Have you ever wondered how climate change affects the air you breathe?
Would you believe that a role played by Nicolas Cage could spark a career in toxicology?
This year’s InTOXicating Science Talks tackle two very different lines of inquiry, with interesting results!
In “Inhalation Toxicology in the Era of Climate Change,” SOT Postdoctoral member Faria Khan, PhD, Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health, explores how harmful toxins in the air impact organisms in the current era of environmental transformation.
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In “What Inspires a Career in Toxicology? A Nicolas Cage Story,” SOT Vice President–Elect Jim Luyendyk, PhD, recounts his unique journey from aspiring ski bum and movie lover to becoming a toxicologist.
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The InTOXicating Science Talks series is designed to delve into the world of toxicology in 15 minutes or less.
These new talks join six previously recorded InTOXicating Science Talks:
- “Inheriting Our Ancestors’ Toxic Burden” by SOT member Patrick Allard, PhD, UCLA
- “The Biological Relevance of Toxicities Deemed Not Relevant to Humans” by SOT Past President Lois Lehman-McKeeman, PhD, ATS, Bristol Myers Squibb
- “Worms, Yeast, and Toxicology: Insights from Mentors and Nobel Laureates” by SOT member Richard Nass, PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine
- “Lessons Learned while Chipping Away at the Unsolvable Riddle of Mixtures Toxicology” by then-SOT Vice President–Elect Cynthia V. Rider, PhD, DABT, NIEHS/NTP
- “The Entrepreneurial Toxicologist” by Ruth Roberts, PhD, ATS, FBTS, ERT, FRSB, FRCPath, ApconiX
- “Micro-MOOP: A Story of the Anthropocene in the Black Rock Desert” by SOT Postdoctoral member Samantha Romanick, PhD, University of Rochester
All can be viewed on the SOT YouTube channel. Subscribe now!
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