1. International Symposium on Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms
Registration fees
Venue
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.
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
Contact : Mrs N. Lavaud
Tel: Fax:
Conference Venue:
Palais des Congrès de Bordeaux
Boulevard Jean Gabriel Doumergue Bordeaux.
Contact : Mrs C. Beharitch-Leal
Tel: Fax:
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: Fax:
Before April 1
After April 1
Full participant
500€
650€
Graduate student
300€
350€
Accompanying person (social events included)
150€
200€
Short courses half- a-day (material and coffee breaks included)
100€
Guided Wine tour & Symposium Dinner
40€
80€
Organised by
University of Le Havre,
University of Bordeaux
and CNRS
Material Exhibition
Conference contact
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: Fax :
C. Minier, LEMA, Université du Havre.
25, rue Philippe Lebon - BP LE HAVRE Cedex.
Tel: Fax:
 P. Garrigues, ISM Université Bordeaux 1
351 Cours de la Libération Talence Cedex.
Tel: Fax:
website:
Bordeaux, May
Bordeaux Congress Centre

2. International Scientific Committee
About the Conference
International Scientific Committee
Scientific Programme
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.
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.
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
Short courses
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:
Submission of abstracts
To submit an abstract please post through direct on-line submission at
before 23th January 2009.
Local Organizing
Committee
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