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APEC Marine Environmental Training and Educational Center
South Sea Research Institute,
Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
Geoje, Korea


APEC-AMETEC sponsored workshop on

“Biochemical responses of fish to oil spills and other marine pollutants”

Date: November 3-14, 2008
Venue: SSRI, KORDI, Geoje, Korea

Instructed by experts from Australia, Canada, Korea and the USA


Following an oil spill or other cases of marine pollution, evidence is often required to demonstrate the “zone of influence” or the severity of the event. Biochemical responses of fish are increasingly being used in such assessments; these include measurement of the concentration and/or the enzymatic activity of Cytochrome P-450 1A (CYP1A) both of which may be induced in fish liver by exposure of the fish to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). In this course, the following methods will be taught:

o Measurement of hepatic ethoxyresorufin-O-de-ethylase (“EROD”) (an indicator of the catalytic activity of CYP1A) by fluorescence spectrophotometry;
o Measurement of PAH metabolite concentrations in bile by fluorescence spectroscopy;
o Measurement of CYP1A concentrations by immunochemical methods.

The course will be taught by

Dr. R.F. Addison (R.F. Addison Environmental Consulting, Ltd., Canada),
Dr. T.K. Collier (NOAA, USA),
Dr. J.H. Jung (KORDI, Korea) and
Dr. S. Codi King (AIMS, Australia),

all of whom are experienced in using these approaches during or following oil spills. The course will consist of lectures and practical laboratory work.

The course will be held at KORDI (Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute) South Sea Research Institute, Geoje Island, South Korea, from November 3 - 14 (inclusive) 2008.

10 participants from 9 APEC economies with qualifications of minimum B.Sc. in Chemistry/Biology (most of them have either a M.Sc. or doctoral research training - doctoral students) have been selected.

AMETEC in collaboration with University Putra Malaysia has organized a symposium.

Title: SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: ISSUES AND THE WAY FORWARD
Date: 6-8th December 2007
Venue: PPL Convention Hall (University Putra Malaysia)

1. Program Schedule

2. Program Booklet


Please address your correspondence to:

Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Environmental Studies
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan
MALAYSIA.

Phone: (603)8946-6738; Mobile: (6012)250-5964
Fax: (603)8943-8109
E-mails:
Yahoo
Gmail

URL: http://www.env.upm.edu.my

N.Kannan
AMETEC

We will have ten participants from 9 countries including Pakistan, India, Singapore, Thailand, P.R.China, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam and Russia to attend this workshop. We will have three external experts from the USA, Canada and P.R.China along with our KORDI staff to conduct this workshop.

This workshop will include both practical training and theoretical lectures.

For the first time United Nations University in Tokyo is participating in AMETEC activities by sending two of their candidates.

Sponsors: KOICA & AMETEC

Tentative lecture schedule:

Unit 1: Country report:
Unit 2: Assignments :
Unit 3: Industrial revolution and its impact in human history
Unit 4: The dawn of agrochemical industries (pros and cons)/Heavy metal pollution
Unit 5: Silent Spring and its aftermath/ Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Unit 6: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals/ Emerging Pollutants & Drugs
Unit 7: Sewage Pollution/ Harmful Algal Blooms & Ecosystem Integrity in jeoparady
Unit 8: Ozone hole & Green House Effect/ Green Industries and the Economics of Green Politics
Unit 9: Ballast water and Biosecurity / Environmental Quality Control Parameters
Unit 10. Environmental Risk Assessment

Practical training on the following topics will be given:

Marine debris
Oil spill

Selection process will be channeled through KOICA