Upcoming Events

Oct. 6: Behavior & Neuroscience RIG Monthly Meeting: Dr. John Godwin, "Estrogens, Aggression and Territoriality in Fishes, and Inverted U's" 12:00pm DCL 139 or Zoom

Oct 24: Dr. Phu Tran, “Early-Life Iron Deficiency Anemia: Gene Regulation Perspective and Potential Early Brain Biomarkers" 4:00pm Tox 2104

*Co-sponsored by the Environmental Epigenetics and Genetics Group

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Tuesday, November 2, 2023 1:00pm

Dr. Allan Balmain, “Clonal Selection of Cancer Driver Mutations by Tumor Promoting Factors During Tumor Initiation and Progression”

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News

Several CHHE members traveled to Chicago for the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES) Annual Meeting

Nadine Kotlarz, Susie Proctor, Katy May and Lacey Brown presented their research under this year’s theme of "Connecting Communities & Science through Addressing Environmental Exposures", with topics ranging from health effects of PFAS exposure in homes to using a mixed methods approach to evaluate report back efforts. Joining the CHHE team for day 1 of the meeting was Catrina Floyd, Interim Director of Partnership Effort for the Advancement of Children’s Health (PEACH). Catrina was one of many community representatives in attendance who helped to highlight the vital role that exposure science plays in the daily lives of exposed communities. It was a great opportunity to listen and learn from researchers, students, and community leaders and foster important conversations about how scientists can help move the needle on public health initiatives. 

Dr. Fred Wright, co-director of the Integrative Health Sciences Facility Core served on two panels for the US EPA In July-August 2023

Dr. Wright provided a review of the proposed EPA Transcriptomic Assessment Product (ETAP) and Value of Information (VOI) analysis. ETAP is a proposed ORD assessment product that utilizes a standardized short-term in vivo study design and data analysis procedures to develop transcriptomic-based reference values for data poor chemicals. The VOI is used to weigh the public health and economic trade-offs associated with the timeliness, uncertainty, and is proposed to be applied to costs associated with the ETAP.

Dr. Cathrine Hoyo gave a seminar at Columbia on September 7 as part of our Center to Center collaboration

Dr. Hoyo's talk was entitled 'Aberrant DNA Methylation of Imprint Control Regions and Alzheimer's Disease in Humans'. This lecture covered three topics--including 1) ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in environmental contaminants and Alzheimer's disease, 2) environmental contaminants and epigenetic response of imprint control regions (ICRs), and 3) how we can leverage ICR differential methylation to for early identification of Alzheimer's disease susceptibility earlier during the life course.

Find out Friday, "CHHE Data Management Support: Help, Training, and NIH Compliance"

Nathan Dunn, new CHHE Data Manager, gave a brief overview of on how he can assist you in all phases of the research data life cycle which includes Data Management Plans, understanding and maintaining compliance with funding agency guidelines (NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy), maintaining data organization best practices, and accessing university data storage resources. You can view the recording here.

Community Engagement Core, Supplies for Teachers



Is your lab doing any fall cleaning? The CEC is on the hunt for some gizmos and gadgets. We are working with local teachers on a few projects, and are specifically looking for: 

Microscopes (dissecting or compound, microscope slides and coverslips);

Glassware (Beakers, beaker tongs, graduated cylinders, large glass stir rods);

Heating (electric hot plates or tea kettles, thermometers, Infrared heating lamp, magnetic stirring hotplate and stir bars);

Measuring (digital scales, disposable weigh boats)

Lab samples (well plates, filter paper, test tube clamps, scoopulas, disposable pipettes, Micropipettes and tips, Gel gelectropheriss equipment, DNA model)

Environmental samples (soil core samplers, Water Quality Testing Kits, Kick nets for aquatic collections)

If you have any of these things lying around that may be looking for a new home, let Katy know! kmay2@ncsu.edu