Dinner at the EMGS meeting

Last week we held a dinner for UCR alumni and friends attending the 50th annual meeting of the Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society in Washington DC.  It was great to see the former students and postdocs.  The above photo is of the gathering.  Shown from the left are Rupa Doppalapudi (SRI International), Henghong Li (Georgetown University), Shambhu Roy (Bioreliance), Elizabeth Eastmond, Catherine Gibbons (EPA), David Eastmond, Pavan Gollapudi (Bioreliance), Bob Sonawane (retired EPA colleague and friend). 

Positions at EPA at many locations

EPA's Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment is searching for many positions at 9 different locations across the U.S.  These are limited to U.S. citizens and the closing date is October 8, 2019.  More information can be found here. 

zur Nieden and Volz reccieve EPA grant

Nicole zur Nieden and David Volz, professors in the Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program, were recently awarded am $850,000 grant from the USEPA to help reduce the use of animal testing.  As described in the UCR News article, "The UC Riverside project, led by zur Nieden, will stimulate human pluripotent stem cells, which have the capacity to develop into any sort of cell, with agents that direct them to form bone cells. The cells will pass through the same developmental stages and be subject to the same molecular cues as in a human embryo. The researchers will expose the cells to selected chemicals at critical junctures, then assess them using advanced imaging and next-generation sequencing techniques."  The broader context for work is referred to in a CNN news story.  The award is also highlighted at the EPA Region 9 news website.  Our congratulations to Nicole and David for this recognition of their ideas and their work. 

Toxicologist position at USEPA

The USEPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention is looking for a toxicologist in its Washington DC office.  More information can be found here. The closing date is Sept. 24, 2019.