The launch of the 21st World Congress of the International Society of Toxicology in Abu Dhabi

 

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The 21st World Congress of the International Society on Toxinology (IST) started on Monday in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE (United Arab Emirates), under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court of the UAE.

Amsaal, a company in the Middle East, has organised the Congress at Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad Towers, which is scheduled from 16 to 21 October 2022.

The event is set to attract around 120 specialists and more than 2,000 scientists, professionals, and experts in toxicology. The 2000 experts will participate remotely from 35 countries, including the US, European countries and the UAE. Around 120 specialists will attend the event in person.

Reportedly, the delegates who will attend the event are interested in toxicology, the taxonomy and biology of toxin-producing organisms, biochemists and pharmacologists working with toxins, researchers using toxins as tools or to develop new therapies for human disease, and agricultural scientists researching new pest control tools using toxins.

According to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), the 21st World Congress of the International Society on Toxinology (IST) will focus on the development of a distinguished scientific programme for this session.

The experts are set to discuss clinical toxicology, snakebites, antivenoms, recent advances in toxicology, natural poisons and drug discovery, drugs of toxins, poisons, structure and function of venoms, toxins in natural history and evolution.

Toxicology, which is a field of science that helps to study the harmful effects of chemicals, substances, or situations that can have on people, animals, and the environment, aims to help the UAE establish its prominent position and its leadership in housing specialised international events.

The event is in collaboration with the Ministry of ClimateChange and Environment, the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi, the Department of Culture and Tourism, and the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company "SEHA".

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