| UC Toxics News: Fall 2006
This issue of the TSR&TP newsletter contains highlights of recent research and emerging issues in environmental policy. Our annual request for proposals is also announced. We will be issuing a call for a new lead campus program in the spring of 2007. We continue to look for innovative research ideas from faculty and graduate students that can be used to ultimately seed larger sustained efforts. Emerging issues that face California in regard to water re-use, biomonitoring, green chemistry and toxics policy are of particular interest to the TSR&TP. The TSR&TP serves as a valuable resource for UC and the State of California, but we can always do more. Following advice from our executive and advisory committees, this year we launched two initiatives to make the TSR&TP more visible and useful to the research community. First, the best publication awards highlight significant research that is supported by the program. The inaugural set of winners represents an impressive mix of research that has advanced our understanding of toxic mechanisms, ecotoxicology, genetic toxicology, and exposure assessment. We will hold an annual call for best papers so we can continue to identify and promote significant products of the program. Second, we have created a web directory of more than 150 UC faculty and researchers with expertise in toxic substances. This directory is an asset that makes it easy to search and find specific expertise in the UC system. Please use the directory to aid in the development of proposals and to build interdisciplinary teams. Our 20th annual symposium will be held this spring in Santa Cruz. The program will highlight significant accomplishments of the TSR&TP while providing an opportunity to discuss evolving issues in toxic substances research and policy. We hope to see you there! |
