Summarize this content to 1000 words “We plan to work together, across NIEHS, to come up with creative, innovative recommendations to bring to our leadership so that we can advance collaborations that address these complex, multisectoral problems,” Dixon said. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw / NIEHS) Environmental justice, research into chemicals such as lead, and science communication (see sidebar) were major topics at the annual meeting of the North Carolina
Summarize this content to 1000 words NIEHS scientists developed an application that enables users to quickly assess gene interactions without having a background in computer programming or statistical modeling. Structural Equation Modeling of In silico Perturbations (SEMIPs), which was created using the open-source R Shiny platform, will help researchers form hypotheses and features a testing procedure to assess statistical significance. Wu’s group, which is led by Francesco DeMayo, Ph.D., aims
Summarize this content to 1000 words Artist Mallery Quetawki and NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP) scientists are turning complex environmental health concepts into meaningful images for Native American communities.Quetawki is a member of Zuni Pueblo, an indigenous community in western New Mexico. She works with researchers at the University of New Mexico (UNM) SRP Center to increase environmental health literacy by bridging Western scientific concepts and traditional knowledge. This painting
Summarize this content to 1000 words Learn more about Beverly’s career path and research interests in this August 2020 Environmental Factor Q&A. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw / NIEHS)NIEHS scientists Brandy Beverly, Ph.D., and Andrew Rooney, Ph.D., coauthored the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “Framework for the use of systematic review in chemical risk assessment,” published Nov. 3. The document provides criteria for evaluating and addressing chemical risk assessment research questions,
Summarize this content to 1000 words Luecke said it is remarkable how productive NIEHS scientists have been during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw / NIEHS)NIEHS held its 19th Annual Science Day virtually on Nov. 19, and although oral and poster presentations (see first sidebar) were confined to numerous Zoom sessions, the online format did not diminish the quality of the research exhibition. The work of NIEHS scientific
Summarize this content to 1000 words Ciro Amato, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Reproductive Developmental Biology Group, earned first place for his oral presentation at the prestigious International Symposium on the Biology of Vertebrate Sex Determination, which was held Oct. 4-6. “Surgical corrections of hypospadias typically require multiple attempts, and patients often have complications in penile function after surgery,” noted Amato. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw / NIEHS)
Summarize this content to 1000 words Through countless eons of birth and death, our ancient ancestors have passed down their burial and funerary practices to the present day. Some of these customs have remained the same, while others have faded into history. Yet, regardless of whether these practices still exist today, some of the graves and cemeteries left behind by historical humans, from those located in caves or beneath giant,
Summarize this content to 1000 words A year’s worth of outstanding effort by NIEHS scientists, administrative staff, and contractors was celebrated at the institute’s annual employee awards ceremony on Oct. 28.Employees’ perseverance during the COVID-19 pandemic received special attention from NIEHS and National Toxicology Program Director Rick Woychik, Ph.D.“We met that challenge head on, with quick action by our safety and facilities staff; innovative problem solving by our administrative staff;
Summarize this content to 1000 words “We discovered unique ways that stress hormones influence the activation of human genes,” said Hoffman. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw / NIEHS)Although stress is part of modern life, many people may not know that stress hormones regulate gene activity in breast cancer. Recently, a team of NIEHS researchers figured out the biological mechanism involved.Stress hormones control whether human genes are turned on or off,
Summarize this content to 1000 words IntramuralBy Kelley Christensen, Jennifer Harker, and Janelle Weaver DNTP’s automated tool makes data extraction easy A semi-automated data-extraction tool called Dextr has great potential to enhance the speed and accuracy of conducting literature reviews, according to researchers from the NIEHS Division of the National Toxicology Program.Data extraction is a time- and resource-intensive step in the analysis of scientific literature. Machine-learning methods for automating this
