UC Toxics News: Spring/Summer 2000
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- Study Points to Merits of Traditional Research Programs
over Industry-funded Programs
- 14 New Grants and Fellowships Funded for 2000-2001
- New Lead Campus Program in Mechanisms of Toxicity
Begins Funding Students in July 2000
- 2001 TSR&TP Research Symposium to be Held
in Tahoe
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Study Points to Merits
of Traditional Research Programs over Industry-funded Programs
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The California Policy Research Center published a brief in May on the results of a TSR&TP self-assessment survey titled Contributions of University Technology Programs to Economic Development. The study concludes that the economic impact of academic research programs can be as great or better than university-industry technology programs, without the conflict between university purpose and private gain.
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14 New Grants and Fellowships Funded for
2000-2001
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The TSR&TP has awarded 7 new graduate student fellowships and 7 new investigator-initiated research grants for 2000-2001. The new projects range from studies on pesticides, selenium, mercury, and marine contaminants to pollution prevention, MTBE remediation, and public policy on hazardous waste and persistent pollutants. Titles, investigators, and abstracts of funded projects are available on our site.
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New Lead Campus Program in Mechanisms
of Toxicity Begins Funding Students in July 2000
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The TSR&TP's newest lead campus program, based at UC Los Angeles, will focus on molecular mechanisms of toxicological injury. The program is directed by Dr. Oliver Hankinson, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UCLA, and includes investigators from UC Riverside and Los Alamos National Lab. Beginning in July 2000, doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows will be trained in molecular toxicology, emphasizing gene-environment interactions and air pollution toxicology. Students will also have the opportunity to learn genomic and proteomic technologies and perform their research at LANL.
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2001 TSR&TP Research Symposium to be
Held in Tahoe
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Looking toward Lake Tahoe from Granlibakken
Resort. Photo from the Granlibakken brochure.
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Next spring's TSR&TP Research Symposium is scheduled for April 20-21, 2001, at the Granlibakken Resort in Lake Tahoe.
All students and faculty funded by the TSR&TP will be invited to present their research at the symposium. The meeting will be open to the general public as well. Details and registration information will be posted on our website in January of 2001. Charles Goldman, the director of the Tahoe Research Group, will give a keynote speech. We are also looking into the possibility of offering boat tours of Lake Tahoe.
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