Environmental Factor Newsletter, January 2020

Cryo-EM enhances field of structural biology, experts say

Members of the Molecular Microscopy Consortium highlighted the importance of cryogenic electron microscopy, or cryo-EM.

PFOA evaluated for cancer links by NTP expert panel

In the U.S., the substance has been phased out of almost all commercial and industrial products, but it persists in the environment.

closeup of bottle of sunscreen slightly buried in sand with sunglasses and hat blurred in the background

Chemical used in sunscreen analyzed for potential carcinogenicity

An expert panel agreed with findings from a recent National Toxicology Program study on a compound known as oxybenzone.

The 20 most-read stories of 2019 feature health, chemicals, pollution

Stories on PFAS, global pollution, and chemicals that disrupt hormone signaling dominated reader interest.

Moving away from animal-based antibodies

During a meeting at the National Institutes of Health, scientists said cell-based antibodies could improve experimental quality.

Scientific Journeys: A postdoctoral fellow describes her path

At a recent orientation meeting for new trainees, Liz Garcia-Peterson, Ph.D., sat down with Environmental Factor for an in-depth interview.

Calendar

Jan
10

NIEHS Office of Data Science presents “Chemmaps.com, Tox21BodyMap and InterPred: Webtools to Explore the Tox21 Data”
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Location: Building 101, Room F193
Time: 1:30-3:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Alexandre Borrel, Ph.D., NIEHS Biostatistics and Computational Biology Branch

Jan
16

Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series presents “Early Life Determinants of Psychiatric Disorders”
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Location: Keystone Building, Room 1003AB
Time: 11:00 a.m.-noon
Speaker(s): Alan Brown, M.D., Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute

Jan
21

Interagency Coordinating Committee on Validating Alternative Methods Communities of Practice Webinar on “Use of Animal-free Affinity Reagents”
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Location: Webinar
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Register for the webinar

Jan
24

The Society of Toxicology Carcinogenesis Specialty Section and the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals International Science Consortium present “Mechanistic Assessment of Carcinogenicity”
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Location: Webinar
Time: 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Registration and more information

Jan
24

The University of North Carolina Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility presents “Environmental Regulation of the Estrogen Response in Single Living Cells”
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Location: 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Time: noon-1:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Joseph Rodriguez, Ph.D., from the NIEHS Epigenetics and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory
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Jan
27-28

National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Workshop on “Emerging Technologies to Advance Research and Decisions on the Environmental Health Effects of Microplastics”
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Location: Keck Center, Room 100, 500 5th St. NW, Washington, D.C.
Time: 8:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Agenda, registration, and more information

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