Nicole Sparks' Research Highlighted at SRNT Conference

Nicole Sparks, an ETOX alumna and postdoctoral fellow working with Prof. Nicole zur Nieden, was recently selected to on her research on the effects of tobacco on skeletal development at the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program's Trainee Showcase at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. Our congratulations to Nicole for this recognition. 

Lauren Walker selected as Howard Garrison Public Affairs Fellow

 

Lauren Walker, a Ph.D. student working in Prof. Nicole zur Nieden's lab, has been selected by the Teratology Society as the first Howard Garrison Public Affairs Fellow.  As part of the fellowship, Lauren will travel to Washington, DC in March to participate in the Capitol Hill advocacy day where Lauren and other FASEB members will meet with members of Congress and their aides to discuss the importance of federal funding for biomedical research.  We congratulate Lauren on this nice and well-deserved recognition.  A news release on the award can be found in Inside UCR.   

Environmental Scientist Position at California Water Resources Control Board

Scott Coffin, a recent ETOX graduate, passed on the following position announcement.   The position  appears to be in Sacramento, California.

The State Water Resources Control Board’s Division of Water Quality, Sustainable Water Plans and Policies Section has an opening for a permanent full-time Environmental Scientist to join a dynamic team in the Recycled Water, Desalination, and Constituents of Emerging Concern (CECs) Unit. We are seeking a talented scientist with strong critical thinking skills to assist the team in protecting water quality consistent with the State Water Board’s direction and mission.

More details on the position are here:
Ad Posting JC 142722

Cell Article by ETOX Alumna Shuo Liu

ETOX alumna Shuo Liu (photo above) who graduated in 2015 from Yinsheng Wang's lab, has a new 1st author publication in the prestigious journal Cell.  Her research shows that cancers with Ras mutations increase protein synthesis by increasing the GTPase activity of a translation elongation factor through a mechanism involving eEF1A demethylation.  A graphic illustration of her research is below.  The article can be accessed here.  Our congratulations to Shuo for this nice recognition of her research. 

Ras-driven cancers ramp up protein

synthesis by increasing the GTPase

activity of a translation elongation factor

through a mechanism that involves

METTL13-catalyzed eEF1A dimethylation

Happy New Year 2019

Happy New Year!  I hope 2019 is a great year for all.  Below are some holiday photos from Riverside and Washington DC where I spent a few days during the Christmas holiday.  The first two are from Riverside and the remainder are from Washington, DC.

Postdoctoral Position in Human Health Risk Assessment

Postdoctoral Position in the University of Cincinnati, Risk Science Center

A postdoctoral position is available with Dr. Lynne Haber in the Risk Science Center of the Department of Environmental Health, College of Medicine. Dr. Haber’s career has focused on applied research in the area of human health risk assessment. In particular, her work focuses on improving risk assessment methods, including characterizing interspecies differences, and consideration of human variability. Other interests include use of mode of action data in risk assessment, use of biomarkers in risk assessment, mixtures assessment, and more recently hazard evaluation and dose response for exposure to nanomaterials.  We seek someone with strong critical thinking skills and strong writing skills, for work assessing the health effects of nanomaterials and other industrial chemicals. If interested, please contact Lynne (haberlt@ucmail.uc.edu).

My thanks to ETOX Alumna, Virunya Bhat for sending the announcement.   

Faculty position in Environmental Health Sciences at UC Santa Cruz

I received the following in an email from Chad Saltikov, the chair of the Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology at UC Santa Cruz.  He was seeking help in getting the word out for a tenure track faculty position at UC Santa Cruz in the area of Environmental Health Science. The application deadline is coming up, Nov 30, 2018.

Job Link: https://recruit.ucsc.edu/apply/JPF00654

-Assistant professor (tenure track) level position in the area of environmental health, emphasizing a mechanistic understanding of how organisms are affected by environmentally-derived stressors, such as chemical or biological agents.

-Research areas might include (but are not limited to) exposome/exposure biology, mechanisms of contaminant action and defense, gene-environment interactions, or microbiome-contaminant interactions that influence host susceptibility.

-Link to the Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology department: https://www.metx.ucsc.edu

-Other notes: UC Santa Cruz is a Hispanic-Serving Institution with a high proportion of first-in-family undergraduate students.  We welcome candidates who understand the barriers facing women and minorities who are underrepresented in higher education careers (as evidenced by life experiences and educational background), and who have experience in equity and diversity with respect to teaching, mentoring, research, life experiences, or service towards building an equitable and diverse scholarly environment.