Boston
June 24-28, 2012

I attended the Society of Toxicologic Pathology meeting in Boston, MA from June 24 through 28 and used free time to take in a few of the usual tourist sites. Boston has a great public transit system, and the subway and bus sytem (T) took me all over town very inexpensively. This year's STP meeting was focused on basic mechanisms of toxicity.

All photos were taken with an Olympus E-PL3 micro four thirds camera and the following Olympus and Panasonic lenses: 12mm f/2; 20mm f/1.7; 45mm f/1.8 and 9-18mm f/4-5.6

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After Sunday arrival, I came up from the
State Street Orange Line T (subway) at
the Old State House 		Faneiul Hall at Quincy Market Quincy Market
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Street performer at Quincy Market:
She had us at "Hello" 		Street performer at Quincy Market Street performer at Quincy Market
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Quincy Market Street Musician and Friend Orange Line T stop at State Street
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Public space in Orange line T station
at Back Bay 		Atrium Lobby at the Marriott
convention hotel 		After the STP Reception, I took a walk to
Cambridge along Massachusetts Ave.
Christian Science Church and Prudential
Center in the background
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Charles River and Boston from the
Harvard Bridge near MIT 		Charles River and Boston from the
Harvard Bridge near MIT 		Charles River and Boston from the
Harvard Bridge near MIT
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Monday, STP meeting:
Kevin Keenan loads stage props on the
podium for his talk on toxicology studies
in obese rodents as session chair,
Marlon Rebelatto, looks on 		Kevin Keenan Gerald Dorn discussing molecular
mechanisms of apoptosis and
programmed necrosis in
cardiomyopathy
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Former Floridians, Shashi Ramaiah
and Bruce Homer during a break 		Josh Powe and Rachel Cooper helped
me evaluate the cuisine at Giacomo's 		Tuesday morning session:
Rusty Thomas discusses use of
genomics dose-response analysis
in chemical risk assessment
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Nancy Everds discussed effects of
large molecules on blood cells 		Tuesday afternoon free at the Museum
of Fine Arts: Edward Thaxter's Meg
Merrilies 		Boston Museum of Fine Arts:
Impressionists and Rodin
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Boston Museum of Fine Arts Union Church across the street from my
room at The Christopher in Back Bay
 		Wednesday Morning Session
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Millenium Pharmaceutical colleagues:
Josh Powe and Mary Carsillo 		STP Past Presidents:
Nancy Everds and Gary Boorman 		Julian Preston discussing principles
of DNA reactivity and genetic toxicity
in chemical carcinogenesis
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A late Wednesday afternoon walk to
Beacon Hill brought me to the memorial
for Robert Gould Shaw and the
Massachusetts 54th Infantry Regiment
popularized in the film, Glory		 Massachusetts State House
on Beacon Hill 		Thursday Morning: David Warheit
gives an overview of toxicologic
principles in nanotechnology
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Melissa Schutten discusses
Antibody-drug conjugate toxicology 		Scott Barros finishes the meeting
with a discussion of preclinical
toxicology with RNA-based therapeutics 		New England Aquarium:
Banggai cardinalfish
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New England Aquarium:
Leafy Sea Dragon 		View in front of the aquarium:
Boston and the Customs House Tower 		Street Performer at Quincy Market
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Street Performer at Quincy Market Boston Harborfest Music Boston Harborfest Music
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Street Performer at Quincy Market