Environmental Factor Newsletter, December 2019

NIEHS celebrates 17th Annual Science Days

The institute honored its early-career scientists, who gave talks on breast cancer and gastric inflammation, among other topics.

Hans Luecke, Ph.D., asking a question during the presentation

Trainees present posters, exchange ideas during Science Days

Day 2 featured almost 90 poster presentations and a workshop on navigating the research grant application process.

profiles of people's shadows with 0s and 1s overlayed

NIH seeks data policy input

Environmental health researchers and others may comment on the National Institutes of Health draft policy on data management and sharing.

Telomere crisis can cause genome changes found in cancer

Titia de Lange describes how the shortening of chromosome caps called telomeres can lead to genome instability and cancer progression.

Connecting Parkinson’s disease, pesticides, and genes

A long-term study in California shows different ways that pesticide exposures and genetics combine to increase risk of Parkinson's disease.

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North Carolina scientists, policymakers take on PFAS

Experts met in Durham to brainstorm solutions to problems posed by the man-made chemicals.

Public health, climate change spotlighted at APHA conference

The work of NIEHS staff members and grant recipients was showcased at the American Public Health Association's annual meeting.

Origins of cancer examined at Durham conference

Attendees focused on factors that can cause cancer without damaging DNA, through changing the activity of nuclear receptors.

Calendar

Dec
06

Duke University Program in Environmental Health and Toxicology Fall Seminar Series presents, “Using Zebrafish as a Model to Investigate the Potential Threat of Nanoplastics to Aquatic Species”
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Location: Duke University Levine Science Research Center, Love Auditorium B101, 308 Research Drive, Durham, North Carolina
Time: 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Rafael Trevisan, Ph.D., Duke University
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Dec
09

Signal Transduction Laboratory Seminar Series presents 'Understanding and Targeting SIRT2 for Treating Cancer'
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Location: NIEHS Building 101, Room F193
Time: 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Speaker(s): Hening Lin, Ph.D., Cornell University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

Dec
10

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility and the Children's Research Institute present 'Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure in Pregnancy in Association with Ultrasound and Delivery Measures of Fetal Growth'
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Location: UNC Bioinformatics Building Room 1131, 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Time: 12:15-1:30 p.m.
Speaker(s): Kelly Ferguson, Ph.D., head of the NIEHS Perinatal and Early Life Epidemiology Group
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Dec
12

National Toxicology Program (NTP) Peer Review of the Draft NTP Technical Reports on the Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of 2-Hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone and Perfluorooctanoic Acid
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Location: Webcast
Time: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
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