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Sep 11, 2011

Welcome Fall 2011 Graduates!

In the fall of 2011, 9 new graduate students joined the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology at NC State. Pursuing the PhD degree in Toxicology are: Charisse Holmes, Brittany Lorenzen, Elizabeth Medlock,…

Sep 11, 2011

Larissa Williams is the recipient of the Kenneth R. Keller Award for Excellence

Dr. Larissa Williams was selected by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at NCSU as the recipient of the Kenneth R. Keller Award for Excellence in Doctoral Dissertation Research.…

Sep 11, 2011

Erin Yost awarded EPA Science to Achieve Results fellowship

Erin Yost, a PhD student in Dr. Seth Kullman’s lab, was awarded a 2010 EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) fellowship. Erin will study the biological effects of mixtures of…

Sep 11, 2011

Jonathan Hall awarded NIH grant

Dr. Jonathan R. Hall was awarded a NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32). Dr. Hall, a postdoc in Rob Smart’s laboratory, will study…

Sep 11, 2011

Rob Smart awarded NIEHS Training Grant Molecular Pathways to Pathogenesis in Toxicology

Rob Smart was awarded a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) training grant that will fund 4 predoctoral and 2 postdoctoral trainees over the next 5 years (7/10-6/15). This…

Sep 11, 2011

Jun Tsuji awarded NIH grant

Jun Tsuji was awarded an NIH R01 grant to study TAK1 signaling network in tissue homeostasis. This NIH grant is funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and…

Sep 11, 2011

James Bonner awarded NIEHS Grand Opportunity Grant to Study Toxic Effects of Nanomaterials

James Bonner was awarded a National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS) Grand Opportunity grant that will study the mechanisms through which carbon nanotubes, tiny engineered graphene tubes, cause disease…

Sep 11, 2011

Cope Awarded Climate Change Grant

Greg Cope, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology faculty member along with Tom Kwak (Department of Biology and NC Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit), and Ryan Heise (NC Wildlife…

Sep 11, 2011

Toxicology Alumnus Elected Officer of Society of Toxicology

Dr. Jon C. Cook was recently elected vice president-elect of the Society of Toxicology. Cook, who works with Pfizer Global Research and Development, is an alumnus of the Department of…

Sep 11, 2011

McCulloch Lab Receives NIEHS ONES Award

Grant Title: The role of human DNA polymerase eta in the mutagenic response to oxidative stress Investigator: Dr. Scott McCulloch, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, NCSU (scott_mcculloch@ncsu.edu)…