PROGRAM



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Sunday, 9.6.2013 --Arrival, registration and poster exposition

Monday, 10.6.2013
Morning: Outline of Course Syllabus & Introduction to Aquatic Toxicology (1 hour)
      Major Classes of toxic chemicals (2 hours)
Afternoon: Toxic agents and their effects (3 hours)

Tuesday, 11.6.2013
Morning: Sources and Routes by Which Pollutants Enter the Aquatic Ecosystems (2 hours)
Afternoon: Methods for the identification,quantification and speciation of inorganic and organic pollutants (2 hours)
       Methods for the identification,quantification and speciation of? toxins (1 hour)

Wednesday, 12.6.2013
Morning: Toxicity testing: interpretation of toxicity data and dose-response curves (2 hours)
Afternoon: Chronic versus acute test and in vivo versus in vitro: ISO standard tests (2 hours)

Thursday, 13.6.2013
Morning: Exposure pathways for aquatic organisms: bioaccumulation and bioavailability (3 hours)
Afternoon: Behavioral and Physiological responses to toxicants (2 hours)
       Chemical and biological parameterswithin Water Frame directive (1 hour)

Friday, 14.6.2013 --Thematic workshop on toxicology related topics (nano-, eco-)

Saturday, 15.6.2013 --Thematic workshop on toxicology related topics (nano-, eco-)

Monday, 17.6.2013
Morning: Physiological stress and adaptations of aquatic organisms(1 hour)
      Biochemical and Molecular responses to toxicants (1 hour)
      + 1 hour of discussion
Afternoon: In Situ biomonitoring systems for water quality assessment (2 hours)

Tuesday, 18.6.2013
Morning: Case Studies in Toxicology; Molecular mechanisms of interaction of inorganic and organic chemicals (3 hours)
Afternoon:Student's seminar presentations and discussion (4 hours)

Wednesday, 19.6.2013
Field experiments (6 hours)

Thursday, 20.6.2013
Morning: Case Studies in Toxicology: Adalberto Luis Val: Metals, organic pollutants and fish; Climate changes, hypoxia and fish of the Amazon (2 hours)
      + 1 hour of discussion

Friday, 21.6.2013 -- Lab activities (4 hours)

Saturday, 22.6.2013 --Exam; Concluding remarks and departure