All seminars are held in LSRC A247 at Noon unless noted:
Aug 30 ITEHP Reception
Sept 6 Bruce Blumberg, Ph.D., UC Irvine: Obesogens, Stem Cells and the Transgenerational Programming of Obesity
Sept 13 Elena Braithwaite, Ph.D., NIEHS: Metal-Regulatory Transcription Factor 1, Its Interacting Partners and Downstream Targets
Sept 20 Tom R. Guilarte, Ph.D., Columbia University: Toxins and Genes: A New Perspective in Gene-Environment Interactions in Schizophrenia
Sept 27 Jack Fowle, Ph.D., Science to Inform, EPA (ret): Integrating Tox 21 Tools to Help Determine Pathways of Toxicity Informing Regulatory Decisions
Oct 4 Steve Patierno, Ph.D., Duke Cancer Institute: Chromium: A Complicated Conundrum of a Complex Carcinogen
Oct 11 Shuqun Yang, ITEHP Graduate Student, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University: Cell Cycle Regulated Phosphorylation of the Telomere-associated Protein TIN2
Oct 18 No seminar – Superfund Research Program Annual Meeting, Baton Rouge
*Oct 25 John Wise, Ph.D., University of Southern Maine: Mechanisms of Chromium Carcinogenesis: Insights from Human and Whale Cells, Location: Searle Center Lecture Hall; Registration Required
*Oct 31 Rapidly Emerging Nanomaterials: Insuring Human and Environmental Health, Kirby Horton Hall, Duke Gardens (*Thursday, October 31, 8 am – 3 pm)
Nov 8 Heather Patisaul, Ph.D., NC State University: Brain Chemistry: Environmental Influences on Neuroendocrine Development and Behavior
Nov 15 Sherine Chan, Ph.D., Medical College of South Carolina: Environmental Toxicant Exposures, Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Birth defects
Nov 22 Patricia Jensen, Ph. D., NIEHS: Developmental Origins of Central Norepinephrine Neuron Diversity