ISTERH-16 Call for Symposium Proposals

Due Date: September 30, 2025

Proposals will be reviewed by the ISTERH Scientific Program Committee and decisions communicated by November 30, 2025.

Please send your proposals and/or questions to Jennifer Freeman, Chair ISTERH-16 Scientific Program Committee and ISTERH President (2024-2026), at jfreema@purdue.edu with the subject line ‘ISTERH-16 Proposal’.

ISTERH-16 welcomes proposals for symposia addressing a broad range of scientific topics including but not limited to:

• Transport and metabolism of trace elements
• Trace element nutritional health considerations in children
• Epidemiological approaches for studying metal-induced toxicities
• Mitochondrial mechanisms of metal toxicity
• Metal toxicity and neurological disease outcomes
• Mechanisms of metal carcinogenesis
• Advances in bioinformatic or A.I. approaches for mechanistic understanding of trace element health effects
• Epigenetic modification as a transgenerational mechanism in metal toxicity
• Advancing risk assessment using new approach models or technology in elemental analysis
• Mechanisms by which endocrine disruption causes metal toxicity
• Trace elements in One Health approaches
• Environmental biomonitoring of trace elements
• …your symposium idea……
  
  

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Submission Guidelines

In your proposal, please indicate whether you prefer a 60- or 90-minute time slot (4 to 6 talks per session, respectively). Chairs and speakers of selected symposia will receive 20% and 15% discounts, respectively, in registration fees for this conference. This discount will be reimbursed through ISTERH.

Please submit your proposal that consists of the following (example is located at link on bottom of page):

1. Your symposium title
2. A short abstract summarizing the overall topic and goals for the symposium (~200 words)
3. Titles for each talk
4. Speaker information for each talk (with email address)
5. A short description of each presentation (~100 words each)