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Duke University
Superfund Research Center Newsletter
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Mark Wiesner was named to Clarivate Analyics’ 2017 list of the world’s most highly cited researchers. To be included on the list, researchers must have published a large number of peer-reviewed papers that rank in the top 1% most-cited in their discipline over the last 11 years. Wiesner is widely cited for his work on membrane processes, nanostructured materials, and the transport and fate of nanomaterials in the environment.
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Superfund Investigators in the News
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Susan K. Murphy, PhD, a Co-Principal Investigator on Project 3, was recently cited in an Environmental Health Perspectives editorial titled, "Chips off the Old Block: How a Father's Preconception Exposures Might Affect the Health of His Children." Her research focused on how organophosphate flame retardants change methylation patterns in the imprinted genes of sperm. You can read the full editorial piece here.
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SRP Annual Meeting Awards
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Four trainees, including Jessica Hartman, Tess Leuthner, Jordan Kozal, and Savannah Volkoff, were featured at the SRP Annual Meeting in Philadelphia:
- Jessica Hartman: Testing the impacts of exercize on mitochondrial function in C. elegans (Poster Session)
- Tess Leuthner: Adaptation to cadmium reveals variation in germline mitochondrial genome mutation rates (Scientific Session 2: Fundamental Research for Innovation and Environmental Health)
- Jordan Kozal: Cross-Generational Exposure to Benzo(A)Pyrene Affects Metabolic Plasticity and Thermal Stress Response Capacity (Scientific Session 3: Environmental Impacts In Ecosystems)
- Savannah Volkoff: Engineering Fungal-Bacterial Biofilms Derived From PAH-contaminated Estuarine Sites (Poster Session)
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Other trainee news:
Trainee Jordan Kozal recently worked with a team of collaborators at the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic to address policy solutions related to childhood lead exposure. As a result, she was able to make a persuasive case to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services that regulations for safe levels of blood lead should be the same for pregnant women as they are for children. Kozal defends her dissertation on March 23, 2018.
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Budarz JF, Cooper EM, Gardner C, Hodzic E, Ferguson PL, Gunsch CK, Wiesner MR, in press. Chlorpyrifos degradation via photoreactive TiO2 nanoparticles: Assessing the impact of a multi-component degradation scenario. Journal of Hazardous Materials.
Kollitz EM, De Carbonnel L, Stapleton HM, Ferguson PL. The Affinity of Brominated Phenolic Compounds for Human and Zebrafish Thyroid Receptor β: Influence of Chemical Structure. Toxicological Sciences. 2018 February.
Lefèvre E, Bossa N, Gardner CM, Gehrke GE, Cooper EM, Stapleton HM, Hsu-Kim H, Gunsch CK. Biochar and activated carbon act as promising amendments for promoting the microbial debromination of tetrabromobisphenol A. Water Research,128: 102-110. 2018 January.
Luz AL, Kassotis CD, Stapleton HM, Meyer JN. The high-production volume fungicide pyraclostrobin induces triglyceride accumulation associated with mitochondrial dysfunction, and promotes adipocyte differentiation independent of PPARγ activation, in 3T3-L1 cells. Toxicology, 393: 150-159. 2018 January.
Meyer JN, Hartman JH, Mello DF. Mitochondrial Toxicity. Toxicological Sciences. 2018 January.
Meyer JN, Leuthner TC, Luz AL. Mitochondrial fusion, fission, and mitochondrial toxicity. Toxicology, 391: 42-53. 2017 November.
Pitt JA, Kozal JS, Jayasundara N, Massarsky A, Trevisan R, Geitner N, Di Giulio RT. Uptake, tissue distribution, and toxicity of polystyrene nanoparticles in developing zebrafish (Danio rerio). Aquatic Toxicology.194:185-194. 2018 January.
Wang F, Fang M, Hinton DE, Chernick M, Jia S, Zhang Y, Dong W. Increased coiling frequency linked to apoptosis in the brain and altered thyroid signaling in zebrafish embryos (Danio rerio) exposed to the PBDE metabolite 6-OH-BDE-47. Chemosphere. 2018 May.
See a full list of publications on our website.
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2017 SRP Annual Meeting
In December, the Duke University Superfund Research Center attended the 30th annual Superfund Research Program meeting in Philadelphia, PA. Many of the DUSRC's Principal Investigators and Trainees were in attendance. Furthermore, Duke’s RTC convened the second quarterly meeting of the Superfund Research Partnerships Network bringing together researchers from across the nation. Visit our blog to learn more.
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
Science Policy Training Modules for Trainees Tuesday, March 6 & Tuesday, March 20 at Duke University
In March, Duke SRC and environmental health policy expert Fawn Pattison, an affiliate of the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, will lead a two-part workshop on "Communicating Science to Policymakers." The module will be targeted towards Master's and PhD students affiliated with the Superfund Research Center. To register, please email Catherine Kastleman at ck205@duke.edu.
University Program in Environmental Health Spring Symposium Friday, March 9, at Duke University
This year's Spring Symposium is titled "Breast Cancer and the Environment" and will feature seven specialists from a wide range of organizations. The event will be held from 9am- 5pm in Field Auditorium of Environmental Hall and lunch will be provided. Make sure to register and check out the full agenda.
Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting
March 12-15 in San Antonio, TX
Representatives from the Duke Superfund Research Center will attend and participate. See you in Texas!
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Research Translation Core
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- Bryan Luukinen recently presented at the Duke Environmental Health Scholars Program Environment Health Scholars Fall Forum on the topic of "Using GIS to Identify Sources of Soil Contamination."
- In collaboration with undergraduate computer science students, the Research Translation Core has designed an interactive GIS map application to screen for potential contamination sources at North Carolina gardens. The app uses publicly available datasets from the US EPA and North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality to improve transparency and accessibility of important safety information for North Carolina gardeners. It is currently being adapted for public release.
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Community Engagement Core
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- The Duke Superfund Community Engagement Core has recently launched a webpage Resources for North Carolina Community Gardeners: Soil Contaminants and Pesticides. This site was created with the goal to provide further resources for community gardeners in North Carolina including the sources and health impacts of soil contaminants and pesticides. In addition, the webpage offers simple ways for gardeners to reduce exposure and get soil tested for contaminants.
- The Community Engagement Core facilitated a meeting with Environmental Protection Agency and North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality representatives, as well as community partners from the local health department, county NAACP chapter, and others last December in Wilmington, North Carolina, as part of their EPA Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Grant project. The discussion was focused on outreach and education around fish consumption advisories for subsistence fish consumers.
- One of the Community Engagement Core's graduate student assistants, Jimena Perez-Viscasillas, recently wrote a blog post about her experience addressing the CEC's Aim 3 (working with communities near former industrial sites to reduce exposure). Jimena wrote about attending a community meeting in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, last fall. The meeting focused on the city's strategic development plan and the conversion of brownfield sites into future uses. Her post delves into the important role of public participation and engagement in decision making about environmental health issues.
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