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Please join us on May 16, 2:00 pm (CT) to hear Dr. Robyn Tanguay, Director of the Oregon State University Superfund Research Program present her work on zebrafish data to improve human health.

A recent study from our SRP team revealing a pro-oxidant role of CYP1B1 in hyperoxia-induced lung injury. Cristian Coarfa Kdocneo Loss of cytochrome P450 (CYP)1B1 mitigates hyperoxia response in adult mouse lung by reprogramming metabolism and t… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37348155/

Micro-RNAs may serve as a protective epigenetic mechanisms in the neonatal female lung. Kdocneo Cristian Coarfa Loss of microRNA-30a and sex-specific effects on the neonatal hyperoxic lung injury pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37553579/

Please come join us on Sept. 7 for a discussion at SCI CAFE on Clean Air for Blue Skies.

The #NIEHS_EHSCC Community Forum wraps up an informational day, learning about EJ and disproportionate environmental exposures around Houston. #EHSCC2023

APHA Annual Meeting & Expo coming up. Introducing Xiara Day and Ruby Hernandez, Texas A&M Superfund Research Center CEC trainees, who will be showcasing their @SRP_NIEHS research at the poster sessions. Stop by and check out their posters. APHA Texas A&M VetMed

Naomi Halas, a pioneering researcher in the fields of nanophotonics and plasmonics at Rice University, has been awarded the 2024 Mildred Dresselhaus Prize for Nanoscience/Nanomaterials from the American Physical Society. bit.ly/46OZ2ga

Rett patients receive a new #GeneTherapy treatment Texas Children's & BCMHouston. Two female patients with #Rett #syndrome were the first children worldwide to receive this promising #treatment. Learn more: bit.ly/3uAcOVI

Excited to present at the annual SRP meeting today. Sara Denison from Project 4 at Rice University presented on utilizing clays to enhance pyrolysis of PAH remediation. Melissa Suter presented data on altered metabolomics in preterm birth. #SRP2023

Congrats to our Project 3 colleagues on their recent publication showing that environmental PAHs increase neonatal lung injury. Prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) augments neonatal hyperoxic lung injury: Role of cytoc… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38081439/

Honored that our collaborative work was recognized at SMFM #SMFM24 with the Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award Supported by Laxmi Baxi, MD | TCHResearchNews BCMHouston From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine BCM-Rice Superfund Research Program

Eliseo Castillo Jorge González Estrella Enrico R. Barrozo hsc.unm.edu/news/2024/02/h…

A study published in Toxicological Sciences used new tools to detect microplastics in human placentas, and found microplastics in all 62 of the placentas sampled. ehn.org/microplastics-…

Curious about the current status of the Waste Pits? Join us in ONE WEEK for Superfund Site updates and cupcakes for THEA’s birthday! Be there at 6:30 at the Highlands Community Center 604 Highland Woods Dr., Houston, TX 77562.

Congratulations to our SRP trainee, Gwen Hummel, who recently received a Fulbright award to study at the University of Western Australia in 2025! BCM Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Please join us for our upcoming seminar featuring Jackie Medcalf, founder of THEA. THEA

Congratulations to professors Pedro Alvarez and Antonios Mikos for being elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the nation’s foremost society of scholars. bit.ly/3w5mclx

Congratulations to civil and environmental engineering professor Pedro Alvarez for being elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the nation’s foremost society of scholars. bit.ly/3w5mclx

The suffering of the Medcalf family is but one story among far too many that are emblematic of the struggles behind America’s Superfund program, which aims to clean up sites around the country contaminated with a range of dangerous industrial toxins. ehn.org/superfund-clea…

Join us online Wed. 10/9 @ 1 pm ET to see Dr. Alison Paquette of Seattle Children's Research Institute present our next free, public #ECHODiscovery webinar on the role of the #placenta in the relationship between chemical exposures and #preterm birth: bit.ly/3ZDsgxI