12th World Congress on animal, plant and microbial toxins

This Congress took place in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. Approximately 320 participants from 30 different countries were present. The program included seven plenary lectures, six mini-symposia, 87 oral presentations in free communications sessions and 167 poster presentations. Only the plenary lectures and symposia will be covered here. The abstracts of the entire Congress will be printed by Toxicon, the official journal of the International Society on Toxinology (it is currently in press).