Environmental Factor Newsletter, January 2018

Defending against environmental stressors may shorten lifespan

A shorter life may be the price for coping with the natural assaults of daily living, reported NIEHS researchers and colleagues in Japan.

Allergens widespread in largest study of U.S. homes

NIEHS researchers find allergens are widespread, but highly variable in U.S. homes, according to nation’s largest indoor allergen study.

Extramural Papers of the Month

Intramural papers of the month

Calendar

Jan
08

Signal Transduction Laboratory Seminar Series presents 'How to Turn Them On and Off: Regulation of Human Meibomian Gland Epithelial Cells in Health and Disease'
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Location: Room F193
Time: 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Speaker(s): David Sullivan, Ph.D., from Harvard Medical School

Jan
09

The NIEHS Receptor Mechanisms Discussion Group presents “Morphine Withdrawal Alters Cell Excitability and Synaptic Transmission in the Extended Amygdala”
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Location: Lake View Conference Room
Time: Noon-1:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Zoe McElligott, Ph.D., from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jan
10-11

The Promise of Genome Editing Tools to Advance Environmental Health Research — an Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions Workshop presented by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Location: 500 Fifth St. NW, Washington, D.C., and webcast
Register to attend in person or via webcast

Jan
12

NIEHS Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory presents “Targeting Obesity for Endometrial Cancer Treatment”
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Location: Rodbell A
Time: 11:00 a.m.-Noon
Speaker(s): Victoria Bae-Jump, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jan
16

NIEHS Distinguished Lecture Seminar Series presents Michael Snyder, Ph.D., from Stanford University
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 11:00 a.m.-Noon

Jan
19

Triangle Global Health Consortium Career Day
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
More information, agenda, and registration

Jan
24

Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series presents “Non-Targeted Environmental Exposomics: New Approaches for Identifying Organic Pollutants Relevant to Ecological and Human Exposure”
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Location: Keystone 1003AB
Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): P. Lee Ferguson, Ph.D., from Duke University

Jan
24

National Toxicology Program Peer Review of the Draft Report on Carcinogens Monograph on Antimony Trioxide
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Jan
25

Duke University Program in Environmental Health and Toxicology presents Matt Longley, Ph.D., from NIEHS, discussing “Single-molecule Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA Replication”
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Location: Duke University Environment Hall, Field Auditorium
Time: 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
More information

Jan
30

NIEHS Exposure Science and the Exposome Webinar Series presents “Integrating Spatial Data with Machine Learning to Predict Health-related Behaviors in Context”
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Location: Webinar
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Speaker(s): Marta Jankowska, Ph.D., from the University of California, San Diego
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