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Week One
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Fri May 17
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Evening 6 PM
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Welcome Dinner
Swope 2nd Floor: Go through cafeteria line and meet in adjacent Private Dining Room
Introductions, Overview, Goals, Logistics: Ruderman, Hunt, Hyman MBL Education Dept
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Sat May 18
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Morning 9:00
Loeb 2nd floor lecture room
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Lecture:
EDCs: What, where, and how are we exposed? - Ruderman
How and why organisms are vulnerable to EDCs - Patisaul
Endpoints, windows of exposure, susceptible pathways
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Afternoon
Loeb 3rd floor
ECHO lab space
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Lab:
EDC mechanisms and analytical methods – Patisaul, Belcher
Models of EDC action, analytical lab, data interpretation
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Evening 7:00
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Lab:
Finish in vitro lab --- Patisaul & Belcher
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Sun May 19
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Morning
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Lecture:
The chemical revolution past, present and future – Collins
EDC study design – Patisaul, Belcher, Vandenberg
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Afternoon
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Lab:
Data analysis from EDC mechanisms lab – Patisaul, Belcher
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Evening
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5-min PowerPoint presentations of participants’ home research projects
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Mon May 20
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Morning
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Lecture:
Animals: from toxicology to endocrinology – Vandenberg, Patisaul, Belcher
Lunch with Science Journalism Fellows
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Afternoon
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Lab:
Brain and behavior lab
Using zebrafish to study EDCs - Delaney
Zebrafish facility tour
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Evening
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Communication:
Developing and refining your speaking style – Hunt
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Tues May 21
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Morning
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Lecture:
EDCs as obesogens: A role in the rising tide of obesity? – Ruderman
Hazard Assessments – Vandenberg
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Afternoon
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Lab:
Mouse hazard lab – Vandenberg, Patisaul
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Evening
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Discussion:
Hazard vs risk - Vandenberg, Patisaul
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Wed May 22
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Morning
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Media Training 101 Handling tough questions from reporters - Kostant
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Afternoon
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Lab
Student interviews by reporters Rick Weiss and Kristina Marusic
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Evening
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Discussion:
The power of social media
Media training recap - Kostant
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Thur May 23
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Morning
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Lecture:
Community engaged research & One Health approaches - Frank von Hippel
Lessons from wildlife –Belcher
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Afternoon
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Lab:
Morphometric analysis of endocrine organs - Vandenberg
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Evening
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Discussion:
Environmental justice - Frank von Hippel
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Week Two
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Fri May 24
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Morning
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Lecture:
Analytical tools in biomonitoring – Gerona
Fundamentals of epidemiology - Oulhote
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Afternoon
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Lab:
Targeted vs non-targeted analysis – Gerona
Confounding: Implications of biomarker measurements – Oulhote
Direct vs indirect analysis; Choosing the right matrix – Gerona
Bias and error OR mixtures - Oulhote
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Evening
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Discussion:
Sustainable chemistry – Collins
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Sat May 25
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Morning
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Lecture:
Perils and pitfalls of experimental studies to address human concerns and human studies to extend experimental findings – Hunt, Gerona
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Afternoon
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How is analytical data generated? - Gerona
R Lab – Oulhote
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Evening
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Pathways to change:
From scientific findings to policy change:
How science-based agencies do and don’t make decisions – Maffini
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Sun May 26
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Morning
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Excursion to Martha’s Vineyard
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Afternoon
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Evening
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PFAS at the movies: Dark Waters
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Mon May 27
Memorial Day
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Morning
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Lecture:
C. elegans as a model to assess EDC effects on the germline and
effects of chemicals in mixtures - Colaiacovo
EDC mixtures: Real life problems – Kassotis
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Afternoon
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Lab:
Using C. elegans to assess EDC germline effects – Colaiacovo
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Evening
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Discussion:
How to facilitate policy change - Maffini
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Tues May 28
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Morning
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Lecture:
Intro to fetal programming and epigenetics - Susiarjo
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Afternoon
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Lab:
Epigenetic analysis - Susiarjo
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Evening
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Ethics and doubt – Vandenberg, Patisaul
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Wed May 29
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Morning
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Lecture:
Bridging chemistry and toxicology and TiPED – Collins, Warner
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Afternoon
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Lab:
Epigenetic analysis (continued) - Susiarjo
New water lab – Collins, Warner
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Evening
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Revised participant 5 min PowerPoint research talks
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Thur May 30
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Morning
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Lecture:
Emerging topics - Vandenberg
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Afternoon
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Lab:
Discussion of water lab – Collins, Warner
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Evening
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Final Discussion & Course Party
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| Fri May 31 |
Morning |
Final Breakfast and Departure |