Environmental Factor Newsletter, November 2019

Botanical supplements Q and A coming Nov. 8

Experts on health effects research of botanical dietary supplements will field questions from the public on social media.

Birnbaum presenting in front of audience

With a little help from its friends, NIEHS updates congressional staff

Two briefings provided key information about the institute's work related to children's environmental health and harmful algal blooms.

Jonathan Rosen speaks at Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series

Worker Training Program tackles opioid misuse and addiction

A new initiative is aimed at improving prevention and treatment efforts, and removing stigma.

Grantees share history and research through video series

The series explains how New Bedford Harbor became contaminated, research to understand health effects, and how community groups are helping.

Calendar

Nov
02-06

American Public Health Association Annual Meeting — Creating the Healthiest Nation: For Science. For Action. For Health.
Event Details

Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Time: 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
More details available

Nov
07

NIEHS Science Days — Day 1
Event Details

Location: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Auditorium, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Time: 1:00-5:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): NIEHS fellows, students, and technicians

Nov
08

Reddit Ask Me Anything — Botanical Supplements: Scientific Q and A
Event Details

Location: Online
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Nov
08

NIEHS Science Days — Day 2
Event Details

Location: Building 101 Malls and Room F193
Time: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Nov
12

NIEHS Distinguished Lecture Seminar Series presents “Telomeres and Cancer: Tumor Suppression and Genome Instability”
Event Details

Location: Building 101, Room F193
Time: 11:00 a.m.-noon
Speaker(s): Titia de Lange, Ph.D., from Rockefeller University

Nov
12

North Carolina State University Toxicology Program Seminar presents “siRNA-Based Synthetic Lethal Screening to Enhance Cancer Treatment Responses of Specific p53 Mutants”
Event Details

Location: 850 Main Campus Dr., Room 2104, Raleigh, North Carolina
Time: 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): NIEHS Staff Scientist Daniel Menendez, Ph.D.
More details available

Nov
19

North Carolina State University Toxicology Program Seminar presents “Transcriptional and Epigenetic Control of Cell Fate Decisions'
Event Details

Location: 850 Main Campus Dr., Room 2104, Raleigh, North Carolina
Time: 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): NIEHS Systems Biology Group Chief Raja Jothi, Ph.D.

Nov
21-22

Environmental Health Matters Initiative Workshop “Quality Water from Every Tap”
Event Details

Location: National Academies of Science, 2101 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, D.C.

Nov
22

NIEHS Scholars Connect Program Fall Presentation — Elevator Pitch: Overview of Research Work
Event Details

Location: Building 101, Room F193
Time: 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Nov
26

Duke University Program in Genetics and Genomics (UPGG) and Duke School of Medicine present UPGG Tuesday Seminar Series “When DNA Repair Causes DNA Damage: Human NTHL1 Protein Dysregulation as a Driver of Genomic Instability and Cellular Transformation'
Event Details

Location: Duke University, Nanaline Duke Building, Room 147, 307 Research Drive, Durham, North Carolina
Time: 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Speaker(s): NIEHS Deputy Scientific Director Paul Doetsch, Ph.D.
More details

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