Environmental Factor

New toxicity test offers speed, accuracy, savings

A new test directly measures cell survival more quickly and cheaply than other ways of testing toxicity of chemicals and other exposures.

Stephen Shears, Ph.D., head of the Inositol Signaling Group at NIEHS

Research uncovers secret behind flavonoids’ health benefits

NIEHS scientists open door to new medicines by discovering how flavonoids — at levels found in balanced diet — block cancer-promoting protein.

Extramural Papers of the Month

Intramural papers of the month

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Mar
05

NIEHS Spirit Lecture presents “A Winding Path to a Rewarding Career in Public Health”
Event Details

Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Speaker(s): Germaine Buck Louis, Ph.D., from George Mason University

Mar
06-07

National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine present “The Promise of Single Cell and Single Molecule Analysis Tools to Advance Environmental Health Research”
Event Details

Location: National Academy of Science Building, 2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC

Mar
10-14

Society of Toxicology 58th Annual Meeting and Tox Expo
Event Details

Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Mar
12

NIEHS Rodbell Lecture presents “Defects in mRNA Translation, Neurodegeneration, and Modifier Genes”
Event Details

Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 11:00 a.m.-noon
Speaker(s): Susan Ackerman, Ph.D., from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and University of California, San Diego

Mar
13-17

CitSci 2019 Conference
Event Details

Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Details on speakers, schedules, and registration

Mar
19

NIEHS Exposure Science and the Exposome Webinar Series presents “Leveraging Mass Spectrometry Data to Understand Maternal and Fetal Exposome in Pregnancy and Implications for Health”
Event Details

Location: Webinar or call in to 1-650-479-3208. Access code: 624 712 579
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Speaker(s): Tracey Woodruff, Ph.D., from the University of California San Francisco
Join the webinar online

Mar
19

North Carolina State University Toxicology Series presents Alison Harrill, Ph.D., from the National Toxicology Program
Event Details

Location: Toxicology Building, Room 2104, 850 Main Campus Dr., Raleigh, North Carolina
Time: 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Mar
20-22

Third International Workshop on Chronic Kidney Diseases of Uncertain/Non-traditional Etiology in Mesoamerica and Other Regions
Event Details

Location: San Jose, Costa Rica
Description and registration

Mar
21

Duke University Integrated Toxicology Environmental Health Spring Seminar Series presents “Are Maternal Exposures to Nanoparticles During Pregnancy a Risk Factor for the Development of Cardiovascular Disease?”
Event Details

Location: Field Auditorium, Grainger Hall, Duke University
Time: 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Phoebe Stapleton, Ph.D., from Rutgers School of Public Health

Mar
23-25

Trans-NIH Workshop on Inflammation Resolution Biology
Event Details

Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Register by March 15

Mar
27

PEPH webinar — Citizen Science
Event Details

Location: Webinar
Time: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Register in advance

Apr
02

Reddit Ask Me Anything on the Environmental Risk Factors of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Event Details

Location: Reddit website
Time: 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Rebecca Schmidt, Ph.D., from the University of California at Davis; and Cindy Lawler, Ph.D., from NIEHS
Post questions starting about 8:00 a.m.

Apr
06

Women’s Health Awareness Day
Event Details

Location: 1900 Concord St., Mary Townes Science Building, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina
Time: 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Learn more and preregister

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