Environmental Factor Newsletter, February 2018

Role of the microbiome in exposure risk — a call for research

A new report offers much-needed guidance for research on how the microbiome might influence the health effects of environmental chemicals.

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Quantifying human exposures

In a talk at NIEHS, Michael Snyder, Ph.D., described exposure analyses based on the MicroPEM, a device that monitors airborne particulates.

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Roadmap to guide progress toward replacing animal use

Progress toward replacing animal use in safety testing of drugs and chemicals will be guided by a new strategic roadmap.

Genome editing offers promising tools for environmental health science

A workshop sponsored by the National Academies explored how genome and epigenome editing might help advance environmental health research.

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Calendar

Feb
08

Second Annual Center for Human Health and the Environment Symposium: Epigenetics, Environment, and Human Health
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Location: North Carolina State University Club, 4200 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North Carolina
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Registration, agenda, and more information

Feb
09

Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Webinar Series Presents Children’s Environmental Health and Neuroimaging — Using Neuroimaging to Detect Developmental Pathways Perturbed by Environmental Exposures
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Location: Webinar
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Kim Cecil, Ph.D., from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; and Bradley Peterson, M.D., from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Registration required

Feb
10

Triangle Consortium for Reproductive Biology Annual Meeting
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 8:45 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Registration required

Feb
12

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

Feb
13

Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series Presents Enterprise Evaluation: Decoding Your Research Outcomes
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Location: Keystone 1003AB
Time: 9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Speaker(s): Maureen Lichtveld, M.D., from Tulane University

Feb
16

Triangle Global Health Career Day
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Location: Duke University Trent Semans Center, Duke University Medical Center Greenspace, Durham, North Carolina
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Agenda and registration

Feb
20-21

Emerging Science Workshop: Informing Environmental Health Decisions Through Data Integration
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Location: National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Keck Center, Room 100, 500 Fifth Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Register to attend in person or via webcast

Feb
23

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Research in North Carolina Inaugural Meeting
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Register by Feb. 12

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