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Your Environment, Your Health: The mission of the NIEHS is to reduce the burden of human illness and disability by understanding how the environment influences the development and progression of human disease.

The Weight of the Nation - to win, we have to lose

12th Edition 2011 - Report on Carcinogens

News

Beijing Olympics Experiment Reveals Biological Link Between Air Pollution Exposure, Cardiovascular Disease - May 16, 2012
NNSA, FBI Conclude Radiological Security Exercise at NIEHS in North Carolina - May 07, 2012
NIH statement on World Asthma Day 2012 - April 30, 2012

Features

Dale Sandler, Ph.D. , Chief, NIEHS Epidemiology Branch, elected to Alpha Chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
NIEHS Strategic Plan: Next Steps
Celebrate Earth Day, Every Day with NIEHS!

Events

NIH Director's Seminar Series: Serena Dudek, Ph.D., NIEHS - New Insights Into Regulating Synaptic Plasticity from an Unexpected Place - May 18, 2012
National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences (NAEHS) Council Meeting - May 22-23, 2012
Symposium on Emerging Issues in Analysis and Design of Large Scale Genetic Studies - May 24-25, 2012

New Grants

Role of Environmental Chemical Exposures in the Development of Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome (R21 & R01)(PA-12-184/5) - Expiration Date: September 8, 2015
SBIR E-learning for HAZMAT and Emergency Response (SBIR [R43/R44])(RFA-ES-12-005) - Application Due Date: July 27, 2012
Research to Action: Assessing and Addressing Community Exposures to Environmental Contaminants (R01)(PA-12-153) - Expiration Date: September 8, 2015

Recently Published Research

Cnot1, Cnot2, and Cnot3 Maintain Mouse and Human ESC Identity and Inhibit Extraembryonic Differentiation [Abstract] [Synopsis] (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2012/5/dir/index.htm#a3) Zheng X, Dumitru R, Lackford BL, Freudenberg JM, Singh AP, Archer TK, Jothi R, Hu G. May 2012
A Novel “Molecular Tweezer” Inhibitor of alpha-Synuclein Neurotoxity in Vitro and in Vivo [Abstract] [Synopsis] (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2012/5/dert/index.htm#a3) Prabhudesai S, Sinha S, Attar A, Kotagiri A, Fitzmaurice AG, Lakshmanan R, Ivanova MI, Loo JA, Klärner FG, Schrader T, Stahl M, Bitan G, Bronstein JM. April 2012

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	News Beijing Olympics Experiment Reveals Biological Link Between Air Pollution Exposure, Cardiovascular Disease - May 16, 2012 NNSA, FBI Conclude Radiological Security Exercise at NIEHS in North Carolina - May 07, 2012 NIH statement on World Asthma Day 2012 - April 30, 2012 Features Dale Sandler, Ph.D. , Chief, NIEHS Epidemiology Branch, elected to Alpha Chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public NIEHS Strategic Plan: Next Steps Celebrate Earth Day, Every Day with NIEHS! Events NIH Director's Seminar Series: Serena Dudek, Ph.D., NIEHS - New Insights Into Regulating Synaptic Plasticity from an Unexpected Place - May 18, 2012 National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences (NAEHS) Council Meeting - May 22-23, 2012 Symposium on Emerging Issues in Analysis and Design of Large Scale Genetic Studies - May 24-25, 2012 New Grants Role of Environmental Chemical Exposures in the Development of Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome (R21 & R01)(PA-12-184/5) - Expiration Date: September 8, 2015 SBIR E-learning for HAZMAT and Emergency Response (SBIR [R43/R44])(RFA-ES-12-005) - Application Due Date: July 27, 2012 Research to Action: Assessing and Addressing Community Exposures to Environmental Contaminants (R01)(PA-12-153) - Expiration Date: September 8, 2015 Recently Published Research Cnot1, Cnot2, and Cnot3 Maintain Mouse and Human ESC Identity and Inhibit Extraembryonic Differentiation [Abstract] [Synopsis] (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2012/5/dir/index.htm#a3) Zheng X, Dumitru R, Lackford BL, Freudenberg JM, Singh AP, Archer TK, Jothi R, Hu G. May 2012 A Novel “Molecular Tweezer” Inhibitor of alpha-Synuclein Neurotoxity in Vitro and in Vivo [Abstract] [Synopsis] (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2012/5/dert/index.htm#a3) Prabhudesai S, Sinha S, Attar A, Kotagiri A, Fitzmaurice AG, Lakshmanan R, Ivanova MI, Loo JA, Klärner FG, Schrader T, Stahl M, Bitan G, Bronstein JM. April 2012
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