MIT's Superfund Research Center is designing tools to measure fate and transport of nitrosamines and PAHs and researching biological effects of exposures
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30 Jun 2023
We are looking to hire an Administrative Assistant! Come join our team! See further details below. @MITdeptofBE @MIT @SRP_NIEHS
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22 Jun 2023
#SOTMember and 2023 SOT Education Award recipient Bevin Engelward, PhD, of @MIT shares insights from her research on how genes and the environment can affect an individual’s susceptibility to DNA damage, mutations, and, ultimately, cancer: bit.ly/3ntqUFg via @NIEHS
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19 Apr 2023
Curiosity Unbounded, Ep 1: How a free-range kid from Maine is helping green-up industrial practices: President Sally Kornbluth talks with Associate Professor Desirée Plata about her research and what she wishes students knew about their professors.
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9 May 2023
Please join us this Friday, May 12th, for the NIEHS SRP Progress in Research webinar series! Our very own SRP Director, Bevin Engelward, and Deputy Director, Desiree Plata will be presenting! @BevinEngelward @SRP_NIEHS @NIEHS
1 May 2023
Tackling toxic contamination to improve health is a key goal of the NIEHS Superfund Research Program. Learn how the MIT SRP and others promote community resilience at the NIEHS Progress in Research webinar, May 12, 12-2 pm ET. Registration link: clu-in.org/training/webinar/… @NIEHS
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8 May 2023
In partnership with @MissouriBreaks1 @MIT_SRP @MetalsSrp @SRP_OregonState @ArizonaSRP & @UA_IResCenter we are pleased to offer the first virtual Indigenous Environmental Health Research Workshop. Join us 7/13-7/14! Early bird registration ends May 15th👇
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1 May 2023
Tackling toxic contamination to improve health is a key goal of the NIEHS Superfund Research Program. Learn how the MIT SRP and others promote community resilience at the NIEHS Progress in Research webinar, May 12, 12-2 pm ET. Registration link: clu-in.org/training/webinar/… @NIEHS
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13 Apr 2023
Nice morning getting ready to share the exciting work going on at the @Columbia_SRP and #ColumbiaMetals with our @MIT_SRP @SRP_NIEHS friends and colleagues 👇
3 Apr 2023
Please join us on April 13th, 12-1 pm EST via Zoom for the MIT SRP Seminar Series! Speaker: Ana Navas-Acien, MD, PhD, from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. @ColumbiaMSPH @anavasac
Zoom Link: mit.zoom.us/j/4994386891
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3 Apr 2023
Please join us on April 13th, 12-1 pm EST via Zoom for the MIT SRP Seminar Series! Speaker: Ana Navas-Acien, MD, PhD, from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. @ColumbiaMSPH @anavasac
Zoom Link: mit.zoom.us/j/4994386891
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24 Jan 2023
Congratulations to our very own MIT SRP Director, Bevin Engelward, who has been awarded the Society of Toxicology Education Award 2023! Read more here: toxicology.org/awards/sot/re… @SRP_NIEHS @SOToxicology @EMGSUS
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20 Jan 2023
Water analysis is a cornerstone of the SRP says Prof Bevin Engelward who heads @MIT_SRP Without the work of researchers like Plata and Bugher, the other chemists and engineers wouldn’t know precisely what’s in the community’s water. @techreview technologyreview.com/2022/12…
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12 Jan 2023
Congratulations to Amanda Armijo on winning the 2022 Wetterhahn Award! This is the highest honor for trainees in the NIEHS Superfund Research Program. Her work at MIT focuses on tracing how the toxin NDMA damages genes, and how the DNA might repair itself. @SRP_NIEHS
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12 Jan 2023
MIT SRP Director, Bevin Engelward, will be presenting a talk for @CenterUab on Jan. 19th at 1 pm EST. We hope you can join! @SRP_NIEHS
Zoom registration link: uab.zoom.us/meeting/register…
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15 Dec 2022
Members of the MIT Superfund Research Team are visiting Raleigh as part of the NIEHS SRP Annual Meeting. Tim Swager (Project 3 lead) met with Rick Woychik (Dir. of the NIEHS) @MIT_SRP @SRP_NIEHS
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4 Nov 2022
Job Opening! Seeking a science communication expert to work with the MIT Superfund Research Program team. Applicants should have a shared passion to improve public health. To apply, go to hr.mit.edu/careers and enter job #22062. @MIT_SRP @SRP_NIEHS @EMGSUS
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8 Jun 2022
Please join us in congratulating MIT SRP Deputy Director, Desiree Plata, on her promotion to tenure! She is immensely deserving and we are ever so fortunate to have her on our team!
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8 Nov 2021
Application of CometChip for studies of DNA repair capacity featured in the NIEHS Newsletter "Environmental Factor" as a Paper of the Month! Congratulations to lead author Lizzie Ngo & team!
@NIEHS @EMGSUS @SRP_NIEHS
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22 Oct 2021
Understanding the spatiotemporal dynamics of air pollutants requires knowing the basics. Learn more about air pollution from this fun collaborative video made with the TedEd team. @MIT_SRP @SRP_NIEHS @EMGSUS
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22 Oct 2021
On Oct 26th at 1 pm MIT Prof. Noelle Selin will speak about PAHs and their breakdown products. This talk reflects the mission of the MIT SRP, which is to find solutions to environmental health problems via cross-disciplinary research. @SRP_NIEHS @EMGSUS healthandenvironment.org/web…
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4 May 2021
NIEHS News features a MA Dept. of Public Health study showing an association between NDMA and cancer & an MIT Superfund publication that identifies a possible genetic susceptibility factor. Read more in Environmental Factor! @MIT_SRP @SRP_NIEHS @EMGSUS factor.niehs.nih.gov/2021/5/…
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Please join us in congratulating former EMGS President Dr. Leona Samson on being elected to The American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 🎉🎉
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