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Scientific Programme
The Tenth Keele Meeting on Aluminium; 23-27 February 2013; England
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Saturday 23rd February 2013
17.00 | Registration and Poster Assembly |
19.30 |
Welcome to Meeting / Welcome Buffet |
Sunday 24th February 2013
The Conference is Open!
Session 1
*Denotes presentation by a student.
Chair: Tamas Kiss (Szeged University, Szeged, Hungary)
8.25 | Introduction by the Chair |
8.30 | Platform 1 Natural organic matter adsorption on a lateral AlOOH surface elucidated with ab initio molecular dynamics. Dominique Costa (ENSCP Chemie-Paristech, Paris, France) |
8.50 | Discussion |
9.00 | Oral Poster 1 Adsorption of inositol phosphate on gibbsite (γγ-Al(OH)3). Oleg Antzutkin (Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden) |
9.05 | Discussion |
9.10 | Platform 2 Interaction between Al3+ and 2,3-dihydroxyterephthallic acid as a model compound for Inogashira fulvic acid. Takushi Yokoyama (Kyushu University, Higachi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan) |
9.30 | Discussion |
9.40 | Oral Poster 2* Interaction between Al3+ and simple dicarboxylic acids at pH 3. Mayumi Etou (Kyushu University, Higachi-ku, Fukuoka,Japan) |
9.45 | Discussion |
9.50 | Platform 3 Detecting toxicant interactions in mixtures of toxicants. Special consideration of ionic toxicants. Thomas Kinraide (USDA, Beaver, West Virginia, USA) |
10.10 | Discussion |
10.20 | COFFEE |
10.40 | Platform 4 Computer-aided speciation of small aluminium silicate clusters in aqueous environments. Giorgio Lanzani (University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland) |
11.00 | Discussion |
11.10 | Oral Poster 3 Aluminium-silicon interactions in mild pH and ionic strength conditions Jaakko Rämö (University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland) |
11.15 | Discussion |
11.20 |
Oral Poster 4 |
11.25 | Discussion |
11.30 | Platform 5 Can Al3+ promote the Fenton reaction and oxidative stress? Xabier Lopez (Euskal Herriko University, Donostia, Basque Country) |
11.50 | Discussion |
12.00 | Oral Poster 5 Unveiling the coordination of aluminium to amyloid-ββ peptide with computational chemistry. Jon Mujika (Euskal Herriko University, Donostia, Basque Country) |
12.05 | Discussion |
12.10 | Platform 6 Hydroxypyrones, a fascinating family of chelating agents for Al(III). Guido Crisponi (Citadella University, Cagliari, Italy) |
12.30 | Discussion |
12.40 | Oral Poster 6 Complex formation equilibria of substituted phenols with Al3+ and Fe3+. Miriam Crespo-Alonso (Citadella University, Cagliari, Italy) |
12.45 | Discussion |
12.50 | Oral Poster 7* Complexation of Al(III) with hydroxypyridine(di)carboxylic acids as new possible chelating agents in neurodegenerative diseases. Éva Sija (University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary) |
12.55 | Discussion |
13.00 | LUNCH |
Session 2
*Denotes presentation by a student.
Chair: Lubos Boruvka (Czech University of Life Science, Czech Republic)
14.15 | Introduction by the Chair |
14.20 | Platform 7 Molecular mechanisms of crop adaptation to acid soils. Leon Kochian (USDA-ARS, Cornell University, New York, USA) |
14.40 | Discussion |
14.50 | Platform 8 Cellular distribution of aluminium and other elements in leaves of native plant species of Brazilian Cerrados. Leide de Andrade (Embrapa Cerrados, Planaltina, Brazil) |
15.10 | Discussion |
15.20 | Oral Poster 8* Effect of aluminium ions on hydrangea sepals and viburnum drupes. Blaine Groat (Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, USA) |
15.25 | Discussion |
15.30 | Oral Poster 9 Aluminium, iron and manganese, do they limit the determination of anionic substances by ion chromatography? Ond?ej Drábek (Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Replublic) |
15.35 | Discussion |
15.40 | Platform 9 Amelioration of iron toxicity, a mechanism for aluminium-induced growth stimulation in tea plants. Charlotte Poschenrieder (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain) |
16.00 | Discussion |
16.10 | TEA |
16.30 | Oral Poster 10 Long term changes in aluminium concentrations and fluxes in Czech streams recovering from acidification. Pavel Kram (Czech Geological Survey, Prague, Czech Republic) |
16.35 | Discussion |
16.40 | Platform 10 Effect of salicylic acid on the attenuation of aluminium toxicity in cell suspensions of Coffea arabica L. Teresa Hernández-Sotomayor (CICY, Mérida, México) |
17.00 | Discussion |
17.10 | Oral Poster 11 The role of diacylglycerol in aluminium toxicity in plants. P?emysl Pejchar (Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic) |
17.15 | Discussion |
17.20 | Platform 11 Aluminium-induced cell death involves both mitochondria and the vacuole in plant cells. Yoko Yamamoto (Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan) |
17.40 | Discussion |
17.50 | Oral Poster 12 Influence of Al3+on light-induced membrane potential changes in Nitellopsis optusa cells. Vilma Kisnierien÷ (Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania) |
17.55 | Discussion |
18.00 | Platform 12 Physiological and oxidative responses of two Avena sativa genotypes and Cucumis sativis seedlings to aluminium in nutrient solution. Maria Rosa Schetinger (Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil) |
18.20 | Discussion |
18.30 | Oral Poster 13* Differential speed of activation in antioxidant systems in three oat genotypes. Luciane Pereira (University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil) |
18.35 | Discussion |
18.40 | Oral Poster 14* The bioleaching of aluminium from solid aluminium oxide by a filamentous fungus. Ivana Pifkova (Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia) |
18.45 | Discussion |
18.50 | END OF FIRST DAY |
First Evening
20.15 | DINNER |
21.15 | POSTER SESSION AND WINE TASTING |
Monday 25th February 2013
Session 3
*Denotes presentation by a student.
Chair: Paula Goncalves (University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal)
8.25 | Introduction by the Chair |
8.30 | Platform 13* Comparative study on the binding of Al3+ and nano-Al13 with salmon sperm DNA and calf thymus DNA. Fei Ma (Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China) |
8.50 | Discussion |
9.00 | Oral Poster 15 Carbon nanomaterials as modified electrodes for the determination of trace aluminium (III) in biological fluids using 8-hydroxyquinone. Xiao Di Yang (Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China) |
9.05 | Discussion |
9.10 | Platform 14* Cholesterol effect on (Na+K+)ATPase inhibition by submillimolar aluminium. Madina Artykbayeva (University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal) |
9.30 | Discussion |
9.40 | Oral Poster 16 Acute and chronic neurotoxicity of aluminium oxide nanoparticles in mice. Qinli Zhang (Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China) |
9.45 | Discussion |
9.50 | Oral Poster 17 Aluminium and calcium homeostasis; influence of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) on intestinal absorption. Daniel Orihuela (Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Sante Fe, Argentina) |
9.55 | Discussion |
10.00 | COFFEE |
10.20 | Platform 15 Age dependence in the accumulation and elimination of aluminium in rats. Denise Bohrer (Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil) |
10.40 | Discussion |
10.50 | Platform 16 Effect of long term exposure to aluminium and a high fat diet on NTPDase and 5’-nucleotidase activities in lymphocytes and platelets of rats. Rosilene Kaizer (Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) |
11.10 | Discussion |
11.20 | Platform 17 No effect of long term low dosage of Al maltolate towards Th2 immune response in young rats. Guoo-Shyng Wang Hsu (Fu-Jen Catholic University,Taipei, Taiwan) |
11.40 | Discussion |
11.50 | Platform 18 Aluminiun adjuvant-induced mitochondrial alterations. Håkan Eriksson (Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden) |
12.10 | Discussion |
12.20 | Platform 19 Administration of aluminium in vaccine-relevant exposures in neonatal mice is associated with long term adverse neurological outcomes. Christopher Shaw (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada) |
12.40 | Discussion |
12.50 | Platform 20 Aluminium enhances inflammation and decreases mucosal healing in experimental colitis in mice. Mathilde Body-Malapel (University of Lille 2, Lille, France) |
13.10 | Discussion |
13.20 | LUNCH |
FREE AFTERNOON
20.00 | DINNER |
21.15 |
Film (English Language Premiere) Dirty Little Secret A Film by Bert Ehgartner |
Tuesday 26thFebruary 2013
Session 4
*Denotes presentation by a student
Chair: David Chettle (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada)
8.25 | Introduction by the Chair |
8.30 |
Platform 21 |
8.50 | Discussion |
9.00 | Oral Poster 18 Assessing inter-laboratory performance for serum Al in the New York State Proficiency Testing programme; implications for monitoring exposure to Al in parenteral nutrition patients. Pamela Kruger (New York State Department of Health, Albany, USA) |
9.05 | Discussion |
9.10 | Oral Poster 19* Hot watery infusion of Hibiscus sabdariffa petals, a potential source of aluminium in the human diet. Adéla Fra?ková (Czech University of the Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic) |
9.15 | Discussion |
9.20 | Oral Poster 20 A pilot study measuring aluminium in bone in Alzheimer’s and referent subjects;work in progress. David Chettle (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada) |
9.25 | Discussion |
9.30 | Platform 22 Absorption and metabolism of aluminium and its influence on gene expression to cause disease. Shunsuke Meshitsuka (Totorri University School of Medicine, Yonago, Japan) |
9.50 | Discussion |
10.00 | COFFEE |
10.20 | Platform 23 Effect of aluminium on migratory and invasive properties of human breast cancer cells in culture. Philippa Darbre (University of Reading, Reading, UK) |
10.40 | Discussion |
10.50 | Platform 24 Aluminium chloride transforms cultured mammary epithelial cells. Stefano Mandriota (University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland) |
11.10 | Discussion |
11.20 |
Platform 25 |
11.40 | Discussion |
11.50 | Oral Poster 21* Physico-chemical characterisation of clinically-approved and research aluminium-based adjuvants. Emma Shardlow (Keele University, Staffordshire, UK) |
11.55 | Discussion |
12.00 | Platform 26 Aluminium-hydroxide induced macrophagic myofasciitis (MMF); predictive scores and biomarkers. François-Jérôme Authier (Paris Est-Creteil University, France) |
12.20 | Discussion |
12.30 | Platform 27 Death following human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination; an auto-immune adjuvant-mediated adverse reaction? Lucija Tomljenovic (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada) |
12.50 | Discussion |
13.00 | LUNCH |
Session 5
*Denotes presentation by a student
Chair: Leon Kochian (USDA-ARS, Cornell University, New York, USA)
14.25 | Introduction by the Chair |
14.30 | Platform 27 Caspase-3 short hairpin RNA interference targeted to an Alzheimer’s disease animal model induced by aluminium blocks neural cell death and defects of learning and memory. Qiao Niu (Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China) |
14.50 | Discussion |
15.00 | Platform 28 Aluminium entry into the brain; studies in the cerebral vasculature and in human brain microvessel endothelial (hBMEC) cells. Walter Lukiw (Louisiana State University Health Sciences Centre, New Orleans, USA) |
15.20 | Discussion |
15.30 |
Oral Poster 22 |
15.35 | Discussion |
15.40 | Platform 30 Colocalisation of aluminium and iron in cell nuclei in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Sakae Yumoto (Yumoto Institute of Neurology, Tokyo, Japan) |
16.00 | Discussion |
16.10 | Platform 31 Aluminium, illicit drugs, neuropsychiatric impairment and disability; an evidence-based approach. Paolo Prolo (Swiss Disability Insurance, Bellinzona, Switzerland |
16.30 | Discussion |
16.40 | TEA |
Final Session
Chair: Chris Exley (Keele University, UK)
17.10 | Introduction by the chair to the JD Birchall Memorial Lecture |
17.20 |
The JD Birchall Memorial Lecture From the coordination chemistry to the biological chemistry Professor Tamas Kiss |
18.20 | Discussion |
18.30 | CONCLUSION OF MEETING |
20.00 | Conference Dinner |
List of Additional Posters
*Denotes presentation by a student.
Session 1
Session 2
Poster 1 |
Labile Al content or BC/Al ratio in soil: what controls tree seedlings growth? |
Poster 2 |
The influence of altitude on Al speciation in samples originating from beach and spruce forests. |
Poster 3 |
Salicylic acid is involved in the mechanism of response to aluminum toxicity in cell suspensions of Capsicum chinense Jacq. |
Poster 4* |
The combined effect of Aluminium and tritium on the plant cell membrane bioelectrical parameters. |
Poster 5 |
Physiological and oxidative stress responses to aluminium in three oat genotypes grown hydroponically. |
Poster 6* |
Localisation of callose in rice tissue using aniline blue staining and immunofluorescence. |
Session 3
Poster 1* |
Aluminium effect on Escherichia coligrowth and death |
Poster 2* |
Effects of aluminium maltolate ingestion on the immune response of SD neonates. |
Poster 3* |
Heme oxygenase-1 induction by ROS-JNK pathway plays a role in aluminium-induced anemia. |
Poster 4* |
Transcellular transport of alumina nanoparticles: A study on blood-brain barrier model in vitro. |
Poster 5* |
Effects on long-term potentiation and the expression of AMPA receptor subunits in rat exposed to aluminum in vivo. |
Session 4
Poster 1* |
In vivo neutron activation analysis of aluminium in bone: further refinements. |
Poster 2 |
Modelling absorption efficiency of elements via oral exposure in humans. |
Poster 3* |
Antiperspirants, aluminium salts and relationship with breast cancer. |
Poster 4 |
Selective elevation of circulating CCL2/MCP1 levels in patients with longstanding post-vaccinal macrophagic myofasciitis and ASIA. |
Poster 5 |
Tyrosine as a depot adjuvant for use in allergy-specific immunotherapy. |
Poster 6 |
Aluminium adjuvants potentiate the immune response via interaction with dendritic cells – but where does the aluminium go? |
Session 5
Poster 1* |
Cognitive disorders and tau-protein expression among retired smelting workers exposed to aluminium. |
Poster 2* |
Spectrometric methods to analyse and quantify the silicon content of mineral waters. |