Speakers were just selected for the upcoming specialized and selective Gordon Research Seminar on Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity in Andover, New Hampshire. Of the eleven speakers selected from institutions around the world for this prestigious honor, three are UNC Curriculum in Toxicology graduate students. Phillip Wages (Samet lab) will present the novel insights … Continued

Rebecca Fry, PhD, associate professor of environmental sciences and engineering at the Gillings School, has been named director of the UNC Superfund Research Program. The program brings together a diverse group of scientists, engineers, science communicators and trainees to study human health and environmental risks associated with exposure to toxic chemicals found at hazardous waste … Continued

The Gordon Research Conference/Seminar in Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity took place in Andover, NH on August 9-14th, 2015 (https://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?id=14898). This conference showcased state-of-the-art mechanistic toxicological research. Topics included areas such as emerging technologies in basic, mechanistic, systems biology, epigenetics, the microbiome, and stem cells as well as computational, 3D, and in vivo modeling … Continued

Leah Norona, graduate student in the lab of Dr. Ed LeCluyse at the Hamner Institutes is receiving support from OrganovoTM (ONVO) to pursue her doctoral dissertation aimed at understanding the mode of action underlying fibrogenic chemicals. Leah submitted a proposal outlining the utility of ONVO’s model system with which to clarify the early initiating and … Continued

Alisa Suen, graduate student in the lab of Dr Carmen Williams, is the 2015 recipient of the Anita Payne Scholarship. This award was established in 2012 by the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) to help support the cost of travel and participation in the Frontiers in Reproduction (FIR) course. Supported by a grant … Continued

Dr Folami Ideraabdullah, an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Genetics and Nutrition and newly appointed member of the Curriculum in Toxicology, just received a Transition to Independent Environmental Health Research (TIEHR) Career Development Award (K22) from NIEHS on a project entitled “A genetic approach to understanding mechanisms of epigenetic perturbation by environment”. The study … Continued

Dr Samir Kelada is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics and newly appointed member of the Curriculum in Toxicology. He just received an Outstanding New Environmental Scientists (ONES) Career Development Award from NIEHS. His proposed studies will utilize a new mouse genetics resource, the Collaborative Cross (CC), to examine gene-environment interactions (GxE) in … Continued

  DILIsym, a computer model developed by the Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences (Dr. Watkins) has been used by researchers at UNC to solve a nearly 20 year old mystery about a new drug designed to treat type 2 diabetes –Troglizatone-. After its inception in 1997 it had killed 63 patients by mysteriously inducing liver … Continued

Students, post-docs, and investigators from the CiT are investigating potential health effects caused by new and emerging tobacco products as part of the UNC-SOM Center for Tobacco Regulatory Science. To see more http://www.med.unc.edu/tcors-lung/about-us The UNC School of Medicine Center for Tobacco Regulatory Sciences (TCORS) is headed by Dr Robert Tarran and involves 14 investigators from … Continued

“Next Generation Risk Assessment: Recent Advances in Molecular, Computational, and Systems Biology” describes how new molecular, computational and systems biology data and approaches (together called “NexGen”) could better inform risk assessment. The final report put together by EPA’s National Center for Environmental Assessment describes results from a multiyear, multi-organization effort designed to summarize the state … Continued