR Water Research Institute, Italy

Novel brominated flame retardants (NBFRS) contamination in sediments from Lake Maggiore basin

Mueting and Lydy, Southern Illinois University, USA

Fate of a transgenic insecticidal protein, a pyrethroid insecticide, and neonicotinoid insecticides within a maize agricultural ecosystem

Schür et al., RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Kinetics for membrane dialysis extraction of pyrene, phenanthrene and chrysene from n-hexane and cow milk

Vierke et al., German Federal Environment Agency, Germany

Fate of short chain perfluorinated carboxylic and sulfonic acids in a water-saturated sediment column investigated under near-natural conditions

Ochiai et al., Ehime University, Japan

Transfer and distribution of hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls (OH-PCBs) in the brain of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides)

Kurtz et al., University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

Effects of olive oil production wastewater on soil arthropods in two different cultivation scenarios in Israel and Palestine

Cesar et al., Fluminense Federal University Niterói, Brazil

Distribution of mercury, copper and zinc in soils and fluvial sediments from an abandoned gold mining area in southern Minas Gerais state, Brazil

Torres, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland

Simplify your sediment pore water analysis

Life Cycle Assessment

Due to withdrawals included in terrestrial ecotoxicology session

Rieckhof and Günther, TU Dresden, Germany

Carbon footprint for the joint production of a wood-based product and its by-product - a case study

Nanoparticles

D. Kaiser and M. Weil

Stevenson et al., Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, USA

The effect of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on freshwater organisms

Ribas et al., Federal University of Paraná, Brazil

Toxic effects of lead and nanoparticles mixed in anterior kidney cell cultures from freshwater fish

Seitz et al., University of Koblenz-Landau

Product and size specific ecotoxicity of titanium dioxide nanoparticles to Daphnia magna

Ramskov et al., Roskilde University, Denmark

Nanoparticle shape affects bioaccumulation and toxicity in a deposit-feeding snail

Walter et al., ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH, Germany

Acute and chronic effects of magnetite-based nanocomposites on invertebrates (Hyalella azteca and Chironomus riparius) and zebrafish embryos (Danio rerio)

Burkart et al., TU Dresden, Germany

A novel method for the determination of effects of nanomaterials on organisms related to wastewater treatment plants

Waalewijn-Kool et al., VU University, The Netherlands

The effect of pH on the toxicity of ZnO nanoparticles to Folsomia candida in amended field soil

Sovová et al., Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic

Natural and artificial organic substances alter algal toxicity of nano CeO2

Omics and biomarkers

M. Brinkmann and E. Brockmeier

Brockmeier et al., University of Florida, USA

Evaluating the impacts of androgen exposure on eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) global hepatic gene expression patterns using a custom microarray

Rock et al., Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany

Catecholamines and other biomarkers in stressed and non-stressed amphipods

Ogunkeyede et al., University of Nottingham, UK

The characterisation of crude oil and oil contaminated soil from the Niger Delta by catalytic hydropyrolysis

Mikowska and Świergosz-Kowalewska, Jagiellonian University, Poland

Molecular biomarkers as indicators of bank vole populations' response to metal pollution

Terrestrial ecotoxicology

H. Azarbard and D. Chmolowska

Musso et al., University of Aveiro, Portugal

Invasive vs. native grasses in Cerrado (Brazilian savanna): physiological and morphological responses to a mosaic of environmental conditions

Pariyar and Burkhardt, University of Bonn, Germany

Effects of aerosol particles on crop plants

Srećkovićet al., University of Novi Sad

Extremely low frequency (50 Hz) electromagnetic field exposure alters nutritive stress response in Eisenia fetida (Lumbricidae)