Report of the Joint Meeting of the 6th Asian Congress on Environmental Mutagens and the 48th Annual Meeting of the Japan
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Report of the Joint Meeting of the 6th Asian Congress on Environmental Mutagens and the 48th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society, Tokyo, November 18–20, 2019 Masamitsu Honma
Abstract The 6th Asian Congress on Environmental Mutagens (ACEM) was held at Hitotsubashi Hall, Chiyoda City, Tokyo on November 18–20, 2019, in conjunction with the 48th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society (JEMS). Ninety international delegates from Australia, China, Czechia, France, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Korea, the Netherlands, the Philippines, the UK, and the USA, along with 340 Japanese delegates and students, participated. During the conference, one keynote lecture, seven symposia, and one workshop were held under the theme of “Innovations towards Environmental Mutagen and Genome Research Originating from Asia.” In the general presentation, 34 oral presentations and 138 poster presentations were made, accompanied by lively discussions. The organizers would like to express their sincere gratitude to those who attended the conference and made it a great success. Keywords: Asian Association of Environmental Mutagen Societies (AAEMS), Asian Congress on Environmental Mutagens (ACEM), Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society (JEMS), Tokyo
Opening remarks The Joint Meeting of the 6th Asian Congress on Environmental Mutagens (ACEM) and the 48th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society (JEMS) was held at Hitotsubashi Hall, Chiyoda City, Tokyo on November 18–20, 2019. Opening remarks were given by Dr. Honma, Organizing Committee Chair of ACEM/JEMS 2019 (Fig. 1), in which he discussed health and environmental issues in Asian countries, the role and history of the Asian Association of Environmental Mutagen Societies (AAEMS), and the theme of the conference. The Asia-Pacific region is the largest in the world, and exhibits distinctive lifestyles that reflect a combination of Correspondence: [email protected] National Institute of Health Sciences, 3-25-26 Tonomachi, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa 210-9501, Japan
different cultures, customs, and economies. Consequently, our region faces a variety of unique environmental and health issues. In particular, exposure to mutagens in the living environment, work settings, medical care, and ordinary diet causes serious health problems including cancer and other diseases. AAEMS was established in 2004 to encourage research on environmental mutagenesis and to address these problems. There are currently eight member countries of AAEMS: China, Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, India, Iran, Australia, and Japan. The first meeting of AAEMS was held in Japan (Kitakyushu) in 2007, followed by Thailand (Pattaya), China (Hangzhou), India (Kolkata), and South Korea (Incheon), with the 6th ACEM being held again in Japan. The theme of this conference was “Innovations towards Environmental Mutagen and Genome Research Originating from Asia.”
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