Professional Presentations

Platform Presentations

What’s the Functional Solubility? The landscape, challenges and current limitations faced when working with Difficult to Test Substances in aquatic matrices
M.A. Cafarella1 , M.R. Lee2 , J.K. Gates1 ,
1 Waterborne Environmental, Leesburg, VA 20175, USA
2 Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA
SETAC 2015 (Salt Lake City, Utah)

A proposed minimal saltwater ecotoxicity data set that can be tiered based on risk assessment needs
M.A. Cafarella1, R.C. Biever1, S.P. Shepherd1
1 Smithers Viscient Laboratories, Wareham, MA
SETAC Europe 2011 (Milan, Italy)

 

 

Poster Presentations

Determining outliers in fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) plasma vitellogenin concentration and their correlation to other assay endpoints
A.E. Fournier1, R.C. Biever1, L.E. Sayers1, M.A. Cafarella1
1 Smithers Viscient Laboratories, Wareham, MA
SETAC Europe 2012 (Berlin, Germany)

Aquatic Toxicity of the Intense Sweetener Sucralose to Mysid Shrimp (Americamysis bahia)
D.B. Huggett1 , M.R. Lee2 , M.A. Cafarella2
1 University of North Texas, Institute of Applied Science, Denton, TX USA
2 Smithers Viscient, Wareham, MA 02571 USA
SETAC 2010 (Portland, OR)

A Modified Fish Full Life-Cycle Study Design
M.A. Cafarella 1 ; J.R. Wheeler 2 , D.O. York1
1 Springborn Smithers Laboratories, Wareham, MA, USA
2 Syngenta Product Safety, Jealott’s Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK
SETAC 2009 (New Orleans, LA)

A chronic exposure test method for two aquatic insects, the mayfly Cloeon dipterum and the caddis fly Anabolia nervosa
M.A. Biester 1 , M. Langer-Jaesrich 1 , J. Wimmer 1 R.C. Biever 2 , M.A. Cafarella 2
1 Smithers Viscient, Horn, Switzerland
2 Smithers Viscient, Wareham, MA 02571, USA

An evaluation of endpoint sensitivity for benthic invertebrate chronic toxicity tests
J. Gates 1 , T. Valenti 2 , M.A. Cafarella 1 , A. Samel 3 , B. Sharma 4 , H. Krueger 5 , J. Staveley 6 , J. Giddings 7 , J. Wang 8 , M. Bradley 9 , S. McGee 10 , M. McCoole 10 , K. Henry 11
1 Waterborne Environmental, Leesburg, VA
2 Syngenta Crop Protection, Greensboro, NC
3 DuPont, Wilmington, DE
4 FMC Corporation, Ewing, NJ
5 Wildlife International, Easton, MD
6 Exponent, Washington, DC
7 Compliance Services International, Lakewood, WA
8 BASF, Research Triangle Park, NC
9 Smithers Viscient, Wareham, MA
10 Bayer CropScience, Research Triangle Park, NC
11 Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc., Pheonix, AZ

 

 

Working Groups & Topic Meetings

Expert Working Group – The OECD workshop on a Fish Testing Framework, Jealott’s Hill, Berkshire, United Kingdom., 28-30 September 2010

Endocrine Disruption; Chemical Testing, Risk Assessment Approaches and Implications
SETAC North America Focused Topic Meeting. 4-6 February, USEPA, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA

 

 

Short Courses

Pesticide Risk Assessment for Pollinators
SETAC Short Course

The Endocrine System: Global Perspectives on Testing Methods and Evaluation of Endocrine Activity
SETAC Portland Short Course