Society of Toxicologic Pathology Meeting in San Diego - Opportunities for Students

I received the following message today.  It looks like a good opportunity for students to learn about a different aspect of toxicology. 

Dear Colleague,
 The Society of Toxicologic Pathology is seeking to broaden its membership by reaching out to scientists and students (veterinary/residents/graduate) involved or interested in safety assessment, teaching, or research in toxicologic pathology/toxicology, and inviting them to join the STP and attend our 35th Annual Symposium in San Diego, CA at the Manchester Grand Hyatt June 26-30, 2016. 

To help us reach scientists and students at your institution with a variety of backgrounds and research interests, we request you to kindly post our Annual Symposium information (see below) in your departmental newsletter and/or continuing education section of your Website.  Alternatively, please forward this information to the appropriate person or provide us with the contact information. 

Please note that registration fees for STP student members will be waived this year.  Non-member students who apply by April 1 for STP student membership ($30 annual dues) (https://www.toxpath.org/member_app_info.asp) and are approved, can also register for free.  In addition, nonmembers who apply for membership prior to June 30 and who are accepted will receive complimentary membership for the remainder of 2016. Please visit www.toxpath.org to apply for membership.

Important deadlines include:
Abstract Submission Deadline:  March 15, 2016
Student Travel Award Deadline:  March15, 2016
Advance Registration Deadline:  April 10, 2016

Thank you very much.

Best regards,
Kris Helke DVM, PhD, DACVP
STP Membership Committee

Merry Christmas from Riverside

Merry Christmas to all from Riverside.  I hope you enjoy the holidays and have a happy and successful new year.  Below is a picture of the latest addition to my nutcracker collection, generously given by Elizabeth, my wife.

Photos from recent ISPTS conference held at UC Riverside

In late November, UC Riverside hosted the International Symposium on Persistent Toxic Substances.  Prof. Jay Gan took the lead on organizing the symposium which was an impressive event consisting of plenary sessions, multiple concurrent sessions, a reception, lunches, a banquet, etc.  There were a number of excellent presentations including prominent speakers in the field, and almost 300 people attended.  It was particularly enjoyable to see the involvement of students, led I believe by Stacia Dudley, one of Jay Gan's graduate students, who took care of many of the local arrangements.  Below are photos from the symposium.  Our thanks to Jay and his team for organizing such an outstanding conference. 

 

Prof. David Volz from UC Riverside

 

Prof. Ron Tjeerdema from UC Davis

Prof. Samantha Ying with 3 student award winners

Graduate students in attendance

Graciel and Gabi

More graduate students

Some of the students who helped with the local arrangements

Summer Fellowship for Advanced Graduate Student at ILSI

The message below was forwarded to me earlier today.

The ILSI North America Technical Committee on Food and Chemical Safety is sponsoring a summer fellow to work on a case study for a food-related chemical using the RISK21 approach for evaluating and comparing the applicability of traditional toxicology studies and complex data sets generated by in silico and HTS technologies in chemical safety assessments. The deadline to apply is Friday, 29 January 2016.

The announcement is also posted on the ILSI North America website: http://www.ilsi.org/NorthAmerica/Documents/ILSI%20North%20America%202016%20Summer%20Fellowship%20Announcement.pdf

We would like to request you to share the attached announcement with your graduate student members (Risk Assessment Specialty Section, SOT) who might have an interest in applying.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you.

Kind regards,
Mansi

Mansi Krishan, PhD
Science Program Manager
ILSI North America
1156 Fifteenth Street, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005-1743
202.659.0074 ext. 138
mkrishan@ilsi.org

Samantha Ying is Lead PI on Major Grant

The UC Office of the President through its President's Research Catalyst Award program has sponsored a competition for grants that will address important areas of interest to the state of California and the University.  Samantha Ying, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and an ETOX faculty member, is the lead Principal Investigator on a recently awarded $1.69 million grant to study soil and how it crops use water and respond to drought conditions.  Her selection and project were written up in UCR Today.  The article can be found at this link. Our congratulations to Professor Ying and her colleagues for their selection as recipients of this major grant.

Sladek and Deol Study Continues to Attract Attention

The research of Poonam Deol and professor Frances Sladek which I spotlighted in July, continues to attract attention.  Their PloS One paper has been viewed or downloaded more than 28,000 times and has been referred to on numerous new sites.  Most recently, it has been referred to extensively in an article in People magazine.  Again, our congratulations to Drs. Deol and Sladek for these recognitions of their work. 

Terrible Tragedy Too Close to Home

As you are probably aware, this past week there was a domestic terrorist attack just to the north of Riverside, in San Bernardino, in which 14 people were killed and 21 injured.  Two of those killed and two of the injured were alumni from UC Riverside.  Of particular note, one of the injured was Jennifer Stevens who graduated in Environmental Sciences with an emphasis in Environmental Toxicology this past June.  She was enrolled in two of the classes that I taught last year.  She is a fine young woman, and we hope that she has a speedy and complete recovery.  In the photo above, the flags in Washington, DC (and on U.S. government buildings throughout the world) are at half staff today and tomorrow in respect for those in San Bernardino who lost their lives or were injured in the attack.  We wish for the best for the survivors and their families as well as for the families and loved ones of the deceased.