The Rising Researcher program recognizes UMass Amherst undergraduate students who excel in research, scholarship and creative activity. No doubts our lab member, Joseph McGaunn deserves it!
Congratulation for SOT awards!
Five awards received this year by lab members from the Society of Toxicology (SOT)! Joseph McGaunn and Menna Teffera received prestigious Pfizer Award, Victoria Salemme received Women in Science and 2nd place Molecular and Systems Biology Specialty Section Undergraduate Research Award, and Saira Amir received Graduate Travel Award. Well done! Congratulations to SOT awardees from Dr. Timme-Laragy group! This achievement puts us on toxicological map!
Paper in the Conversation describing our research was read by more than 20.000
The Conversation is a news outlet which publishes first-hand news written by scientists. As such it is a great source of expert information written for non-experts. We published a paper that describes finding in our lab, and in first week it was read by more than 20.000 across the world!
Our paper selected for Thematic Issues of the Endocrine Society
Based on Editors Choice and Altimetric scores our recent manuscript “Developmental Exposure to 2,2?,4,4?–Tetrabromodiphenyl Ether Induces Long-Lasting Changes in Liver Metabolism in Male Mice” was included into Thematic Issues of the Endocrine Society on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals.
In-class experiment results in paper in Toxicology
Our paper “Perinatal Exposure to 2,2?,4?4? ?Tetrabromodiphenyl Ether Induces Testicular Toxicity in Adult Rats” just got published in Toxicology. This paper is based on an RNA-seq experiment done by students in my class EHS667: Environmental and Occupational Toxicology taught in the spring 2016. Congratulations to all coauthors! Great job!
We are looking for graduate students
We are looking for graduate students to join the lab. Please, read short descriptions of our projects and send an e-mail to Alexander Suvorov if you are interested in joining.
Our paper attracts attention
In my laboratory, we have developed an animal model in which low social status and high body weight are linked via a positive feedback loop. This model is described in a paper published in 2015 which is based on experimental research completed at UMass from 2013-2014. Recently it attracted journalist’s attention – Some pollutants made mice less friendly published on the website of the Society for Science & the Public.
Our paper is rated top 10 among papers published in Environmental Health
Our paper Endocrine disruptors alter social behaviors and indirectly influence social hierarchies via changes in body weight published in Environmental Health Journal on August 5, 2015 has already encountered over 2000 accesses and is rated among Top-10 by the journal. This paper is co-authored by 3 undergraduate students: Benjamin Kim, Eliezer Colon, and Shivansh Chawla; and 2 faculty: myself and Dr. Laura Vandenberg. It is based on laboratory experiments with mice and has 2 take-home messages:
- Three out of three tested environmental pollutants (flame retardants BDE-47 and TBBPA, and plasticiser BPS) affect mouse social behavior.
- Lighter animals dominate! (Think about it next time eating french fries and drinking coke 🙂 )