Hello, On Sunday 6 April 2014 (morning) at the upcoming Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, there will be an international workshop on: "*New developments in toxicological studies in marine mammals". * Abstract: It has been shown, numerous times already, that marine mammals are exposed to a wide variety of pollutants and that they also experience the toxic impact of these pollutants on their health and overall well-being. Since pollution is an ever-changing issue, the methods, approaches and techniques to assess or detect pollution must be equally dynamic. The goals of this workshop are to provide overviews of current practices and to highlight gaps in current knowledge. Since some of these gaps can be filled by non-toxicologists, this workshop will be open for everybody. If you would like to offer a presentation or simply attend, please contact: *Dr Liesbeth Weijs in charge of the organization: l.weijs@uq.edu.au <l.weijs@uq.edu.au>. * *LIESBETH WEIJS | POSTDOC FELLOW | UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND* *NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY (ENTOX)* *39 Kessels Road, Coopers Plains, QLD 4108 Australia* *p: +61 (0)7 3274 9113 | f: +61 (0)7 3274 9003* *m: l.weijs@uq.edu.au <l.weijs@uq.edu.au>* *w: www.entox.uq.edu.au <http://www.entox.uq.edu.au>* Looking forward to seeing you at the next ECS conference, Krishna Krishna Das Co-chair of the 28th Conference of the European Cetacean Society http://liege.europeancetaceansociety.eu F.R.S. - FNRS Research Associate University of Liege Laboratory for Oceanology - MARE Research Center Allée de la Chimie 17 , B6C, Institut de Chimie 4000, Liege (Sart-Tilman), Belgium Tel: (+32) 4 366 3321 Website: http://www2.ulg.ac.be/oceanbio/