NIEHS Spotlight
Inside the Institute
Calendar of Upcoming Events
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Sep 02, Rodbell Auditorium 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. — Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods meeting, register to attend in person or via webcast
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Sep 09, Rodbell Auditorium 8:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. — National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council meeting
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Sep 15, Rodbell Auditorium 11:00 a.m.–noon — Distinguished Lecture Seminar Series talk by mitochondrial geneticist Doug Wallace, Ph.D., of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, speaking on “Mitochondrial-Cellular Interactions and Pathophysiology of Disease,” hosted by Bill Copeland, Ph.D.
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Sep 16–18 (Off-site event), NIH in Bethesda, Maryland — NIH Research Festival
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Sep 18, Keystone 1003 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. — NIEHS Worker Training Program Ebola Biosafety and Infectious Disease Response Training — Funding Opportunity Announcement 2015 Briefing Information Meeting, register to attend in person or via webcast
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Sep 18 (Off-site event), Environmental Hall Field Auditorium, Duke University noon–1:30 p.m. — Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP) Fall 2015 Seminar Series talk, featuring Carolyn Mattingly, Ph.D., from North Carolina State University, discussing “Casting a Wide Net to Uncover Pathways Between Environmental Exposures and Disease”
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Sep 24, Keystone 1003 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m — Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series talk by James Dearing, Ph.D., of Michigan State University, and lead researcher with the National Cancer Institute Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research
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Sep 24–25 (Off-site event), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland — NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods workshop “Alternative Approaches for Identifying Acute Systemic Toxicity: Moving from Research to Regulatory Testing,".
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Sep 25 (Off-site event), Environmental Hall Field Auditorium, Duke University noon–1:30 p.m. — ITEHP Fall 2015 Seminar Series talk, featuring Lilah Glazer, Ph.D., from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, highlighting “Environmental Toxicity of PCBs: Lessons From Fish as Environmental and Human Health Models”
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Sep 28, Rodbell Auditorium 1:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. — NIEHS Worker Training Program (WTP) 2015 Fall Awardee Meeting, register to attend
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Sep 29 – Aug 30, Rodbell Auditorium — Sept. 29, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; Sept. 30, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. — WTP Awardee Workshop, register to attend
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Sep 30 – Oct 01 (Off-site event), National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Washington, D.C. — NAS Workshop on Interindividual Variability, register to attend in person or via webcast
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Science Notebook
Extramural Research
Extramural papers of the month/2015/9/dert/index.htm
- Epigenomic mapping of human tissues
- DEHP replacements may also cause health risks
- Living close to hydraulic fracturing associated with more hospitalizations
- Researchers identify pathway that can halt fibrosis progression
Intramural Research
Intramural papers of the month/2015/9/dir/index.htm
- NTP team identifies aromatase inhibitors in Tox21 library
- RGS2 protein required for proper fertilization in mice
- Cholesterol trafficking protein could provide therapeutic target for inflammatory diseases
- BPA and phthalate exposure was not associated with subfertility
- MicroRNAs and chromatin modifiers steer the fate of human ES cells