Environmental Factor Newsletter, February 2016

Enzyme’s role in genome integrity discovered

NIEHS researchers and collaborators reported that the enzyme RNaseH2 is essential for maintaining the integrity of DNA in yeast.

Killifish adapt to PAH exposure, but at what cost?

Generations of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons appear to lead to adaptations in killifish, accompanied by higher mortality rates.

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Arsenic uptake discovery could lead to safer rice

An international team of researchers has made a key discovery in mystery of how environmental arsenic ends up in grains of rice.

Extramural papers of the month /2016/2/papers/dert/index.htm

Intramural papers of the month /2016/2/papers/dir/index.htm

Calendar

Feb
01

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference
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Location: Tampa, Florida
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Feb
05

Duke Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program Spring 2016 Seminar Series — NIEHS researcher Trevor Archer, Ph.D., discussing “Using Epigenetic Enzymes to Regulate Transcription”
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Location: Environment Hall Field Auditorium, Duke University
Time: noon – 1:30 p.m.

Feb
06

Triangle Consortium for Reproductive Biology annual meeting
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Speaker(s): Keynote speaker — Stephen Lye, Ph.D. from the University of Toronto
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Feb
09

Gina Turrigiano, Ph.D., from Brandeis University, presenting the Falk Lecture on “Self-Tuning Neurons: Homeostatic Plasticity and the Development of Visual Cortical Circuits”
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 11:00 a.m. – noon
Host(s): Serena Dudek, Ph.D.

Feb
16

National Toxicology Program (NTP) Technical Report Peer Review Meeting on Antimony Trioxide and TRIM VX
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Feb
17

In Vitro to In Vivo Extrapolation for High Throughput Prioritization and Decision Making Workshop
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Location: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Feb
18

Big Picture, Small Talk on Endocrine Disrupters
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Location: NIEHS Keystone Building, Room 2164
Time: 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Speaker(s): Jerry Heindel, Ph.D., of NIEHS

Feb
18

RTP 180 Event and Research Triangle Park NIEHS Community Forum — Gene-Environment Interaction
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Location: Research Triangle Park (RTP) Foundation, RTP
Time: 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Speaker(s): Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D., director of NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program, and other speakers.
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Feb
19

Office of the Director seminar featuring Patrick Breysse, Ph.D., director of the National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Feb
23

National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council meeting
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
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