The UKEMS 2025 conference will be held in the historic city of York. This amazing walled city is home to York Minster Cathedral. The city walls form a walkway on both sides of the River Ouse.
The meeting will be hosted at the Ron Cooke Hub, pictured below.
| Sun 6 July | |||
| 12.00 – 18.30 | Registration and exhibition set-up | ||
| 13.15 – 16.45 NUKEMS Session 15.15 – 16.45 Dr Eleanor Wilde Memorial Award Session | 13.15 – Light lunch for New Investigators | ||
| 13.50 – Welcome | Danielle Harte | GSK | |
| 14.00 – York Toastmasters Workshop: Levelling up your presentations (New Investigators only) | Gillian Caldicott | York Toastmasters | |
| 15.00 – Break | |||
| 15.15 – Evaluating the impact of material characteristics on acellular reactivity and genotoxicity for 13 forms of Tio2 | Angela Saccardo | Swansea University | |
| 15.30 – Scoring automation of the in vitro mammalian hprt assay using machine learning image | Isabella Stephens | GSK | |
| 15.45 – An inter-laboratory assessment of nitrosamines using the enhanced Ames test and benchmark dose modelling | Ruby Buckley | GSK | |
| 16.00 – Investigating Genotoxic Effects of Dietary Carcinogens via Acute and Chronic Exposure in Gastrointestinal and Hepatic cell Models | Deniz Akin | Swansea University | |
| 16.15 – A Computational Approach to Repurposing Drugs for the Therapeutic Prevention of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma | Catherine Shelton | University of Leicester | |
| 16.30 – Placental transcriptome analysis on the AMPK signalling pathway in association with gestational exposure to ambient air pollution | Joline Millen | Hasselt University | |
| 16.45 – NUKEMS Session Close | |||
| 14.00 – 16.00 | UKEMS Committee Meeting (Committee only) | ||
| 17.00 – 17.15 | Welcome from the UKEMS President | Mike Routledge | University of Leicester |
| 17.15 – 1800 | Keynote Speaker: 2025 Jim Parry Award Lecture Beyond the Microscope: A (Genetic)Toxicologist’s 40 Year Journey from Bench Research to Regulatory Impact | Anthony Lynch | GSK |
| 18.30 | Two-course meal and drinks reception & NUKEMS quiz | ||
| Mon 7 July | |||
| 08.30 – 18.30 | Registration | ||
| 09.00 – 10.00 | Keynote Speaker: Artificial intelligence in the toxicology field | Thomas Hartung | Johns Hopkins University |
| 10.00 – 12.30 IGG Session Chair: Amy Wilson | 10.00 – 2024 Richard Williams Award Lecture: Investigating chemical genotoxicity in multiple cell culture models for quantitative Adverse Outcome Pathway (qAOP) development | Caitlin Maggs | Swansea University |
| 10.20 – Titanium Dioxide Introduction and Current Status | Paul Fowler | FSTox Consulting | |
| 10.40 – Fate and Cell Targeting Behaviour of Food-Additive Titanium Dioxide In Vivo | John Wills | University of Cambridge / GSK | |
| 11.00 – Coffee Break | |||
| 11.30 – The Nitrosamines Saga Continued | Graham Smith | AstraZeneca | |
| 11.55 – Navigating the maze: Choosing effective strategies for determining nitrosamine AI limits | David Ponting | Lhasa | |
| 12.20 – Industrial Genotoxicity Group Technical Award Winner: Refining DNA Extraction via Monarch® High Molecular Weight DNA Extraction Kit | Susie Cooper | LabCorp | |
| 12.30 – 13.30 | Lunch | ||
| 13.30 – 14.30 | UKEMS AGM | ||
| 14.30 – 16.30 Early Career Scientist Session Chairs: Danielle Harte & Deniz Akin | 14.30 – Dr Eleanor Wilde Memorial Award – 2024 Winner: The utilisation of NAMs for the next generation of hazard- and risk assessment for PFAS | Mike Burgum | Swansea University |
| 14.45 – Benchmark Dose Modelling of Transgenic Rodent Data to Evaluate ‘Less than Lifetime’ Relationships for Mutagenic Potency | Max Selby | GSK | |
| 15.00 – Coffee Break | |||
| 15.30 – Comparison between oesophageal epithelial cell micronucleus (MN) formation and presence of MN in lymphocytes: the mechanistic role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) | Kate Hurlow | Swansea University | |
| 15.45 – Optical Genome Mapping (OGM): an innovative technique for Genetic Toxicology assessment | Farah Dahalan | AstraZeneca | |
| 16.00 – A Computational Approach to Repurposing Drugs for the Therapeutic Prevention of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma | Catherine Shelton | University of Leicester | |
| 16.30 – 18.00 | Poster Session & Drinks Reception | ||
| Tue 8 July | |||
| 08.30 – 16.00 | Registration | ||
| 09.00 – 11.30 MEG Session Chair: Hannah Elliot | 09.00 – Methylation signatures of e-cigarette use and causal inference in smoking-related health outcomes | Jasmine Khouja | University of Bristol |
| 09.30 – Ring chromosomes, their implications in genotoxicity and clinical phenotype | Ruth Morse | UWE | |
| 10.00 – TERT gene expression as an important player between the prenatal environment and childhood attention | Anna Soerensen | Hasselt University | |
| 10.30 – Coffee Break | |||
| 11.00 – Air Pollution and Genome Health: A Scoping Review of DNA Damage and Telomere Shortening Across in-vivo and in-vitro studies | Emanuela Volpi | University of Westminster | |
| 11.30 – 12.00 | Mutagenesis Paper of the Year Award Lecture 2025: Ames test study designs for nitrosamine mutagenicity testing: qualitative and quantitative analysis of key assay parameters | Dean Thomas | GSK |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Mutagenesis Paper of the Year Award Lecture 2024: Ex vivo explant model of adenoma and colorectal cancer to explore mechanisms of action and patient response to cancer prevention therapies | Sam Khan | University of Leicester |
| 12.30 – 13.30 | Lunch | ||
| 13.30 – 16.00 NGS Session Chair: Anthony Lynch | 13.30 – Mutation burden assessment in in vitro genetic toxicology assays using error-corrected sequencing | Anne Ashford | AstraZeneca |
| 14.00 – Harnessing the power of an advanced in vitro 3D liver model and error corrected duplex sequencing for the detection of mutational signatures | Gill Conway | Swansea University | |
| 14.30 – Re-evaluating Acceptable Intake: A Comparative Study of N-Nitrosomorpholine and N-Nitroso Reboxetine Potency | Shaofei Zhang | Pfizer, USA | |
| 15.00 – Coffee Break | |||
| 15.30 – Error-corrected sequencing and the path to regulatory acceptance | Anthony Lynch | GSK | |
| 18.30 – 23.00 | Gala Dinner – The Guildhall, York | ||
| Wed 9 July | |||
| 09.30 – 13.15 | Registration | ||
| 10.00 – 13.00 Environmental pollutants Chairs: Fiona Chapman & Kate Chapman | 10.00 – Better in vitro dosing strategies: Bisphenols as a case study for testing plastic-binding substances | Inger Brandsma | Toxys |
| 10.25 – Development of the in vitro micronucleus test in human-derived 3D EpiAirway tissues for exposure to aerosols from cigarettes, HTPs and ENDS | Ian Crooks | BAT | |
| 10.50 – Prenatal air pollution stress and newborn telomere length: Does vitamin K have a protective effect? | Charalampia Ioannou | Hasselt University | |
| 11.15 – Coffee Break | |||
| 11.45 – Environmentally relevant hydrogen peroxide exposure from sea lice treatments used in aquaculture cause DNA damage in sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) embryos | Fengjia Liu | Swansea University | |
| 12.10 – Towards sustainable solutions: Harnessing toxic environment potential for novel enzyme production; a case study of Niger Delta marine sponge bacterial symbionts | Praise Nnaji | UWE | |
| 12.35 – The environmental impact of tritium | Awadhesh Jha | University of Plymouth | |
| 13.00 – 13.15 | Closing Remarks, UKEMS President | Ann Doherty | AstraZeneca |
The New Investigator NUKEMS Sunday session details can be found below (Sponsored by Gentronix):
Click here to Register
Registration prices are listed below. The late breaking abstract deadline is 30th May.
Register to be a UKEMS Member and save here.
Book accommodation on campus at the University of York (West Campus) when you register:
Double Room, single guest: £70
Your room will be shown on your invoice.
Email for assistance: ukems@affinityevents.co.uk
| Early Bird | Standard | Late | |
| Deadline | Fri 21 March | Sat 14 June | From Sun 15 June |
| Member | £335 | £375 | £415 |
| Non-Member | £570 | £610 | £650 |
| PhD Student | £260 | £270 | £285 |
| Invited speaker | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Exhibitor | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Bursary | £0 | £0 | £0 |
We need your abstract!
Submission deadline: Late breaking abstract deadline – 30th May 2025
Title: Up to 25 words
Word count: up to 300 words
Register for the meeting first, then submit your abstract by the deadline.
You can register and submit an abstract via the link at the top of the page under the ‘Register’ tab.
The Venue for our meeting is the University of York.
There is free Wi-Fi throughout the whole campus.
The University is just a 30 minute walk from the city centre.
There is free bus travel across campus and great links to the city. See the link here for travel details.
The University of York does have a car park but encourages the use of public transport where possible. A parking permit is required for onsite parking. See more details here
Whilst at the conference we encourage you to explore the city and take advantage of the many interesting activities York has to offer, including understanding Roman York and The Viking remains of JORVIK. York has more attractions per quare mile than any other city in the UK, be sure to explore one of them!
The Gala Dinner will be held in the Guildhall, pictured below.
Sponsorship
Sponsoring the UKEMS Annual Meeting is an excellent opportunity to engage with members of the UK environmental mutagen research community. The society offers a variety of flexible options for sponsorship.
If you are interested in Sponsoring UKEMS 25 Meeting please get in touch with our team via Ukems@affinityevents.co.uk
The UKEMS Meeting Team
