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New Grant Opportunities

Implementation Planning Grants for Educational, Behavioral, or Social Studies for Translation of Genetic Factors in Common Diseases (U34) (DK-08-03) - Application Due Date: November 25, 2008
Replication and Fine-Mapping Studies for the Genes Environment and Health Initiative (GEI) (R01) (RFA-CA-09-003) - Application Due Date: December 1, 2008
Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (P42) (ES-08-005) - Application Due Date: April 15, 2009

Events

Frontiers of Environmental Sciences presents Mari Neira, Ph.D., Director, Department of Protection of the Human Environment, World Health Organization - December 5, 2008
Innovative Science and Technology for Mitigating Human, Ecological and Environmental Risks - Pacific Grove, California - December 7-9, 2008
Retrotransposons in Humans and Other Mammals - December 8, 2008
Defining MAP3 Kinase Regulated Signaling Networks: From Metastasis to Tissue Stem Cells - December 9, 2008

News

ADHD Medications Do Not Cause Genetic Damage in Children - November 19, 2008
Healing Process Found to Backfire in Lung Patients - October 27, 2008
NIH's National Children's Study Enters Next Phase: Increase In Number of Centers Recruiting Volunteers, Collecting Data - October 3, 2008
NIH Announces Funding for New Epigenomics Initiative - September 29, 2008

Recently Published NIEHS Research

Making the Most of Case-Mother/Control-Mother Studies [Abstract] [Synopsis] Shi M, Umbach DM, Vermeulen SH, Weinberg CR. September 2008
The Major Green Tea Polyphenol, (-)-epigallacatechin-3-gallate, Inhibits Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Fatty Liver Disease in High-Fat-Fed Mice [Abstract] [Synopsis]Bose M, Lambert JD, Ju J, Reuhl KR, Shapses SA, Yang CS. September 2008
A Drosophila Model for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Reveals Motor Neuron Damage by Human SOD1 [Abstract] [Synopsis] Watson MR, Lagow RA, Xu K, Zhang B, Bonini NM. September 2008
Double-Strand Breaks Associated With Repetitive DNA Can Reshape the Genome [Abstract] [Synopsis] Argueso JL, Westmoreland J, Mieczkowski PA, Gawel M, Petes TD, Resnick MA. August 2008

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	New Grant Opportunities Implementation Planning Grants for Educational, Behavioral, or Social Studies for Translation of Genetic Factors in Common Diseases (U34) (DK-08-03) - Application Due Date: November 25, 2008 Replication and Fine-Mapping Studies for the Genes Environment and Health Initiative (GEI) (R01) (RFA-CA-09-003) - Application Due Date: December 1, 2008 Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (P42) (ES-08-005) - Application Due Date: April 15, 2009 Events Frontiers of Environmental Sciences presents Mari Neira, Ph.D., Director, Department of Protection of the Human Environment, World Health Organization - December 5, 2008 Innovative Science and Technology for Mitigating Human, Ecological and Environmental Risks - Pacific Grove, California - December 7-9, 2008 Retrotransposons in Humans and Other Mammals - December 8, 2008 Defining MAP3 Kinase Regulated Signaling Networks: From Metastasis to Tissue Stem Cells - December 9, 2008 News ADHD Medications Do Not Cause Genetic Damage in Children - November 19, 2008 Healing Process Found to Backfire in Lung Patients - October 27, 2008 NIH's National Children's Study Enters Next Phase: Increase In Number of Centers Recruiting Volunteers, Collecting Data - October 3, 2008 NIH Announces Funding for New Epigenomics Initiative - September 29, 2008 Recently Published NIEHS Research Making the Most of Case-Mother/Control-Mother Studies [Abstract] [Synopsis] Shi M, Umbach DM, Vermeulen SH, Weinberg CR. September 2008 The Major Green Tea Polyphenol, (-)-epigallacatechin-3-gallate, Inhibits Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Fatty Liver Disease in High-Fat-Fed Mice [Abstract] [Synopsis]Bose M, Lambert JD, Ju J, Reuhl KR, Shapses SA, Yang CS. September 2008 A Drosophila Model for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Reveals Motor Neuron Damage by Human SOD1 [Abstract] [Synopsis] Watson MR, Lagow RA, Xu K, Zhang B, Bonini NM. September 2008 Double-Strand Breaks Associated With Repetitive DNA Can Reshape the Genome [Abstract] [Synopsis] Argueso JL, Westmoreland J, Mieczkowski PA, Gawel M, Petes TD, Resnick MA. August 2008
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