UCR well represented on the SOT meeting photo gallery

The Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program and particularly Dan Schlenk's research group is prominently represented on the SOT annual meeting photo gallery.  Below are three photos from the gallery.

Graciel Diamante with her poster

Lindley Maryoung describing her research at her poster

Prof. Dan Schlenk

Position in Riverside

The USDA is advertising for a Research Molecular Biologist (Plants)/Research Geneticist (Plants) who would be located in Riverside.  The job description indicates that the agency is "seeking permanent, full-time Research Molecular Biologist (Plants)/Research Geneticist (Plants) to: identify plant genes associated with salt tolerance and specific ion toxicity, investigate the molecular mechanisms and genetic diversity associated with plant salt-related stress tolerance, and develop new crop genotypes that are more tolerant of salinity and specific ions."  If you would like more information, see this link at the USA jobs site.   Thanks to Heidi Bethel for sending the information.

Virunya Bhat recognized at the SOT meeting

It was a very good meeting for ETOX student, Virunya Bhat.  She and Dr. Susan Hester of the EPA organized a workshop entitled,  “Toxicogenomic Technologies Can Improve the Assessment of Xenobiotic-induced Liver Injury and Inform Human Relevance”.  They also chaired the session.  I understand that their session was scheduled into a very large room and that it was filled.

On another note, Virunya's paper that was published in Toxicological Sciences was selected by the Risk Assessment Specialty Section as "One of the Best Papers Advancing the Science of Risk Assessment" for 2013.  Each of the authors received a certificate which was presented as the Specialty Section Reception.  Mine (Dr. Eastmond's) is shown below.  More information about Virunya's paper can be found here.  Our congratulations to Virunya for these two nice accomplishments. 

Photos from the SOT meeting (part 3)

Here are some more photos taken by ETOX student Pavan Gollapudi.

Lindley Maryoung

Graciel Diamante

Allison Kupsco and Prof. Dan Schlenk

 Pavan Gollapudi and Dr. Efrem Neuwirth

 Aileen Maldonado (Environmental Science graduate student)

Pictures from the SOT meeting (part 2)

Below is the next installment of pictures from the SOT meeting.  Our congratulations to Vasundhra Bahl in the Talbot lab who placed second in the Southern California Chapter's travel award competition.

Vasundhra receiving the travel award.

 Another photo of Vasundhra with her certificate.

Members of the Talbot lab (from the left: Vasundhra, Sabrina, Barbara, Dr. Talbot and Monique)

Photos from the annual SOT meeting in Phoenix

I did not go the the annual SOT meeting that is taking place this week in Phoenix, Arizona.  Fortunately, ETOX alumna Prof. Xiaoqin Ye attended and has sent me the following photos of various UCR alumni, students and faculty.  The pictures are below.  I hope to post more after my graduate students return (hopefully with additional photos). 

 

 ETOX student Vasundhra Bahl and ETOX alumna Xiaoqin Ye

 

ETOX alumni Shenfeng Qiu and Xiaoqin Ye

Prof. Prue Talbot, undergraduate Crystal, and Prof. Xiaoqin Ye

Toxicology Positions at the FDA

The FDA is searching to hire toxicologists to fill 8 positions located in Rockville, Maryland.  The positions appear to be in the Center for Tobacco Products and are restricted to U.S. citizens.  Please follow this link for more information.