Research to Action program gets results
Community and academic partners in the NIEHS Research to Action program met Jan. 12-13 to share results and form new collaborations.
The first Distinguished Lecture of 2016 featured Terry Orr-Weaver, Ph.D., from MIT, discussing how oocytes transition into eggs.
The NIEHS director and two grantees briefed congressional staff on health risks from early life exposures to endocrine disruptors.
NIEHS researchers and collaborators reported that the enzyme RNaseH2 is essential for maintaining the integrity of DNA in yeast.
In January, NIEHS researcher Masahiko Negishi, Ph.D., was named recipient of the Bernard B. Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism.
The popular Big Picture, Small Talk series challenges NIEHS trainees to discuss their research with a broad audience in 3 minutes or less.
At a workshop convened by the National Academy of Sciences, scientists explored the microbiome and its role in environmental health.
Generations of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons appear to lead to adaptations in killifish, accompanied by higher mortality rates.
Five current and former NIEHS grantees were elected to the 2015 class of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
NIEHS scientists and staff raised more than $93,800 for the 2015 Combined Federal Campaign, serving needs both local and worldwide.
Innovative thinkers are sought for a $1 million federal challenge to advance the field of predictive toxicology by addressing metabolites.
An international team of researchers has made a key discovery in mystery of how environmental arsenic ends up in grains of rice.
Chen Chien-Jen, Sc.D., influential researcher and a collaborator with NIEHS-funded scientists, was elected Taiwan’s vice president in January.
Scientific images showcasing the range of research conducted at NIEHS now grace the hallways of the Rall building.
The January meeting of the American Meteorological Society included a focus on earth sciences and health, thanks to NIEHS involvement.
The annual NIEHS awards ceremony commemorated the institute’s 50th anniversary, honoring teams and individuals for accomplishments in 2015.
Internationally recognized pulmonary biologist and long-time NIEHS researcher Paul Nettesheim, M.D., passed away Jan. 16.
- High-throughput screening method accurate, say NTP scientists
- Study links glucocorticoid signaling to female fertility
- Carbon substrate reprograming offers an advantage to T-cells
- Estrogen receptor alpha role in fertilization and early embryo development
- Improving the strategy of recombinase-based labeling
