Environmental Factor

New research centers connect environment and children’s health

A new phase of Children’s Centers will study the unique vulnerability of children to pollutants in the environment.

So-called junk DNA is integral to the epigenome

Ting Wang, Ph.D., discussed the role of transposable elements in gene regulation and the evolution of the epigenome, in a June 7 seminar.

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NIH launches large study of pregnant women and Zika

NIEHS is joining a National Institutes of Health study of risks that Zika infection poses to pregnant women, their fetuses, and infants.

NTP board advises on study nominations and more

At the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors June meeting, Scott Masten, Ph.D., reviewed nominations, setting the stage for discussion of new studies.

NIEHS promotes innovative science at Epidemiology Congress of the Americas

Collman, Strickland, Buckley, Chen, Claus Henn, Dilworth, and Joubert

NIEHS promoted novel statistical applications and grant writing resources at the Epidemiology Congress of the Americas meeting in Miami.

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Plan to replace animal use shared at public forum

Efforts to develop a U.S. roadmap for replacement of animal use were highlighted at a May 25 public forum.

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July
13

SOT and NIEHS Past, Present, and Future: 50 Years of Collaboration
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Agenda and registration

July
15

Special Seminar with Alexej Abyzov, Ph.D., from the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota
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Location: Building 101, Room D350
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

July
18

Responding to Emerging Health Threats Through Research and Training — Community Engagement Tour
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Location: Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Massachusetts
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
More information and registration

July
19

National Institutes of Health Disaster Research Response Workshop
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Location: Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. Federal Building, Boston, Massachusetts
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Workshop information page and registration

July
21

Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series — Journey Through the Landscape of Melanocortins and MC1R: Unexplored and Spectacular Roads, hosted by Mike Humble, Ph.D.
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Location: Keystone Building, Room 1003AB, 530 Davis Drive, Morrisville, North Carolina
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Zalfa Abdel-Malek, Ph.D., from the University of Cincinnati

July
22

NIEHS Summer Interns Present Big Picture, Small Talk
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Location: Building 101, Room F193
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

July
25

NIEHS Community Forum — Appalachian Health and Well-Being
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Location: Letcher County Cooperative Extension Office, Whitesburg, Kentucky
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
More information

July
28

NIEHS Summer Internship Program Poster Session
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 9:00 a.m. – noon

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