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CVM’s Rosenfeld Chosen for Review Board of Prestigious NIH Science Journal
Cheryl S. Rosenfeld, an associate professor of biomedical sciences at MU’s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), has been named to the editorial review board of the scientific journal Environmental Health Perspectives. A monthly peer-reviewed journal of research and news, Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) is published with support from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. EHPnews content is prepared by science journalists and reviewed by subject matter experts. “This is truly an honor to be invited to be part of the editorial review...
Biomed Undergraduate Receives National Fellowship
Maloree Khan, a senior biochemistry major and undergraduate researcher in the MU College of Veterinary Medicine Biomedical Sciences Department, was awarded a summer research fellowship from the American Physiological Society (APS). Khan, a dean’s list student from St. Louis, received an APS STRIDE Fellowship. The STRIDE program — Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research — is designed to help undergraduate students nationwide from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, disadvantaged backgrounds, and individuals with disabilities to work with APS member researchers in the fields of cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, and sleep disorders...
Exposure to BPA Potentially Induces Permanent Reprogramming of Painted Turtles’ Brains
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical that is used in a variety of consumer products, such as food storage containers, water bottles and certain resins. In previous studies, Cheryl Rosenfeld, an investigator in the Bond Life Sciences Center, along with other researchers at the University of Missouri, Westminster College and the Saint Louis Zoo, determined that BPA can disrupt sexual function and behavior in painted turtles. Now, the team has identified the genetic pathways that are altered as a result of BPA exposure during early development. Painted turtle eggs were brought from a hatchery in Louisiana, candled to ensure...