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| EPA Star Fellowship
Applications Due 10/23/07 |
| TSR&TP student fellowship applicants and
recipients are particularly well suited to receive EPA Science to Achieve Results
Fellowships for graduate environmental study. We encourage
all our fellowship applicants to apply. Applications are due to EPA by October 23rd.
More information on the STAR site.
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| SOT Annual Meeting Abstracts
Due 10/3/07 |
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The Society of Toxicology 2008 Annual Meeting is accepting abstracts
for presentation on their
website until October 3, 2007. The meeting
will be held in Seattle, Washington March 16-20, 2008.
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Association for Environmental Health & Sciences Student Competition |
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The Association for Environmental Health & Sciences is holding a
student competition for presentations at their West Coast Conference March
10-13, 2008. Abstracts for the competition will be accepted until September
20, 2007. Details are on the
AEHS website.
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New Lead Campus Proposals Due 2/28/08 |
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We are looking for a few good people to form a new TSR&TP
Lead Campus Program in any area relevant to toxic substances.
$270,000 in annual funding for up to 6 years will be awarded to
the winning group. Proposals are due 2/28/08 - see RFP
for details.
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| 3 Win Best Posters at 2007 Symposium |
Kou-San Ju explains his research during the
poster session at the 2007 Symposium in Santa Cruz. |
Kou-San Ju of UC Davis won the TSR&TP Best Poster Award
at the 2007 Symposium for his poster on Detection of natural and man-made aromatic
compounds by modified transcriptional activator proteins.
Two honorable mention
awards were given to Cynthia Kern of UC Santa Cruz for Neurotoxicity of neonatal
manganese exposure: Effects on the developing dopaminergic system and to
Rachel Washburn of UC San Francisco for Measuring the Pollution in People:
Implications of Biomonitoring for Health, Environment, and Policy.
Posters
were evaluated on their ability to communicate science to a broad audience,
scientific content, creativity, and visual presentation. Winners were given iPods and
the first place winner also received a $500 travel award to present research
at a scientific meeting.
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| Toxics
Directory: Update Your Profile |
| Our
Toxics
Directory is a searchable directory of UC faculty and researchers
with expertise in toxic substances. Please visit the site
to update your information or add yourself to the directory.
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2008 Annual Symposium Set for Riverside April 11-12 |
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The 2008 Annual TSR&TP Research Symposium will be held April
11-12, at the Mission Inn
in Riverside. All faculty and students funded by the TSR&TP
in 2007-08 will be invited to attend and present posters. The
general public is also welcome to attend. Detailed information
will be posted on the TSR&TP homepage in January.
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