Dr. Gaddameedhi Featured in NIEHS Stories of Success
With funding from the NIEHS ONES Program, Shobhan Gaddameedhi, Ph.D., is exploring how our circadian clock helps protect against genomic instability and environmental carcinogenesis. Gaddameedhi grew up in a rural farming village in India and now leads a research team at NCSU!

Spring 2023 – Gaddameedhi and the Importance of Sleep!
Dr. Shobhan Gaddameedhi’s work on the importance of sleep on human health was highlighted in the Technician, the official student newspaper of NC State University, at the beginning of the Spring 2023 semester.

Best Poster Presentation
PhD Candidate Sean Cone was the recipient of the Best Overall DNA Repair SECI (Student and Early Career Investigator) Award for the best poster presentation in the DNA repair category at the Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society in Palm Springs, CA. Congratulations, Sean!

Selected Presenter: DNA Repair
PhD Candidate Sean Cone was selected as an oral presenter for the DNA Repair SIG (Special Interest Group) Meeting at EMGS (Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society) at their annual meeting in Palm Springs, CA. Out of all the DNA Repair poster abstracts submitted to EMGS, four presenters were chosen to present their research in a 10-minute talk during the DNA Repair SIG, followed by a 10 minute Q&A session. Great Job, Sean!

EMGS Conference
PhD Candidate Rachel Bernstein presented her work Epigenomic Landscape of Night Shift Schedule in Human Whole Blood at the EMGS (Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society) conference in Palm Springs, CA. Way to go, Rachel!

NHGRI Travel Scholarship
PhD Candidate Rachel Bernstein was selected for the CREiGS NHGRI (National Human Genome Research Institute) Travel Scholarship to attend the Computational Analysis of GWAS data and workshop at CREiGS (Clinical Research Education in Genome Science, New York, NY). Congratulations, Rachel!

NIEHS Internship and Poster Presentation
Undergraduate student Lilyanna Hopkins presented her poster Proliferative Mechanism in BV2 Microglia: Impacts of Dimethyl Sulfoxide and the
Organophosphate Pesticide Metabolite, 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol at the NIH Summer Poster Day after completing her Summer Internship Program at NIEHS. Way to go, Lilyanna!

EMGS Travel Awards
PhD Candidates Sean Cone and Rachel Bernstein were both awarded the EMGS Student and Early Career Investigator Travel Award. Qualifying EMGS members are students/early career investigators who have submitted a presentation abstract for the upcoming annual EMGS conference. Congratulations, Sean and Rachel, for receiving this competitive travel award!

SRBR Conference
PhD Student Rachel Bernstein presented her research, Epigenomic Landscape of Night Shift Schedule in Human Whole Blood at the SRBR (Society for Research on Biological Rhythms) biennial meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Great work, Rachel!

Best Flash Talk
PhD Student Gillian Szabo received an award for Best 2nd Year Flash Talk Environmental Circadian Disruption Alters Toxicity of PFOA in Mice at the Toxicology Graduate Student Research Symposium. Great job, Gillian!

Undergraduate Spring Symposium
Undergraduate student Naveena Sivakumar presented her poster titled:  
Influence of Circadian Disruption on Cell Line Cytotoxicity and Murine Hepatotoxicity 
at the NCSU Undergraduate Spring Symposium. Way to go, Naveena!