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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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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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