NIEHS Spotlight
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Calendar of Upcoming Events
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July 08, Keystone 1003 AB 10:30 a.m–11:30 a.m. — NIEHS Office of the Director Special Seminar featuring Qamar Rahman, Ph.D., D.Sc.(h.c.), speaking on “Women! A Vulnerable Population in Occupational Settings”
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July 09, (webinar), 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. — NIEHS Superfund Research Program Progress in Research webinar, “Reducing Exposure to Mercury, Arsenic, and Asbestos,” presented with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, register
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July 10, (webcast), 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. — NIEHS hosts “Virtual Forum on Near-Roadway Pollution and Health,” register
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July 13–14, Rodbell Auditorium — July 13, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.; July 14, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. — Workshop on “Statistical Approaches for Assessing Health Effects of Environmental Chemical Mixtures in Epidemiology Studies,” register
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July 15 (Off-site event), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Natcher Conference Center in Bethesda, Maryland, 9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. — NIH Graduate and Professional School Fair, register
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July 20, Rodbell Auditorium 10:30 a.m–11:30 a.m. — NIEHS Office of the Director seminar, “Charting Our Future Together: Setting an Agenda for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,” by Gary Gibbons, M.D., director of NHLBI.
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July 29 (Off-site event), NIH Masur Auditorium in Bethesda, Maryland, 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. — Rwandan Health Minister Agnes Binagwaho, M.D., Ph.D., presents Barmes Global Health Lecture, "Medical Research and Capacity Building for Development: The Experience of Rwanda," sponsored by the Fogarty International Center and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, webcast
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July 30, Rodbell Auditorium 9:00 a.m.–noon — Summer Internship Program Poster Session
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Extramural Research
Extramural papers of the month/2015/7/dert/index.htm
- Monitoring gene mutation using low volume blood samples
- 3-D cell culture provides model to study toxicant effects on endocervix
- Faster assessment of carcinogenic potential for PAH mixtures
- Th17 cells convert into regulatory T cells during immune response
Intramural Research
Intramural papers of the month/2015/7/dir/index.htm
- NTP develops tool to analyze and characterize Tox21 data
- What’s luck got to do with cancer?
- Calcium sensor protein necessary for the development of psoriasis
- Heart rate variability in relation to Parkinson disease risk
- Lack of cross-reactivity between GST allergens could lead to new diagnostic tools