Burnett SD, Blanchette AD, Grimm FA, House JS, Reif DM, Wright FA, Chiu WA, Rusyn I. Population-based toxicity screening in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2019 Aug 16;381:114711. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2019.114711. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed P…
Blog posts
Population-based toxicity screening in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (2019) Toxicol Appl Pharmacol
Knockdown of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase-like 2 in Drosophila melanogaster (2019) Arch Insect Biochem Physiol
Anderson RL, Wallis DJ, Aguirre A, Holliday D, Merkler DJ. Knockdown of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase-like 2 in Drosophila melanogaster. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol. 2019 Aug 6:e21608. doi: 10.1002/arch.21608. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31385627.
David's interview with local ESPN Radio Station
Dave Thomas of ESPN Radio Harrisonburg interviewed David to talk about how lessons learned in sports (High School athletics, in this case) relate to one's career.
A recording of their conversation can be found here:
https://espnharrisonburg.com/podcasts/daily-sports-feed-07-19-19-david-reif/ …
Determination of chemical-disease risk values to prioritize connections between environmental factors, genetic variants, and human diseases (2019) Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
Kosnik MB, Reif DM. Determination of chemical-disease risk values to prioritize connections between environmental factors, genetic variants, and human diseases. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2019 Jul 16:114674. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2019.114674. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31323264.
Dr. Adrian Green joins the Reif Lab!
Dr. Adrian Green is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the Bioinformatics Research Center at NC State University. He received his Ph.D. in Toxicology at NC State University, and his M.S. in Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of California, Davis. He received his B.S. in Microbiology (mino…
Integration of curated and high-throughput screening data to elucidate environmental influences on disease pathways (2019) Computational Toxicology
MB Kosnik, A Planchart, SW Marvel, DM Reif, CJ Mattingly (2019) Integration of curated and high-throughput screening data to elucidate environmental influences on disease pathways. Computational Toxicology, 100094
Vaccines and science communication
A recent article by Sarah Zhang in The Atlantic illustrates the importance of science communication with regard to vaccinomics:
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/05/vaccines-dna-23andme/589915/
Part of that article details how one of our past papers has been interpreted, …
Joint retreat in Oregon with Tanguay + Reif labs
The Tanguay + Reif labs met in Oregon for their second joint retreat.
The retreat started with scientific sessions and lab tours at Oregon State University and the Sinnhuber Aquatic Research Lab (SARL) in Corvallis. We then moved to the Oregon Coast for more scientific sessions, hiking, and int…
EPA grant "System toxicological approaches to define and predict the toxicity of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances"
System toxicological approaches to define and predict the toxicityofPerand Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
EPA Grant Number: R839481
Title: System toxicological approaches to define and …
Marissa Kosnik successfully defends her PhD!
Title - Data integration elucidates connections between environmental factors and health outcomes
Abstract : It is well understood that environmental factors contribute to the development of human diseases. Multiple types and sources of data are necessary to address the complex relationsh…
Systematic determination of the relationship between nanoparticle core diameter and toxicity for a series of structurally analogous gold nanoparticles in zebrafish (2019) Nanotoxicology
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17435390.2019.1592259
Truong, L.; Zaikova, T.; Baldock, B.L.; Balik-Meisner, M.; To, K.; Reif, D.M.; Kennedy, Z.C.; Hutchison, J.E.; Tanguay, R.L. “Systematic determination of the relationship between nanoparticle core diameter and toxicity for a…
ToxPi software updated (v2.2) @ www.toxpi.org
The complete .zip is available for free download at: www.toxpi.org
This update adds flexibility for setting weights, offers improved "zoom" capabilities, updates information included in the saved Results Table object, and fixes issues identified by users.
The updated manual includes a full …
Associations between access to healthcare, environmental quality, and end-stage renal disease survival time: Proportional-hazards models of over 1,000,000 people over 14 years (2019) PLoS One
Kosnik MB, Reif DM, Lobdell DT, Astell-Burt T, Feng X, Hader JD, Hoppin JA. Associations between access to healthcare, environmental quality, and end-stage renal disease survival time: Proportional-hazards models of over 1,000,000 people over 14 years. PLoS One. 2019 Mar 21;14(3):e0214094. doi:…
Kim To successfully defends her PhD!
Title: Predictive modeling for developmental toxicity of engineered nanomaterials.
Abstract: Nanomaterials are defined as particles with at least one dimension on the nanoscale (1-100nm). Although their toxicity is not yet fully understood, nanomaterials present themselves in a wide varie…
Marissa presents at UNC Environmental Epidemiology Seminar Series
Kosnik M.B., Reif D.M., Lobdell D.T., Astell-Burt T., Feng X., Hader J.D., Hoppin J.A. Associations between access to healthcare, environmental quality, and end-stage renal disease survival time: proportional-hazards models of over 1,000,000 people over 14 years. (manuscript submitted/in revision)
Marissa presents at U.S. EPA ToxCast Meeting
The seminar was in relation to the forthcoming paper by Kosnik et al. "Concentration-Response Evaluation of ToxCast Compounds for Multivariate Fingerprints of Neural Network Function"