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Sep 18, 2019

USDA/NIFA grants awarded to faculty members Drs. David Rasmussen & Benjamin Callahan

Two faculty members, Dr. David Rasmussen and Dr. Benjamin Callahan, were awarded USDA NIFA grants through a new program called FACT.

Jun 27, 2019

“A Class Approach to Hazard Assessment of Organohalogen Flame Retardants”

A National Academies report outlines a class-based approach for assessing the health risks of organohalogen flame retardants.

May 1, 2019

System toxicological approaches to define and predict the toxicity of Perand Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

System toxicological approaches to define and predict the toxicity of Perand Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

Jan 22, 2019

Five Questions with Fred Wright

NC State’s Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program showcases the university’s commitment to interdisciplinary excellence and field-leading faculty. Cluster faculty turn research into real-world solutions while providing students with well-rounded experiential education opportunities. We…

Dec 14, 2018

Periconceptional Dietary Patterns and Effects on Offspring Behavior

New research indicates that environmental factors during the periconceptional stages of pregnancy (pre-conception to early months of carrying) are associated with neurodevelopmental outcomes in offspring. Specifically, children born to mothers…

Oct 18, 2018

Measuring conflict in polyploid genomes

Arabidopsis thaliana, a small flowering plant in the mustard family, was the first plant to have its genome sequenced.  A. thaliana can be thought of as the “mouse model” of botanical…

Sep 7, 2018

Paper of the Month Awarded to Bioinformatics Alum

Connection between genes, response to environmental chemicals NIEHS grantees developed a new method to identify individual-level genetic variation in response to chemical exposures. The approach, which linked zebrafish studies and…

Aug 21, 2018

CINF award given to Bioinformatics PHD student

Jeremy Ash has been awarded his second CINF award during the ACS National Meeting. This is the first time ever a student has won this award two years in a…

Aug 13, 2018

Polyploidy occurrences

Polyploidy occurs when two complete genomes from each of two parents, potentially of differing species, merge to form an offspring with four total copies of that/those genome/genomes. Polyploid is common…

Jul 10, 2018

Researchers Find Vitamin D Receptor is Target for Disruption by Environmental Chemicals

New research from North Carolina State University sheds light on the ways in which environmental chemicals can affect vitamin D receptors (VDR). The work shows that compounds identified as possible…