You are cordially invited to attend the 14th International Symposium on Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO 14), to be held in Florianópolis from May 6 to 9, 2007. Florianópolis is the capital of the Santa Catarina State in southern Brazil.

PRIMO meetings in the past have taken place every two years, in Europe or North America. This will be the first in a South American country.


The symposium will cover a wide range of subjects from aquatic toxicology. As in the past, the focus will be on the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in responses of aquatic species to pollutants, encompassing aspects of biotransformation and signal transduction related to the susceptibility of different species to xenobiotics. Particular emphasis will be placed on environmental genomics and proteomics.

The planned scientific sessions will cover Toxicological Pathology, Mechanisms of Toxicity (Organic Compounds), Mechanisms of Toxicity (Metals), Biotransformation Enzymes, Genomics, Proteomics, Genotoxicity, Immunotoxicity, Cell Simulation Models, Biocomplexity and others. Additional sessions may be held to address selected topics and applications of mechanistic information, such as endocrine disruption, modeling of pollutant effects, or the linking of molecular and cellular mechanisms to effects at higher levels of biological organization.

The symposium will be held at the Costão do Santinho Resort on Santinho Beach in the north of Santa Catarina Island. Costão do Santinho is a venue with the highest international standards, renowned for its elegance and charming atmosphere, and the fine quality of its services http://www.costao.com.br

Santa Catarina Island, which encompasses most of the city of Florianópolis, is a beautiful and privileged location in southern Brazil http://www.floripaimages.com