New NIEHS research innovation award recognizes four trainees

Postdoctoral fellows Motoki Takaku, Ph.D., Bart Phillips, Ph.D., Shannon Farris, Ph.D., and Fei Zhao, Ph.D., will receive $50,000 grants as winners of the first NIEHS Division of Intramural Research Innovative Research Awards, announced Jan. 31 by Scientific Director Darryl Zeldin, M.D.

NIEHS team reports how oxidative stress kills cells

NIEHS researchers reported in Nature Communications how oxidative stress leads to DNA strand breaks and cell death.

Birnbaum to receive notable award from Society of Toxicology

The March SOT meeting features 2017 Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Birnbaum, and dozens of presentations by NIEHS scientists.

Dementia shows gene-environment link, loss of smell is early sign

NIEHS-funded scientists report dementia risk from gene variant plus air pollution, and impaired sense of smell may be an early warning sign.

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Council backs microbiome, mouse models, and genome integrity projects

The National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council backed initiatives on the microbiome, rodent models, and genome integrity.

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Innovative technology provides safe drinking water in California

New technology developed with NIEHS funding will provide safe drinking water in California, at lower cost and without secondary waste.

NTP Archives support global cancer research initiative

The National Toxicology Program will support a cancer and environment study that was a Cancer Research United Kingdom Grand Challenge winner.

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Endocrine Society honors Quinn with Early Investigator Award

NIEHS trainee Matthew Quinn, Ph.D., won an Endocrine Society Early Investigator Award for his work on women’s health, particularly menopause.

ECHO — solution-oriented research for health at all stages of life

Matthew Gillman, M.D., wants Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes research to seek solutions that consider all life stages.

Trainees excel in three-minute talk challenge

Fifteen trainees competed in presenting three-minute, plain language summaries of their research, and three winners will receive travel awards.

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Rethinking STEM education during Black History Month

Sherick Hughes, Ph.D., discussed the implicit and explicit bias facing black students in science, technology, engineering, and math fields.

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Annual awards event celebrates commitment to excellence

Projects and individuals recognized with merit awards reflect the scientific work and the efforts behind the scenes necessary to success of the NIEHS mission.

Evans discusses wound healing, liver fibrosis, and Vitamin D

Ronald Evans, Ph.D., discussed how a synthetic version of vitamin D impacts wound healing and may prevent liver scarring known as fibrosis.

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NIEHS grantee validates tissue chips for toxicity testing

An NIEHS grantee laboratory is validating tissue chip models of human organ systems for replacing animal use in toxicity testing.

Metals symposium draws researchers, students, and community members

Toxic metals were the focus of the North Carolina State University Center for Human Health and the Environment’s first annual symposium.

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Mar
02

NICEATM Webinar Series — “Using Informatics to Improve Data Analysis of Chemical Screening Assays Conducted in Zebrafish: A Review of Relevant Ontologies and Application of Reasoners”
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Location: Webinar
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Melissa Haendel, Ph.D., Oregon Health and Science University

Mar
06

National Academy of Sciences Workshop “Advances in Causal Understanding for Human Health Risk-Based Decision Making”
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Location: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., and webcast
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Agenda and registration

Mar
07

National Academy of Sciences Workshop “Advances in Causal Understanding for Human Health Risk-Based Decision Making”
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Location: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., and webcast
Time: 9:00 a.m. – noon
Agenda and registration

Mar
07

Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series presents “Mitochondrial-Derived Peptides: Implications for Environmental Health”
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Location: Keystone 1003AB
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Pinchas Cohen, M.D., from the University of Southern California

Mar
08-10

National Environmental Justice Conference and Training Program
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Location: Washington Marriott at Metro Center, 775 12th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Registration and more information

Mar
20

Keystone Science Seminar Series presents “The Role and Therapeutic Potential of Diet and the Gut microbiota in Brain and Behavior”
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Location: Keystone 1003AB
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Felice Jacka, Ph.D., from Deakin University, Australia

Mar
21

North Carolina State University (NCSU) Toxicology Seminar Series presents “Sex, Arsenic, and Hedgehog: Mouse Models of Fetal Origins of Adult Diseases”
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Location: NCSU Centennial Campus, Toxicology Building, Room 2104
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): NIEHS researcher Humphrey Yao, Ph.D.

Mar
21-22

Environmental Risks for Psychiatric Disorders: Exploring Biological Mechanisms
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Location: NIEHS Building 101, Rodbell Auditorium
Register by March 3

Mar
22

Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Webinar: Immigrant Health
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Location: Webinar
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Speaker(s): Thomas Arcury, Ph.D., from the Wake Forest School of Medicine; Luis Olmedo, from Comite Civico Del Valle Inc.; and Rodrigo Toscano, from The Labor Institute

Mar
24

Duke Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP) Spring Symposium on “Environmental Developmental Neurotoxicity: Sex Differences in Toxic Effects and Toxic Effects on Sex Differences”
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Location: Duke University Environment Hall, Field Auditorium
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Mar
28

North Carolina State University (NCSU) Toxicology Seminar Series presents “New Insights Into Regulating Synaptic Plasticity From an Unexpected Place: Hippocampal Area CA2”
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Location: NCSU Centennial Campus, Toxicology Building, Room 2104
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): NIEHS researcher Serena Dudek, Ph.D.

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March 2017

New NIEHS research innovation award recognizes four trainees

NIEHS team reports how oxidative stress kills cells

Birnbaum to receive notable award from Society of Toxicology

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