Environmental Factor Newsletter, October 2020

Falk lecture highlights critical X chromosome interplay in early life

Jeannie Lee shared her groundbreaking research into X-chromosome inactivation, a key process in female embryonic development.

COVID-19 research funding targets role of genes, environment

NIEHS and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases seek to understand why some people are more vulnerable to the disease.

person in protective suit taking a water sample

Links between environment, genetic changes explored at society meeting

NIEHS scientists discussed mitochondrial mutations, RNA modifications, and more at Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society meeting.

NTP scoping reviews identify research gaps, recommend further study

Reviews of progestogens, paraquat, and neonicotinoid pesticides are among the first of a new type of National Toxicology Program report.

National security, environment overlap in ambitious research project

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency seeks to better understand how harmful agents may affect the human epigenome.

PFAS research shared at federal workshop hosted by NIEHS

Scientists discussed potential effects on development and reproduction, and ways to improve hazard assessment.

Arsenic, fluorescent mice, and PFAS among topics at tox conference

The 2020 meeting of the North Carolina Society of Toxicology included a career panel and presentations by NIEHS early-career scientists.

United States ICCVAM Advancing Alternatives to Animal Testing

Nonanimal safety testing requires data quality, measures of success

Experts at federal meeting focus on areas for reducing animal use in testing.

Calendar

Oct
08

NIEHS Women’s Health Awareness RealTalk With the Experts series presents “Self-Advocacy Starts With You: Breast Cancer 101”
Event Details

Location: Zoom
Time: 6:30-7:45 p.m.
Speaker(s): Oluwadamilola “Lola” Fayanju, M.D., and Jennifer Plichta, M.D., from Duke University; Marissa Howard-McNatt, M.D., from Wake Forest School of Medicine
Details and link to register

Oct
09

NIEHS Reproductive Developmental Biology Lab presents “Single-cell-based Characterization of Developmental Processes Using Dynamic Spanning Forests”
Event Details

Location: Zoom
Time: 11:00 a.m.-noon
Speaker(s): Benedict Anchang, Ph.D., NIEHS Stadtman investigator, Biostatistics and Computational Biology Branch
Zoom Meeting ID: 160 750 5223; Passcode: 668211

Oct
13

NIEHS Distinguished Lecture Series presents “Nuclear Receptors, Circadian Rhythms, and Metabolism”
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 11:00 a.m.-noon
Speaker(s): Mitchell Lazar, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Join us on Zoom

Oct
15

“Application of animal-free antibodies” webinar, presented by the National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods and others
Event Details

Location: Webinar
Time: 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Speaker(s): Giulio Russo, Ph.D., from Abcalis, will speak on the replacement of animal serum-derived secondary antibodies with animal-free multiclonal antibodies. Charu Chandrasekera, Ph.D., from the Canadian Centre for Alternatives to Animal Methods, will provide an in-depth look at her experience replacing animal-derived affinity reagents in the laboratory.
Register to attend

Oct
21

Superfund Research Program Progress in Research Webinar Part 1: Metals
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Registration, speakers, and more

Oct
30

Duke University Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program presents “Marine Medicine Symposium: Oceans and Human Health”
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 9:00 a.m.-2:55 p.m.
Speakers, registration, and more

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