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What is NIEHS?
What is NIEHS?

The mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is to discover how the environment affects people in order to promote healthier lives.

The mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is to discover how the environment affects people in order to promote healthier lives.
Hacking the Hormone Code(819KB) Tuesday, May 10, 2016 • 11:00 a.m. – noon(819KB)

Myles Brown, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director, Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Tuesday, May 10 • 11:00 a.m. – noon
NIEHS Building 101, Rodbell Auditorium

Hacking the Hormone Code
Late Lessons From Early Warnings of Hazards From Chemicals, Food Additives, and Radiations, 1896-2013(730KB) Wed., May 11 • 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.(730KB)

David Gee

Wednesday, May 11 • 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
NIEHS Building 101, Rodbell Auditorium

Late Lessons From Early Warnings of Hazards From Chemicals, Food Additives, and Radiations,
1896-2013
NIEHS Genomics Day(1MB) Thursday, May 12 • 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.(1MB)

Thursday, May 12 • 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

NIEHS Building 101, Rodbell Auditorium

NIEHS Genomics Day
The NIEHS Office of the Director presents(844KB) Friday, May 13 • 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.(844KB)

Better With Both: Frontier for Discovery
Janine Clayton, M.D.

Friday, May 13 • 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
NIEHS Building 101, Rodbell Auditorium

The NIEHS Office of the Director presents
Better With Both: Frontier for Discovery
Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Awardee Symposium May 17–18, 2016

May 17-18, 2016

Tuesday, May 17 • 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 18 • 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
NIEHS Building 101, Rodbell Auditorium

Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Awardee Symposium
Nominate an item for the NIEHS 50th Anniversary Time Capsule Nominate an item for the NIEHS 50th Anniversary Time Capsule
Environmental Factor Environmental Factor

May 2016

The Environmental Factor is NIEHS' premier newsletter highlighting science-related activities involving the institute.

May 2016

News Releases

NIH Statement on World Asthma Day 2016
May 3, 2016
Despite Recent Increases in Reported Food Allergy, Study Finds No Change in Antibody Levels Associated with Food Allergy
April 25, 2016
Greenness Around Homes Linked to Lower Mortality
April 15, 2016

Apply for New Grants

BD2K Mentored Career Development Award in Biomedical Big Data Science for Clinicians and Doctorally Prepared Scientists (K01)
ES-16-002
August 1, 2016
BD2K Mentored Career Development Award in Biomedical Big Data Science for Intramural Investigators (K22)
ES-16-003
August 1, 2016
Mechanism for Time-Sensitive Research Opportunities in Environmental Health Sciences (R21)
ES-16-005
Application Due Date: monthly through June 1, 2019

Events

Hacking the Hormone Code(819KB)
NIEHS Building 101, Rodbell Auditorium
May 10, 2016(ical)
Late Lessons From Early Warnings of Hazards From Chemicals, Food Additives, and Radiations, 1896-2013(730KB)
NIEHS Building 101, Rodbell Auditorium
May 11, 2016(ical)
NIEHS Genomics Day(1MB)
NIEHS Building 101, Rodbell Auditorium
May 12, 2016(ical)

Recently Published Research

Structural Characterization of the Virulence Factor Sda1 Nuclease from Streptococcus pyogenes
Abstract | Synopsis
Moon AF, Krahn JM, Lu X, Cuneo MJ, Pedersen LC
May 2016
Gene Deficiency and Pharmacological Inhibition of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Confers Resilience to Repeated Social Defeat Stress
Abstract | Synopsis
Ren Q, Ma M, Ishima T, Morisseau C, Yang J, Wagner KM, Zhang JC, Yang C, Yao W, Dong C, Han M, Hammock BD, Hashimoto K
March 2016

Environmental Factor

Mold exposures promote both allergic and inflammatory responses

Scientists at NIEHS and NIOSH reported insights into both allergic and inflammatory responses in the lungs of mice inhaling mold spores.