CLEAR Attends SRP Annual Grant Recipient Meeting
The CLEAR team had a strong showing at The National Superfund Research Program Annual Grant Recipient Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico from December 4-6th. The annual meeting gives NIEHS-funded SRP centers a chance to present research updates and network with other universities and programs engaged in similar work, including among SRP grant recipients, trainees, SRP Program Staff, NIEHS Leadership, and federal/state/local end-users. Several CLEAR projects and cores presented updates and research at the meeting.
Presentations included Dr. Rahul Mitra (Research Translation) and Dr. Lyke Thompson (Community Engagement) on “Assessment of VOC Exposure and Health Outcomes in Detroit. Dr. Lyke Thompson also presented on “Preliminary Results on VOCs in Homes from CEC Collaboration with Families and CLEAR Research Projects.”
Project 1 PhD Student Sarah Black presented on “Developing Novel Ento-Phyto-Screening Methods” Detecting Environmental Chemical Contaminants Using Insect-Induced Galls,” while Project 4 PhD Candidate Annie Nguyen presentation was titled, “Gestational Benzene Exposure Leads to Sexually Dimorphic Alterations in Macrophage Populations along the Placenta-brain Axis.”
CLEAR Posters at the SRP meeting included:
Research Translation Team (Admin Core)
"What Do You Want Me to Know? Visualizing Scientific Information," Judith Moldenhauer
Project 1
"Use of Innovative Methods to Uncover Hidden Stories of Legacy Brownfield Sites," Brendan O'Leary, Erin Bunting, Glen Ray Hood, Muniza Hossain, Yousuf Hussain, Mei Lu, Christina Melkonian, Carol Miller, F. Gianluca Sperone, Trueman Wu & Qiong Zhang
Project 2
"Development Application of Functionalized Sorbent Materials for Vapor Intrusion Mitigation and Remediation," Preetom Roy, Ahmed Sakr, Chandra Tummala, Sai Praneeth, Yongli Wager, Carol Miller, & Timothy Dittrich
"IoTEC: A Novel Sensor Network for Real-time Monitoring of Vapor Intrusion in Urban Environments," Qisen Wang, Allison Diehl, Yong Xu, Weisong Shi, Carol Miller, Timothy Dittrich & Yongli Wager
Project 3
"Behavioral and Genomic Responses to Volatile Petroleum Products in Daphnia pulex," Dima Awad, Rucha Joshi, Zoha Siddiqua, Kishore Gopalakrishnan, Shawn McElmurry, Tracie Baker, & David Pitts
"Xylene Toxicity: Immobility and transcriptomic changes in Daphnia pulex," Rucha Joshi, Dima Awad, Zoha Siddiqua, Shawn McElmurry, Donna Kashian, Tracie Baker, & David Pitts
"Evaluating Developmental Effects of Low-Level Benzene Exposure in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)," Mackenzie Connell, Chia-Chen Wu, Jessica Blount, Emily Kintzele, Dayita Banerjee, Alex Haimbaugh, & Tracie Baker
Project 4
"Maternal polychlorinated biphenyl 126 (PCB 126) exposure modulates offspring gut microbiota irrespective of diet and exercise," Manisha Agarwal, Jessie Hoffman, Sara Y Ngo Tenlep, Sara Santarossa, Kevin Pearson, Alexandra Sitarik, Andrea Cassidy-Bushrow, & Michael Petriello
"Molecular Mechaisms Underlying Metabolic Reprogramming by Paternal Benzene Exposure," Lisa Koshko, Sydney Scofield, Lucas Deberba, Eduardo Perez-Mojica, Ellen Griggs, Adelheid, Lempradl, Marianna Sadagurski
"Environmental Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Predisposes Male Mice to Metabolic Disease," Sydney Scofield, Lisa Koshko, Lukas Stilgenbauer, Hashan Jayaranthe, Ana L. R. Terra dos Santos, J. Eduardo Perez-Mojica, Ellen Griggs, Adelheid Lempradl, & Marianna Sadagurski.
The CLEAR team also had an informational table to share Research Translation updates, including informational videos about VOCs created by students in Dr. Rahul Mitra's communication capstone course.
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