SASUF Satellite Events 2024

One Health and chemical safety goals for human and environmental health

OVERVIEW

The satellite aims to explore the alignment of One Health and chemical safety goals for human and environmental health. This satellite at LiU will delve into the complex relationship between environmental exposures and health outcomes.
We will discuss the pressing need to address challenges from exposure to emergent chemicals and chemical mixtures and the uncertain health implications. The meeting will emphasize elucidating various stakeholders' expectations and needs within the interdisciplinary collaboration.
Medical researchers dealing with the outcomes of noncommunicable diseases aim to glean insights from toxicologists regarding the intricate interactions between chemicals and proteins, seeking a deeper understanding of functional impairment to predict the impact on the development of human diseases. Simultaneously, chemists can offer a comprehensive view of our exposome and together with cell and molecular biologists comprehend the cellular mechanisms affected by environmental exposures, bridging the gap between chemical composition and biological response. Ecologists, in their quest for a comprehensive understanding of ecosystem health, turn to system biologists to unravel the intricate web of interactions between organisms and their environment.
The satellite recognizes the pivotal role of such collaborations in enhancing our ability to detect and respond to the impacts of the three planetary crises, pollution, climate change, and loss of biodiversity on human health and ecosystem services.

Satellite LiU : SASUF 24. One Health and chemical safety goals for human and environmental health

Satellite Programme:

Day: Tuesday 14th May at Linköping University, Sweden

Place: LIU Medical Faculty. Room: Hugo Theorell, building 440, Campus US, Linköping

If you join in Zoom:  
https://liu-se.zoom.us/j/69428802084?pwd=SkNJaFFrNmJpeWlZR2lKSUZob1JPdz09

Meeting ID: 694 2880 2084        Passcode: 235485

SESSION 1: From Chemistry, digging in the complexity of the exposome.

Chair: Susana Cristobal

13:30 – 13:50          Meeting together and informal talk

13:50 – 14:00          Wellcome to the SASUF 24-Satellite event at LiU

14:00 – 14:20          Polychlorinated alkenes (PCAs) – an overlooked group of ubiquitous environmental contaminant.

                                      Ass.Prof. Thanh Wang. Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Sweden

14:20 - 14:40          Contaminated groundwater: Bioremediation strategies and the indigenous microbial communities.

                                      Dr. Abidemi Oluranti Ojo. Centre for Applied Food Sustainability and Biotechnology (CAFSaB), Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa

14:40- 15:00           Sea spray aerosol as a source of perfluoroalkyl acids to the atmosphere: controlled experiments, field evidence and transport modelling.

                                      Dr. Jana Johansson. Department of Thematic Studies – Environmental Change. Linköping University, Sweden.

15:00- 15:30           Coffee Break

 

SESSION 2 : From the Molecular Cell Biology and Bioinformatics, predicting the impact of environmental exposures

Chair: Abidemi Oluranti Ojo

15:30 -15:50           Chemicals interacting with biomolecules in our cells, from protein targets to the predicting  of the impact on human and environmental health.

                                      Prof. Susana Cristobal. Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Medical Faculty, Linköping University, Sweden.

15:50 – 16:05          Cheminformatics bioprospection of phenolics as quorum sensing modulators of AbaR of Acinetobacter baumannii

                                       S’thebe W. Nosipho . Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa.

16:05 -16:20           Cheminformatics identification of Modulators of LasR quorum sensing system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from selected South African essential oils.

                                      Dweba Yamkela, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa.

16:20-16:40            Title to confirm

                                      Prof. Saheed Sabiu, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa

 

16:40- 17:00           Pannel discussion.

Dinner will be arranged by organizers for those staying at Linköping

Local organizer:

Prof. Susana Cristobal . Department of Biomedical  and Clinical Science ( BKV), Medical Faculty, Linköping University , Sweden.

Assoc. Prof.  Thang Wang, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM) & Department of Thematic Studies Environmental Change (TemaM), Linköping University, Sweden.

Asst. Prof. Helen Karlsson. Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV), Linköping University, Sweden.