Omics/Multiomics in Environmental Health

Fall Meeting 2023

Thanks to all who attended and participated in this years Fall meeting! Please be on the look out for 2024 GEMS meetings and social activities in the near future!

The meeting agenda can be found here

Meet the Speakers

  • Michael Cowley

    Mike obtained his PhD in Developmental Genetics from the University of Bath, UK, and studied epigenetic mechanisms regulating gene transcription as a postdoc at King's College London, UK. He was the recipient of The London Law Trust Medal Fellowship in 2012 and established his group at NC State University in 2014. The overall goal of the Cowley Lab is to understand how the developmental environment impacts the epigenetic regulation of the genome to program metabolic disease susceptibility in later life.

  • Lauren Eaves

    Lauren Eaves is a research scientist in the Institute for Environmental Health Solutions. Integrating epidemiologic and toxicogenomic approaches as well as geospatial methods, her research investigates short-term (eg. preterm birth, preeclampsia) and long-term (eg. neurodevelopmental outcomes) effects of in utero exposure to environmental chemicals, particularly toxic metals. Lauren has worked extensively on analyzing placental -OMICS data from the ELGAN-ECHO study, investigating placental responses to metal exposure, as well as placental signatures predictive of later in life outcomes such as cognitive impairment. When not conducting research, Lauren enjoys supporting postpartum families as a lactation consultant.

  • Dmitry Gordenin

    Gordenin received his doctorate in genetics in 1978 from St. Petersburg State University in Russia and continued his research there as a faculty member in the Department of Genetics. A collaboration with Dr. Michael Resnick of the Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) started in 1989 and eventually led to Gordenin move to the position of NIEHS Staff Scientist in 2002. In 2014 he became head of Mechanisms of Genome Dynamics Group at NIEHS. Gordenin’s research is directed to identifying the mechanisms, genetic defects, and environmental factors that lead to the extreme risks of genome instability. His research encompasses areas of DNA replication and various DNA repair pathways and revealed various mechanisms of hypermutation, including APOBEC-associated hypermutation in human cancers. Methodology includes the state-of-the-art yeast experimental models, as well as sequencing and bioinformatics analysis of yeast and human genomes, turning them into reporters of genome instability.

  • Nishad Jayasundara

    Nishad Jayasundara is the Juli Plant Grainger assistant professor of Global Environmental Health at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment in North Carolina and holds joint appointments with the Duke Global Health Institute and The School of Medicine. His research is broadly focused on understanding the developmental and long-term health effects of environmental exposures. A key focus of his research is to merge environmental, biomedical, and epidemiological studies to investigate impacts of heat stress and agrochemicals on kidney disease initiation and progression. Dr. Jayasundara completed his postdoctoral research training at the Duke Superfund Research Center. He earned his BA in Human Ecology from the College of the Atlantic in Maine and his PhD in Biological Sciences from Stanford University in California.

Photo of GEMS Summer 2023 Social Event at The Glass Jug, RTP!

Past Meetings

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GEMS Fall Meeting
Nov
2

GEMS Fall Meeting

Our Fall 2021 Meeting will take place on Tuesday November 2nd, 2021 and is scheduled to be from 9am - 4:45pm. The meeting will be fully virtual on Zoom.

The theme is “Error-corrected Next Gen Sequencing Applications in Genotoxicity and Carcinogenicity”

Click on the meeting flier to navigate to the registration form and to see the agenda.

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GEMS Virtual Spring Meeting on Monday May 24, 2021
May
24

GEMS Virtual Spring Meeting on Monday May 24, 2021

We’re excited to welcome you at our spring virtual meeting! This event is free for all members and non-members. Please click here to register and we will provide you with the Zoom link and password information for the event.

Featuring Talks on:
• Transcriptomics: Applications in Toxicology and Chemical Risk Assessment
• Taking a Strategic Approach to Your Career Development

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