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Environmental Factor

Environmental Factor

Your Online Source for NIEHS News

November 2024


Alison Motsinger-Reif, Ph.D., Motsinger-Reif, left, and Paul Wade, Ph.D., right
Gene-environment insights, diet’s role in disease kick off new series

NIEHS Scientific Director’s Seminar Series brings together institute researchers for in-depth conversation, opportunities to collaborate.

Nicole Taube, Ph.D.
Microplastics and trainee development headline toxicology meeting

North Carolina Society of Toxicology annual meeting brought together veteran researchers and rising scholars to share knowledge and network.

Julia Gohlke, Ph.D.
Scientific Journeys: Confronting health disparities in rural Appalachia

Julia Gohlke, Ph.D., co-directs a rural environmental health program with courses in toxicology, epidemiology, and exposure science.

Abra Granger, top left, Elvis Quiroz, top right. Matthew Dennen, bottom left, Oindrila Paul, bottom right.
NIEHS postbacs take next steps, give back to community

Trainees share what they learned at NIEHS, their future research goals, and more.

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Sustainability superheroes honored at annual ceremony

More than 160 individuals recognized for efforts to reduce waste, address energy use, and make NIEHS labs more efficient.

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Alejandro Comellas, M.D., University of Iowa, explained precision medicine during an October science café at Fuel Art and Espresso in Mt. Vernon, Iowa.
Science cafés provide forums to share research, learn from the public

Benefits include increased scientific literacy and opportunities for NIEHS-supported researchers to communicate with the public.

Changcheng Zhou, Ph.D.
How a father’s eating patterns may affect future generations

Paternal diet can elicit sex-specific plaque buildup inside the arteries of mice offspring.

Ryan Flynn, M.D., Ph.D., left, and Yue Lu, Ph.D., right
NIH awards High Risk, High Reward research grants

NIEHS will oversee awards to uncover tissue-specific fingerprints in extracellular vesicles, and shed light on RNA and RNA-binding proteins.

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NIEHS News in Brief

Diabetes in Hispanics, Birnbaum honored by NAM, non-animal testing methods.

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