Sept 7: Tso-Pang Yao, Ph.D., Duke University : Connecting mitochondrial toxin to neurodegeneration
Sept 14: Christie M Sayes, PhD. Research Triangle Institute International: Contemporary issues in nanotoxicology: Continuing to relate material properties to biological responses
Sept 21: Charlotte Clark, PhD, Nicholas School of the Environment: Research Translation: What’s In a Name
Sept 28: Andrew Arrant, Duke University ITEHP: Immaturity of the serotonergic system mediates lack of drug-induced behavioral inhibition in adolescents
Oct 5: Cavin Ward-Caviness, Duke University: Gene-environment interactions in chronic cardiovascular diseases
Oct 12: Amy Ringwood, PhD, University of North Carolina-Charlotte: Bivalve biomarkers – Models for pollutant and nanoparticle bioreactivity
Oct 19: Kristie Willet, PhD, University of Mississippi : Reproductive, developmental and epigenetic effects of benzo(a)pyrene in Fundulus heteroclitus and Danio rerio
Oct 21-24: Superfund Basic Research Program Conference (no Seminar)
Nov 2: Ashley Parks, Duke University ITEHP: Bioavailability and effects of single-walled carbon nanotubes in a benthic estuarine system
Nov 9: Jennifer L. Wheeler, PhD, Duke University: Novel cellular targets of AhR underlie alterations in neutrophilic inflammation and iNOS expression during influenza virus infection
Nov 16: Lynn Singer, PhD, Case Western Reserve University: MDMA and cocaine: challenges of understanding prenatal exposure effects
Nov 30: Nancy Denslow, PhD, University of Florida: Molecular approaches to understanding persistent organochlorine pesticides at Lake Apopka, Florida
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PAST Seminars:
Jan 13
David Armstrong, PhD, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Endocrine disruption of synaptic plasticity in the postnatal mouse hippocampus
Jan 20
Gregory J Cole, PhD, North Carolina Central University
Mechanisms of ethanol-induced CNS abnormalities in zebrafish: Evidence for disrupted extracellular matrix function
Jan 27
Maxwell Leung, Duke University ITEHP Doctoral Candidate
Later-life effects of mitochondrial DNA damage during development in the whole organism model Caenorhabditis elegans
Feb 3
Kevin Crofton, PhD, US-Environmental Protection Agency
The role of thyroid hormones in neurodevelopment: Using mode-of-action pathways to focus research strategies
Feb 10 Marion Ehrich, PhD, Virginia Tech University
Fullerenes for ameliorating organophosphorus threats
Feb 17
Richard L. Auten, MD, Duke University
Air pollution exposure in pregnancy effects on respiratory function in offspring: Innate immunity as gateway
Feb 24
Kia Walcott, Duke University ITEHP Doctoral Candidate
An in vivo, tissue-specific RNAi screen for ion channels contributing to nociception in Drosophila
Mar 2
Kent Pinkerton, PhD, University of California-Davis
*Note location & time: 103 Bryan, 11:30-1:00
Nanomaterials from children’s health to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Mar 16
Rosalind Coleman, MD, University of North Carolina
Acyl-CoAs and lipid partitioning
Mar 23
Fernando Galvez, PhD, Louisiana State University
The physiological and genomic effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on resident killifish
Mar 30
Kyle Erwin, Duke University ITEHP Doctoral Candidate
Insights into PCB126-mediated developmental cardiotoxicity in zebrafish
Apr 6
Amanda Bess, Duke University ITEHP Doctoral Candidate
The role of mitochondrial dynamics and autophagy in removal of persistent mitochondrial DNA damage
Apr 13
Spring Symposium: Causes and Consequences Connecting Human and Environmental Health
Apr 20
Pam Noyes, Duke University ITEHP Doctoral Candidate
Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) Flame Retardants in Fathead Minnows: Metabolism and Disrupted Thyroid Regulation at Early and Adult Life Stages