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  • Your September 2010 issue of the Environmental Factor is now online at:

    http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/index.cfm

     

    In this month’s news, NIEHS continues its support role in the Gulf oil spill response and announces funding opportunities in the field of climate change and health. NIEHS/NTP Director Linda Birnbaum testifies on autism, and Superfund scientists enjoy honors. Trainees and interns pay forward and pursue their scientific careers, while they make time for some end-of-summer fun.

    NIEHS begins a new round of Distinguished Lectures and recognizes scientific advances. Employees give generously in food drive and say farewell to veteran staffers leaving for new challenges.

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    Highlights include:

       •Senate hearing focuses on autism research

       •New breast cancer committee to set federal research agenda

       •NIEHS joins NC oil spill forum

       •Applying Superfund expertise to the Gulf oil spill

       •Superfund trainee awarded EPA fellowship

       •NIH announces climate change and health funding

       •DERT director finalists visit NIEHS

       •Superfund grantee honored by entomology group

       •Newton to chair National Children's Study committee

       •NIEHS scientists help Milwaukee students imagine

       •Former trainee builds mentoring program at NCSU

       •Roman to head EEO

       •Keystone lecture explores the challenges of mixtures research

       •Students showcase Summers of Discovery research

       •MAGE-11 regulation of androgen receptor

       •Study on early puberty advances breast cancer research

       •High-throughput screening of mitochondrial toxicity

       •Atrazine causes abnormalities in male rats

       •NIEHS-led study advances predictive genomics

       •Unruly protein may shape learning and memory

       •Summers of Discovery ends with module on air pollution

       •This month in EHP

       •DNA Repair Videoconference Seminar Series begins

       •Upcoming distinguished lecturer Patricia Donahoe

       •Extramural and intramural papers of the month

       •Feds Feed Families with a half ton of help from NIEHS

       •New NIEHS signs include NTP

       •Fellows enjoy food and fellowship at Lake Crabtree picnic

       •Wishing Portier well

       •Army gains as NIEHS loses Gentry

       •Ivanoff heads west for new adventures

    The Environmental Factor welcomes ideas for stories about news items, scientific findings, and employee events, as well as submission proposals and contributions from NIEHS and contract employees, postdocs, grantees, and scientists.