Environmental Factor Newsletter, November 2020

Breast cancer and air pollution linked by new marker

NIEHS scientists connect particulate matter exposures with tissue changes linked to increased breast cancer risk.

Hormone receptor implicated in ovarian cancer

NIEHS researchers use mice to better understand how ovarian tumors form.

Double-strand DNA breaks repaired by protein called polymerase mu

NIEHS scientists used time-lapse crystallography to show the protein fixing DNA damage that can lead to cancer and other diseases.

Intramural Papers of the Month

Extramural Papers of the Month

Calendar

Nov
06

Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory Seminar Series presents, “Epigenetic Regulation of Pluripotency and Inheritance”
Event Details

Location: Zoom
Time: 11:00 a.m.-noon
Speaker(s): Miguel Ramalho-Santos, Ph.D., from the University of Toronto
Join meeting, passcode 668211

Nov
09

Superfund Research Program (SRP) Progress in Research webinar series presents “Vulnerable Populations”
Event Details

Location: Webinar
Time: 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Speaker(s): From the Northeastern University and the University of Alabama-Birmingham SRP Centers
Register and more information

Nov
10

NIEHS Distinguished Lecture Series presents “Somatic Mutations in Normal Tissue”
Event Details

Location: Zoom
Time: 11:00 a.m.-noon
Speaker(s): Peter Campbell, Ph.D., from the Wellcome Sanger Institute
Join on Zoom

Nov
10

NIEHS Veterans Day Celebration and CFC Event
Event Details

Location: Zoom
Time: 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Nov
12

NIEHS Women’s Health Awareness Real Talk With the Experts Virtual Series presents “Is Social Distancing Keeping You Home? Protect Your Family’s Health: Clean Air in Your Home
Event Details

Location: Webinar
Time: 6:30-7:45 p.m.
Register by Nov. 11

Nov
13

Keystone Science Lecture Series presents “Data in the biomedical sciences: a proposal to stimulate sharing and create a better future”
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): J. Brian Byrd, M.D., from the University of Michigan

Nov
19

Superfund Research Program (SRP) Progress in Research webinar series presents “Emerging Exposures”
Event Details

Location: Webinar
Time: 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): From North Carolina State University, University of Iowa, and Louisiana State University SRP Centers
Details and registration

Nov
20

Virtual NIEHS Science Day
Event Details

Location: Zoom
Time: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Dec
03

Triangle Global Health Consortium 2020 Conference: Global Health in the COVID-19 Era: Leadership in Action
Event Details

Location: Online
Details and registration

Dec
03-04

National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors meeting
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 12:30-5:00 p.m.
Agenda and other information

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