Center Activities
CEET Seminars
CEET Seminar Series 2011-2012
Thursday, September 15, 2011
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Biomedical Research Building II/III Auditorium
Environmental Impact of Drilling for Natural Gas in the Marcellus Shale
David Velinsky, PhD
Vice-President, Patrick Center for Environmental Research at the Academy of Natural Sciences
Panel Discussion to Follow. Refreshments served. Registration not required.
Link to Dr. Velinsky's Presentation
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: Translational Research Center: 10-100
Lung Response to O3 – New Thoughts on an Old Air Pollution Problem
W. Michael Foster, PhD
Research Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine
Director, Inhalation Toxicology Center for Comparative Biology of Vulnerable Populations Facility Core
Duke University Medical Center
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
3:30 PM-4:30 PM
Location: Translational Research Center (TRC): 10-100
Mitochondrial Chromatin: Structure, Function, and Damage
Brett A. Kaufman, PhD
Assistant Professor Biochemistry
School of Veterinary Medicine
Member, CEET Reproduction, Endocrinology, and Development Affinity Group
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: Translational Research Center (TRC): 10-100
Environmental Toxicity and Children’s Externalizing Behavior
Jianghong Liu, PhD, RN
Associate Professor of Nursing,
University of Pennsylvania
Member, CEET Reproduction, Endocrinology, and Development Affinity Group and Community Outreach and Engagement Core
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Thursday, January 19, 20123:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: Translational Research Center (TRC): 10-100
The Consequences of Early Life Exposures to Lead and Stress: Understanding the Fetal Basis of Childhood and Adult Disease
Deborah A. Cory-Slechta, PhD
Professor of Environmental Medicine,
University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentistry
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: BRB Auditorium (please note change)
Nanoparticle Interactions with Alveolar Epithelium: Injury, Uptake and Trafficking
Edward Crandall, MD, PhD
Kenneth T. Norris Chair in Medicine
Hastings Foundation Professorship in Medicine
Chair, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Southern California
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Monday, February 20, 2012 (special seminar, note date)
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Translational Research Center (TRC): 10-100
Penn Nanotoxicology Alliance Pilot Project Presentations
Engineered Dextran Nanoparticles for Targeted Cell Uptake and Intracellular Release
Russell J. Composto, PhD
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering/ SEAS
Biocompatible Superparamagnetic Polymersomes
So-Jung Park, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Synthesis, Characterization and Toxicity Studies of Biocompatible Phospholipid-coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Containing Cobalt for Thermal Cancer Therapy
Nathalie Scholler, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM (note time and location)
Location: Translational Research Center (TRC): 10-146
CEET Pilot Project Presentations
Carsten Skarke, MD 
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Alexander von Humboldt-Fellow, McNeil Fellow in Translational Medicine
Effects of Dietary Supplementation with High Doses of w-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (Fish Oil) on the Composition of the Intestinal Microbiome in Healthy Volunteers
Professor of Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Medicine/Infectious Disease
Dietary Manipulation of Oxidative Lipid Stress Patterns in Brain
Mentored Scientist Transition Award:
Folami Ideraabdullah, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Understanding the Additive Effects of Genetic-epigenetic-environmental Interactions on Disease
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: Translational Research Center (TRC): 10-100
Cyclooxygenases 1 and 2
Lawrence J. Marnett, PhD
Director of the A. B. Hancock, Jr. Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, Director of the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Mary Geddes Stahlman Professor of Cancer Research, Professor of Biochemistry, and Professor of Chemistry.
Vanderbilt University
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: Translational Research Center (TRC): 10-100
Retinoids, Stem Cells, and Cancer
Lorraine Gudas, PhD
Chairman and Revlon Pharmaceutical Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology of the Pharmacology Department
Weill Cornell Medical College
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Co-Sponsored Seminars
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Seminars
Institute for Environmental Medicine Seminar Series
Penn Genomic Institute Events and Seminars
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds:
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Journal Club Topic List
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Division Conference and Events
Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health seminars
Center for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics Seminar Series
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Retreats
Thank you to all who helped make our 5th Annual CEET Symposium a success!
5th Annual CEET Symposium
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4th Annual CEET Symposium
Oxidative and Nitrative Stress and Environmental Health
The Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology hosted its Fourth Annual Symposium on Friday, June 4, at the Villanova Conference Center. Thanks to all who helped make the day a great success.
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The University of Pennsylvania was the host institution for the Annual Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers Meeting and Symposium October 19 – October 21, 2008. The theme of the meeting was "Omics” Approaches in Environmental Health Sciences.
The 2nd Annual Symposium of the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology (CEET) was held on November 19, 2007. The focus of the symposium was Genes and Environmental Health.
The Inaugural Symposium for the CEET was held on October 17, 2006. The focus of the symposium was The Environment, Health and Disease.
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