Please join us this Friday, 9/26 for ToxSeminar with Dr. Nicole Kleinstreuer from the ILS/NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM). Her talk is titled “Computational Toxicology Tools: Constructing and Evaluating an Adverse Outcome Pathway for Embryonic Vascular Disruption.” The seminar will begin at noon in Environment […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
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Our very own Cynthia Kuhn, Director of Graduate Studies, has earned a Golden Goose Award in recognition of her work on a federally funded study that has turned out to have a significant impact on society. Dr Kuhn and her collaborators received the award last week in a ceremony in […]
Two postdoctoral positions are available through the Toxicology Training Program at the University of Arizona. This training program titled “Training in Environmental Toxicology of Complex Diseases” is supported by NIEHS (T32ES006694) and administratively housed within the Center for Toxicology. The primary objective of the Training Program is to train toxicologists to apply state-of-the […]
The Department of Biology at the University of Minnesota Duluth seeks a Post-Doctoral Associate to conduct research related to the development and application of pathway-based approaches to assess ecological risks of contaminants. Specifically, the candidate will focus on the description and development of adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) that link […]
Registration is now open for the Fall 2014 Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Symposium which will be held on Friday, October 24th at the Searle Center on Duke’s West Campus. The topic for this Symposium is: Low Dose Effects / Non-Monotonic Responses of Endocrine Disruptors Please register HERE Agenda ITEHP […]
Christina Bear, a high school student from Golden, visited Duke this summer and toured ITEHP labs to learn about environmental health and toxicology. Christina shares some photos and reflects on her experience. Looking for the right balance of relaxation and summer learning as a rising high school junior can be […]
Join us this Friday, 9/19 for ToxSeminar with Dr. Daniel Vallero from the US-EPA. Dr. Vallero’s talk is titled “Integrating Toxicology and Exposure to Prioritize Chemicals in the Marketplace”. The seminar will begin at noon in Environment Hall Field Auditorium.
Laura Macaulay, an ITEHP graduate student in Heather Stapleton’s laboratory, received the prestigious Otto Hutzinger Student Award at this year’s International Dioxin Conference in Madrid. Laura presented a talk on her Superfund research which focuses on early life exposure to 6-OH-BDE-47 and developmental effects mediated by THR. Please join us […]
Audrey Bone, an ITEHP graduate student, will be presenting at ToxSeminar this Friday from Noon-1:30PM in Field Auditorium in the new Environmental Hall! Her talk is titled, “Incorporating Environmental Realism into Toxicity of Nanoparticles to Early Life Stage Fish.”
Join us this Friday for ToxSeminar with Dr. Daniel Baden from UNC-Wilmington’s Center for Marine Science. Dr. Baden’s talk is titled, From Beach to Beside: Getting our Feet Wet in Translational Marine Science. ToxSeminar is held every Friday from 12-1:30PM. New location: Duke’s Environment Hall, Field Auditorium
US EPA will be hosting it’s second Data Summit for Beginning the dialogue about using new data to transform chemical safety evaluations. September 29-30, 2014 EPA Research Triangle Park Campus 109 T.W. Alexander Dr. Durham, NC 27711 For more information, visit this website.
ToxSeminar this Thursday with Sonja Brun Sonja Brun, a graduate student in the Pharmacology and Cancer Biology Dept. (Wechsler-Reya Lab, Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute) will be presenting her ITEHP research this Thursday, June 19th. Her talk is titled Molecular Regulators of Stem Cell Fate and Tumor Development in the […]
Special ITEHP Seminar this Friday, June 6th with Christina Bear Richard Di Giulio and the Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program will be hosting a seminar on Friday, June 6th from 12-1PM in LSRC A158. The guest speaker will be Christina Bear, a high school student from Golden, Colorado. […]
Lauren Wyatt wins Best Poster award at Carolina SETAC this past weekend! Congratulations to Lauren Wyatt who received the award for Best Poster this past Saturday at Carolina SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) hosted by Clemson University. Lauren’s poster featured her research on the impacts of mercury […]
This Friday, April 25th, Dr. Pauline Mendola joins us at Duke for ToxSeminar. Her presentation is titled, Complications of Pregnancy Associated with Asthma and the Impact of Poor Air Quality. Seminar will begin at Noon in LSRC A247. You can only enter the building through the main entryway or through the […]