NIEHS Spotlight
Weis addresses industrial hygiene group on mineral fibers
NIEHS Toxicology Liaison Chris Weis, Ph.D., was on the road last month speaking on the link between hazardous mineral fibers and an epidemic of respiratory ailments.
LST fellow makes a move from lab bench to global health 
Sindura Ganapathi, Ph.D., took an important step in his career when he transitioned from being a trainee to his new role as an associate program officer at the Gates Foundation.
Former NIEHS staff fellow named vice chancellor
Robert Boswell, Ph.D., began the new year with yet another addition to his long list of honors and accomplishments since leaving NIEHS in 1986.
Staffers and trainees gain toxicology certification
Two NIEHS/NTP scientists and two NTP postdoctoral fellows recently took an important step along toxicology’s professional track with DABT certification.
NIH turns 125
As NIEHS looks forward to its 50th anniversary, NIH geared up for a celebration of 125 years of turning discovery into health.
Public health officials work to keep research first during a tough economy
Association of Schools of Public Health official Mike Stephens addressed the growing national deficit, specifically its impact on federal funding of public health research.
Prins honored by University of Illinois at Chicago
NIEHS grantee Gail Prins, Ph.D., is one of three researchers who are winners of 2011 Researcher of the Year awards at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
NIEHS Public Interest Partner honored
Mary Lamielle, executive director of the National Center for Environmental Health Strategies, received the 2012 Camden County (N.J.) Freedom Medal.
Superfund promotes safe drinking water at Agua Fria Festival
Researchers and Community Engagement Core leaders were on hand to share health and exposure information on arsenic and lead to the thousands of people at the two-day event.
Registration is underway for NIEHS and HHS national research conference
Organizers of the South Atlantic National Research Conference are accepting registrations for a forum March 21-22 at the Raleigh (N.C.) Convention Center.
NTP toxicologist Kamal Abdo remembered
NIEHS/NTP colleagues were saddened by the death of Kamal Abdo, Ph.D., Dec. 22, 2011, in Bahama, N.C. at age 73.
Inside the Institute
NIH celebrates King legacy with dance, music, and personal history
The program featured a talk by toxicologist Lemuel Russell, Ph.D., and three inspirational performances by students from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts.
Long recognized for CFC leadership
One factor in CFC’s success this year, several observers agree, was the leadership provided by NIEHS Deputy Associate Director for Management Chris Long.
Calendar of Upcoming Events
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Feb 03, in Rodbell A, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. — Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology Seminar Series, featuring Michael Waterman, Ph.D., speaking on “Structure/Function of CYPs 21A2 and 17A1 in Biosynthesis of Steroid Hormones”
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Feb 06–07, at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, N.C., 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. — NIEHS Data Sharing Workshop
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Feb 07, in Rodbell Auditorium, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. — Seminar featuring Ann Reed, M.D., “A Phenotypic Conundrum: My Experience Studying Inflammatory Myositis”
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Feb 08–09, in Rodbell Auditorium, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. — NTP Technical Reports Peer Review
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Feb 10, in Rodbell Auditorium, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. — Seminar featuring Elise Kohn, M.D., topic TBA
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Feb 14, in Rodbell Auditorium, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. — Falk Lecture with Danny Reinberg, Ph.D., speaking on “Molecular Mechanisms of Epigenetic Inheritance.”
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Feb 15–16, in Rodbell Auditorium, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. — National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council meeting
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Feb 16, in Keystone 1003, 2:00–3:00 p.m. — Keystone Lecture Seminar Series, featuring Marie-Francoise Chesselet, M.D., Ph.D., exploring “Gene and environment risk factors for Parkinson's disease: from man to mice and back”
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Feb 29 (Offsite event), at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, 2024 W. Main Street, Ste. A200, Durham, N.C., 12:00–1:00 p.m. — Postdoc Professional Development Workshop, “Scientific Publishing From the Inside Out,” (http://www.nescent.org/cal/calendar_detail.php?id=811)
by Science Magazine Associate Editor Sacha Vignieri, Ph.D.
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Mar 01, in Keystone 1003, 10:00–11:00 a.m. — Keystone Lecture Seminar Series, with John Rawls, Ph.D., addressing “Host-microbe symbiosis in the zebrafish intestine”
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Science Notebook
Minisymposium brings epigenetic experts to NIEHS
The daylong minisymposium Jan. 10 at NIEHS showcased scientific presentations by many leaders in the field of epigenetics, chromatin biology, development, and disease.
BPA researchers meet for updates and assessment
NIEHS grantees and government scientists gathered Jan. 17-19 at NIEHS to update their research efforts on bisphenol A in ARRA-funded research projects.
Women's health takes the spotlight
NIEHS welcomed fellow scientists, practitioners, and leaders in women’s health to a consortium for the singular purpose of highlighting women’s reproductive health.
Study estimates millions have autoantibodies that target their own tissues
The first nationally representative sample looked at the prevalence of the most common type of autoantibody known as antinuclear antibodies.
Fry maps arsenic levels across NC
Grantee Rebecca Fry, Ph.D., and her colleagues found elevated levels of arsenic over a period of 11 years in a number of counties that border the Carolina slate belt.
Kumar explores regulation of male germline stem cell niche
Rajendra Kumar, Ph.D., presented new findings that offer insights into the mechanisms responsible for infertility and insufficient production of the male sex hormone.
Transcription of membrane-associated DNA highlights Lieb’s encore
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Jason Lieb, Ph.D., spoke Jan. 20 at NIEHS about how the organization of DNA in the genome affects gene expression.
Armstrong discusses endocrine disruption of synaptic plasticity
NIEHS senior investigator David Armstrong, Ph.D., reported on new findings about the regulation of synaptic plasticity by endocrine modulators found in the environment.
This month in EHP 
In its feature story of the month, Environmental Health Perspectives examines the impact of environmental exposures on America’s growing obesity epidemic.
Upcoming Falk lecturer Danny Reinberg
The epigenetic biochemist will provide insights into epigenetics research with his talk on “Molecular Mechanisms of Epigenetic Inheritance.”
Extramural Research
Extramural papers of the month/news/newsletter/2012/2/extramural/index.htm
- New way to remove heavy metals from water
- Perfluorinated compounds and immune response in children
- Menthol lessens irritation from cigarette smoke
- Measuring cockroach allergen in the air
