BCM-Rice Superfund Research Program
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The @BCMHouston @RiceUniversity Superfund Research Program was established to examine maternal exposure to PAHs which are present in Superfund sites.
Houston, TX
Joined September 2022
Join us online Wed. 10/9 @ 1 pm ET to see @AlisonPaquette 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: https://t.co/pl7VhCdLC5
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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. https://t.co/DnGmStDfhQ
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“They want to be the friend of these companies, not their regulators.”
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Congratulations to professors Pedro Alvarez and Antonios Mikos for being elected fellows of the @americanacad, the nation’s foremost society of scholars. https://t.co/0HoRJYJp91
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Congratulations to civil and environmental engineering professor Pedro Alvarez for being elected a fellow of the @americanacad, the nation’s foremost society of scholars.
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Rice professors Pedro Alvarez and Antonios Mikos have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest learned societies in the nation.
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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.
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Congratulations to our SRP trainee, Gwen Hummel, who recently received a Fulbright award to study at the University of Western Australia in 2025! @BCMGradSchool
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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. https://t.co/uCMX1N99Rr
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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. In short: Polyethylene, which is...
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Honored that our collaborative work was recognized at @MySMFM #SMFM24 with the Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award Supported by @baxi_md | @TCHResearchNews @bcmhouston @BCMFromtheLabs @BCMSuperfund
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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. https://t.co/y8lLhciiKd
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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…
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Pregnant women exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are at increased risk for premature delivery. Premature infants often require supplemental oxygen, a known risk factor for bronchop...
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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
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Rett patients receive a new #GeneTherapy treatment @TexasChildrens & @bcmhouston. Two female patients with #Rett #syndrome were the first children worldwide to receive this promising #treatment. Learn more: https://t.co/MClAAq6XiO
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APHA Annual Meeting & Expo coming up. Introducing Xiara Day and Ruby Hernandez, @tamusuperfund CEC trainees, who will be showcasing their @SRP_NIEHS research at the poster sessions. Stop by and check out their posters. @PublicHealth @tamuvetmed
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The #NIEHS_EHSCC Community Forum wraps up an informational day, learning about EJ and disproportionate environmental exposures around Houston. #EHSCC2023
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Please come join us on Sept. 7 for a discussion at SCI CAFE on Clean Air for Blue Skies.
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Micro-RNAs may serve as a protective epigenetic mechanisms in the neonatal female lung. @kdocneo @CCoarfa Loss of microRNA-30a and sex-specific effects on the neonatal hyperoxic lung injury
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miR-30a could be one of the biological factors mediating the resilience of the female preterm lung to neonatal hyperoxic lung injury. A better understanding of the effects of miR-30a on pulmonary...
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A recent study from our SRP team revealing a pro-oxidant role of CYP1B1 in hyperoxia-induced lung injury. @CCoarfa @kdocneo Loss of cytochrome P450 (CYP)1B1 mitigates hyperoxia response in adult mouse lung by reprogramming metabolism and t…
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Oxygen supplementation is life saving for premature infants and for COVID-19 patients but can induce long-term pulmonary injury by triggering inflammation, with xenobiotic-metabolizing CYP enzymes...
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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.
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