NIEHS Spotlight
Inside the Institute
Calendar of Upcoming Events
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Nov 03–04, Rodbell Auditorium 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. — NIEHS and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke conference — "Parkinson's Disease: Understanding the Environment and Gene Connection" webcast
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Nov 04–05 (Off-site event), North Carolina Biotechnology Center — Environmental Health Collaborative “Exposure Science in the 21st Century: Role of Citizens and Communities”
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Nov 06–07, Rodbell Auditorium and Building 101 mall — NIEHS Science Days awards and poster competition
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Nov 10, Rodbell Auditorium 2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. — First NIEHS Veterans Day Celebration
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Nov 10–11, Keck Center in Washington, D.C. — Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Environmental Health Research, Science, and Medicine, “Environmental Impacts on Obesity” (contact Kathleen Stratton, NAS)
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Nov 12–14 (Off-site event), Dolce Hayes Mansion and Conference Center in San Jose, California — Superfund Research Program annual meeting, register
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Nov 12 (Off-site event), National Institutes of Health Lister Hill Auditorium in Bethesda, Maryland 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. — 3rd American Society for Cellular and Computational Toxicology Annual Meeting, “Where Chemistry and Biology Meet: AOPs [Adverse Outcomes Pathways] as a Framework for Advancing Toxicology”
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Nov 18, Rodbell Auditorium 11:00 a.m.–noon — Hans L. Falk Memorial Lecture, “Search for Cancer Biomarkers Using Metabolomics,” by Frank Gonzalez, Ph.D.
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Nov 18, Executive Conference Room 2:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. — Big Picture Small Talk, with Richard Kwok, Ph.D., and Scott Auerbach, Ph.D., discussing “Environmental Accidents”
View More Events: NIEHS Public Calendar
Science Notebook
Extramural Research
Extramural papers of the month/2014/11/dert/index.htm
- BPA linked with endometriosis
- Uranium exposure linked with lupus
- Predicting placement of epigenetic modifications
- Environment stronger than genetics for eosinophilic esophagitis
Intramural Research
Intramural papers of the month/2014/11/dir/index.htm
- NTP helps develop technique for detecting chemicals that disrupt testis function
- Pesticide use may increase depression risk among farmers
- DNA replication errors in yeast offer new insight into cancer research
- Genistein exposure alters the action of glucocorticoids
- Orphan receptor regulates lipid metabolism