NIEHS Spotlight
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Calendar of Upcoming Events
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Aug 04, webinar 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. — NIEHS Exposure Science and the Exposome Webinar Series with Santosh Kumar, Ph.D., from the University of Memphis, discussing "Incorporating Mobile Exposure in Mobile Health Precision Medicine," register to attend
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Aug 04, in the Building 101 Executive Conference Room noon–1:00 p.m. — Receptor Mechanisms Discussion Group seminar with Brian Strahl, Ph.D., from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, speaking on “Chromatin Mechanisms That Underlie Transcription and DNA Methylation Control”
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Aug 07, in Building 101, F193 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. — Signal Transduction Laboratory Special Seminar featuring Carlo Riccardi, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Perugia School of Medicine, Italy, presenting “Anti-inflammatory Action of Glucocorticoids: Role of GILZ”
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Aug 10, in Keystone 2164 9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. — NICEATM Skin Sensitization Modeling Seminar on “Probabilistic Hazard Assessment for Skin Sensitization Potency by Dose–Response Modeling Using Feature Elimination Instead of Quantitative Structure–Activity Relationships,” by Thomas Luechtefeld from Johns Hopkins University
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Aug 10–11 (Off-site event), at the New York University Kimmel Center for University Life, New York City 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. — “ASPR/CDC/NIEHS Hurricane Sandy Conference: Translating Research Into Practice”
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Aug 12, webinar 1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m — EPA/NIEHS Children’s Centers 2015 Webinar Series highlighting brain health, with Brenda Eskenazi, Ph.D., from the University of California, Berkeley; Susan Murphy, Ph.D., from Duke University; Heather Volk, Ph.D., from the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles; moderated by I. Leslie Rubin, M.D., from Emory University, register to attend
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Aug 19, in Keystone 1003 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. — Data Science Seminar Series with David Reif, Ph.D., from the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Bioinformatics Research Center and the NCSU Center for Human Health and the Environment
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Aug 25, in Rodbell Auditorium 9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. — NIEHS presents “Halifax Project: Low Dose Theory Symposium,” register to attend in person or via webcast.
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Science Notebook
Extramural Research
Extramural papers of the month/2015/8/dert/index.htm
- Prenatal DDT exposure linked with increased breast cancer risk
- Cinnamon-derived compound helps prevent colon cancer in mice
- Paper devices quantify metals in aerosols
- Lower leukemia risk associated with day care attendance or prolonged breastfeeding
Intramural Research
Intramural papers of the month/2015/8/dir/index.htm
- NTP finds that chronic cobalt metal exposure leads to lung tumors in rodents
- Bidirectional transcription facilitates gene responsiveness
- Nonmotor symptoms are sign of early Parkinson’s disease
- NIEHS scientists decipher the conformational maturation of an HIV enzyme
- Preterm births are not strongly linked to seasons of the year