Agenda

Display Tables

1. Boehme, Lindsay – PowerTech Water, LLC: Targeted Lead (Pb) Removal for Drinking Water Purification Using INCION
2. Boxley, Chett – GlycoSurf: Novel Rhamnolipid Surfactants for Recovery of Critical Elements and Remediation of Metal Contaminated Waste Streams
3. Campagna, Shawn – Microbial Insights, Inc.: Expanding the Tool Box: Environmental Metabolomics Improves Decision Making and Management of Contaminated (Superfund) Sites
4. Cassou, Frank – CycloPure: Remediation of Perfluorinated Chemicals in Water Using Novel High-Affinity Polymer Adsorbents
5. Chen, Long – Northeastern University: PROTECT’s Tools for Water Testing, Treatment, and Report Back
6. Landes, Franziska – Columbia University: A New Field Kit to Screen Soil for Hazardous Lead
7. Schaider, Laurel – Silent Spring Institute: Digital Exposure Report-Back Interface (DERBI): An Interactive Web-Based Tool for Personalized Exposure and Biomonitoring Results
8. Spak, Scott – University of Iowa: Research translation through interactive web-based data sharing and visualization
9. Unger, Michael – Virginia Institute of Marine Science: A monoclonal antibody-based biosensor for rapid assessment of PAH distribution, fate and toxicity at contaminated sites
10. Vandiver, Kathleen – MIT: Learn Essential Exposure Biology with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Teaching Models

Speaker: Dr. Sanjay Srivastava, Ph.D., Director, University of Louisville Superfund Center

Speaker: William Suk, Ph.D., M.P.H., Director, NIEHS, Superfund Research Program and Hazardous Substances Research Branch

Moderator(s):  Zhengui Xia, Ph.D., University of Washington Superfund Center

Speaker: Julia Cui, Ph.D., Professor, University of Washington

Title:  Gut Microbiome and Environmental Chemical Exposures

Moderator(s):  Roxanne Karimi (Stony Brook University) and Matt Cave (University of Louisville)

Speakers:

Margaret Grace Mills, (Post-Doc), University of Washington Superfund Center
“CRISPR-generated nrf2a loss- and gain-of-function mutants facilitate mechanistic analysis of chemical oxidative stress-mediated toxicity in zebrafish”

Amanda Armijo, (Post-Doc), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Superfund Center
“The Superfund chemical, N-nitrosodimethylamine, induces an early onset pattern of mutations in mouse liver”

Jacopo Baglieri, (Post-Doc), University of California-San Diego Superfund Center
“Degradation of Collagen Type I Is Needed for Ccl4-Induced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development In Mice”

Tess Leuthner, (PhD Student), Duke University Superfund Center
“Next-generation sequencing approaches to investigate the effect of Superfund chemicals on mitochondrial DNA mutagenesis across multiple model organisms”

Moderator(s): Elizabeth Martin (NIEHS) and Robert Tukey (University of California San Diego)

Speakers:

Arce Domingo, (Masters Student), Columbia University Superfund Center
“Arsenic Exposure, DNA methylation, and Cancer Mortality in the Strong Heart Study”

Brett Doherty, (PhD Student), Dartmouth College Superfund Center
“Periconceptional and prenatal exposure to metal mixtures in relation to behavioral development at three years of age in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study”

Nadja Brun, (Post-Doc), Boston University Superfund Center
“Non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls affect the sensory system leading to a delayed escape response in zebrafish larvae”

Jessica Alesio, (PhD Student), University of Rhode Island Superfund Center “PFAS-Protein Binding by Fluorescence Spectroscopy: A Critical Analysis”

Moderator(s):  Karrie Radloff (Gradient Corp) and Michael Unger (Virginia Institute of Marine Science)

Speakers:

Krisa Camargo, (PhD Student), Texas A & M University Superfund Center
“Biosensor Technology Applications in Galveston Bay and Houston Ship Channel: Rapid Analyses for Soils and Sediments”

Elham Shirazi, (Post-Doc), University of Kentucky Superfund Center
“Modeling Tools to Predict Temporally Variable Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Indoor Air Concentrations: Consideration of Wind, Temperature, and Building Characteristics”

Prasadanie Adhihetty, (PhD Student), University of Louisville Superfund Center
“Development of a Gold Nanoparticles Chemiresistor Microarray for Benzene Sensing”

Christine Ghetu, (PhD Student), Oregon State University Superfund Center
“Assessing wildfire influence on indoor and outdoor chemical concentrations and diffusive flux between soils and air of PAHs in the Western United States”

Award Announcment & Introduction: Gwen Collman, Ph.D., Director, NIEHS Division of Extramural Research and Training

Moderator(s): James Rice (Gradient Corp) and Angela Gutierrez Echeverri (University of Kentucky)

Speakers:

Savannah Volkoff, (PhD Student), Duke University Superfund Center
“Developing a Bioamendment for the Field Delivery of a PAH-Degrading Biofilm to Sediments”  

Christian Bako, (PhD Student), University of Iowa Superfund Center
“Bioremediation of PCBs in Sediment from a Contaminated Wastewater Lagoon”

Maria Isabel Meza, (PhD Student), University of New Mexico Superfund Center
“Determination of solubility product of uranyl arsenates”

Shujun He, (PhD Student), Texas A & M University Superfund Center
“Molecular Simulations Investigating the Sorption of Toxic Compounds by a Montmorillonite Clay”

(light appetizers served)

(Current P42, R01 and R25 Directors)

(P42 Center Directors, R01 and R25 Principal Investigators; By Invitation Only)

Speaker:  Evan Gallagher, Ph.D., Director, University of Washington SRP

Speaker: Andrew Whitehead, Ph.D., University of California-Davis

Title: “Evolution in the Anthropocene: The genomic basis of adaptation to pollution”

Moderator(s): Judit Marsillach (University of Washington) and Dibakar Bhattacharyya (University of Kentucky Superfund Center)

Speakers:

Maggie Williams, (Post-Doc), Michigan State University Superfund Center
“Gut Microbial Populations Alter the MicroRNA-based Host Response Following Toxicant Exposure”

Shannon Martin, (PhD Student), Brown University Superfund Center
“Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) Exacerbates Microglial Responses to Brain Injury in Exposed Zebrafish Embryos”

Sara Gushgari-Doyle, (PhD Student), University of California-Berkeley Superfund Center
“Interaction networks within syntrophic TCE-dechlorinating co-culture under arsenic stress”

Chase Williams, (Post-Doc), University of Washington Superfund Center
“Elevated CO2 impairs olfactory-mediated neural and behavioral responses in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)”

Speaker:  William Suk, Ph.D., M.P.H., Director, NIEHS, Superfund Research Program and Hazardous Substances Research Branch

Announcement of 2020 SRP Meeting

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