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Dr. Matt Rand: Superfund Research Program Presentation

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Vail 202 Sponsored by Dartmouth Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program Presentation by Dr. Matt Rand on "Mechanisms of Methylmercury Toxicity and Metabolism: lessons from flies, feces and follicles." Dr. Rand is Assistant Professor of Environmental Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.

11/10/2015
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Room 202, Vail
Intended Audience(s): Alumni, Faculty, Staff, Students-Graduate, Students-Undergraduate
Categories: Lectures & Seminars

Dr. Rand's laboratory investigates the impact of environmental mercury on fundamental mechanisms of neural development. Dr. Rand is engaged in multidiscipline translational studies using genomic studies in fruit flies and human polymorphisms in fish eating populations to delineate factors that dictate susceptibility and tolerance to environmental methylmercury exposure.

For more information, contact:
Marcy Levine-Holdowsky
marcy.e.levine-holdowsky@dartmouth.edu
Permanent URL to this event: https://envs.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=37425

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