TSR&TP Symposium featured poster sessions and talks on atrazine, fire retardants, safer insecticides, and career advice for PhDs.
Symposia and Meetings
Our annual showcase for research supported by the TSR&TP was held at the Doubletree Berkeley Marina Hotel May 1-2.
Featured talks included atrazine and amphibians, fire retardants, safer insecticides, updates on nanotoxicology and green materials, and career advice for science PhDs.
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities
Lawrence Livermore National Lab fellowship in drug metabolism and accelerator mass spectrometry
Research News
From Silent
Spring to Silent Night: Effects of Atrazine on Amphibians
UC Berkeley Professor Tyrone Hayes has studied the effects of the commonly used herbicide atrazine on amphibian decline and discovered some unnerving implications for human health.
UC Berkeley Professor Tyrone Hayes has studied the effects of the commonly used herbicide atrazine on amphibian decline and discovered some unnerving implications for human health.
The Fire
Retardant Dilemma
Fire retardants in furniture and children's products persist in homes causing unhealthy exposures and eventually ending up in sediments, bivalves, and marine mammals. Arlene Blum, UC Berkeley graduate and activist is working to change that.
Fire retardants in furniture and children's products persist in homes causing unhealthy exposures and eventually ending up in sediments, bivalves, and marine mammals. Arlene Blum, UC Berkeley graduate and activist is working to change that.
Why Are
Neonicotinoids Safer Insecticides?
This most recently developed class of pesticides is highly toxic to insects with little effect on mammals. John Casida and his research lab at UC Berkeley have determined the mechanism of toxicity.
This most recently developed class of pesticides is highly toxic to insects with little effect on mammals. John Casida and his research lab at UC Berkeley have determined the mechanism of toxicity.
A Surprising Way Green Tea Is Good for Your Heart
TSR&TP researcher Asheesh Tiwary accidentally discovered a way to make potentially safer human heart medications from a compound in green tea while trying to find a better antidote for oleander poisoning in animals.
TSR&TP researcher Asheesh Tiwary accidentally discovered a way to make potentially safer human heart medications from a compound in green tea while trying to find a better antidote for oleander poisoning in animals.
Does Size Matter? Nanoparticles in Our Wastewater
A UC Riverside group is using the electrostatic and magnetic properties of nanoparticles to help engineers design better wastewater treatment processess.
A UC Riverside group is using the electrostatic and magnetic properties of nanoparticles to help engineers design better wastewater treatment processess.
"Handed" Pesticides Feminize Fish
Trainee Mae Grace Nillos helped discover that a previously disregarded "inactive component" of pyrethroids can have estrogenic effects on male fish.
Trainee Mae Grace Nillos helped discover that a previously disregarded "inactive component" of pyrethroids can have estrogenic effects on male fish.
Announcements
- Nanotoxicology Investigators Awarded $24 million Center Grant
- Courtney Thomas Wins Best Poster at TSR&TP Symposium 2009
- Nomura and Xia Win 2008 Best Publications
The TSR&TP is a University of California Multicampus Research Unit supporting research on toxic substances in the environment and teaching of graduate students through funding of grants, fellowships, and lead campus programs.