NIEHS Spotlight
Inside the Institute
Calendar of Upcoming Events
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June 03, Executive Conference Room 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. — Receptor Mechanisms Discussion Group Seminar Series, featuring Carolyn Mattingly, Ph.D., addressing "Predicting Chemical-Gene-Disease Interactions with CTD [Comparative Toxicogenomics Database]"
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June 04, Webinar 3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. — NIEHS Superfund Research Program Arsenic Panel Discussion Webinar Series, “Part 4: Prevention and Remediation Strategies for Arsenic Exposure"
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June 05, Rall D350 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. — Laboratory of Toxicology and Pharmacology Seminar Series explores “Early Antidepressant Exposure Induces Global Network and Glial Dysfunctions,” by Rick Lin, Ph.D.
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June 09, Keystone 1003AB 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. — 11:00 a.m. Keystone Lecture: Dr. Leo Trasande, “The Economic Case for Protecting the Public from Environmental Hazards” (Kristi Pettibone)
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June 10, Webcast 10:00 a.m.–11:30 p.m. — webcast from Bethesda, Maryland, NIH Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion LGBTI Portfolio presentation, “On Being Human: Reflections on Trans* Health and Wellness,” with panelists Cecilia Chung, Ruby Corado, Rayceen Pendarvis, and JV Sapinoso, Ph.D.
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June 12 (Off-site event), Daily Planet Cafe at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, North Carolina 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. — Science Café discussion of “History and Roles of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps,” with Capt. Terri Clark, D.V.M.
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June 17–18, Rodbell Auditorium 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. — NTP Board of Scientific Counselors meeting
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June 18, Webcast 3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. — webcast from Bethesda, Maryland, NIH Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series, featuring a presentation by Donald Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., “Human Organs on Chips and Programmable Nanotherapeutics”
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June 21–24 (Off-site event), McCormick Place West in Chicago 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. — Endocrine Society annual meeting
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June 25, NIH William H. Natcher Conference Center in Bethesda, Maryland 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. — ICCVAM Public Forum, register by June 11
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June 30 – July 02, Rodbell Auditorium 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. — Outstanding New Environmental Scientists (ONES) awardee meeting
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Science Notebook
Extramural Research
Extramural papers of the month/2014/6/dert/index.htm
- Olestra reduces PCBs in the body
- Activation and regulation of polymerase V during DNA synthesis
- SSRI use during pregnancy associated with autism
- Coal-burning stoves in Mongolia linked to seasonal variance in miscarriages
Intramural Research
Intramural papers of the month/2014/6/dir/index.htm
- NTP researchers find potential treatment for damaged salivary glands is safe and effective
- Human obesity increases colon cancer risk
- New computational approach identifies essential stem cell genes
- p53 and NF-kappaB work together to promote inflammation
- More evidence for smoking-related changes in DNA methylation