News
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October 18, 2019
New paper in PNAS from Social Exposome Cluster members.
Maria Aristizabal, Sara Mostafavi and Michael Kobor, along with affiliate members Thom McDade and Candice Odgers have published a review article entitled "Biological embedding of experience: A primer on epigenetics" in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The article…
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October 15, 2019
Pediatric Epigenetic Clock Paper from the Kobor Laboratory
Congratulations to the Kobor laboratory and collaborators on the publication of their pediatric-focused "epigenetic clock" paper in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United State of America. Epigenetic clocks take advantage of the predictable appearance…
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October 11, 2019
First-Ever Social Exposome Cluster Retreat!
We would like to say a big thank you to our members, trainees, and staff who came to our Social Exposome Cluster retreat at Bodega Ridge Resort on Galiano Island on October 2nd and 3rd. The retreat included presentations from 19 faculty members on research projects related…
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October 11, 2019
Dr. Alejandra Wiedeman wins Bertrand Hoffmeister Postdoctoral Fellowship
Social Exposome Cluster member Dr. Alejandra Wiedeman, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Angela Devlin's lab, was recently awarded the Bertrand Hoffmeister Postdoctoral Fellowship. As part of Dr. Devlin’s research team, Dr. Alejandra Wiedeman will investigate why children treated with…
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September 20, 2019
Dr. Kobor and Dr. van Jaarsveld win a Peter Wall Research Roundtable Award!
Congratulations to Dr. Michael Kobor and Dr. Danielle van Jaarslveld, Co-leads of the Social Exposome Cluster, for winning an International Research Roundtable Award from the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies! The funding will be used to host a 3-day workshop at UBC titled : The…
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September 13, 2019
New Paper from Dr. Maria Aristizabal and Dr. Michael Kobor.
Social Exposome Cluster member Dr. Maria Aristizabal, a postdoctoral fellow working in Professor Michael Kobor's laboratory, has a new paper in The Journal of Biological Chemistry. The paper, titled "Regulation of Skn7-dependent, oxidative stress-induced genes by the RNA Polymerase II-CTD…
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September 5, 2019
New paper: Prenatal exposure to traffic-related air pollution, the gestational epigenetic clock and risk of early-life allergic sensitization
A new paper* by Drs. Stuart Turvey and Michael Kobor has provided proof of concept that a biological marker known as epigenetic gestational age can be used to understand how prenatal exposure to traffic-related air pollution relates to the risk of asthma and allergy in childhood. Several…
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August 22, 2019
News article featuring PhD student Kate Smith and Professor Dominique Weis.
The work of PhD student and Cluster trainee Kate Smith, a member of the Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research headed by Professor Dominique Weis, was featured in an online article. The article summarizes Kate's work using honey to identify sources of industrial pollutants…
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August 22, 2019
New paper from Affiliate Member Dr. Nadine Provençal.
A new paper was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, featuring as lead author Social Exposome Cluster Affiliate Member Dr. Nadine Provençal , Assistant Professor in the SFU Faculty of Health Sciences and an investigator at the BC Children's…
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July 30, 2019
New paper: Associations of Birth Factors and Socio-Economic Status with Indicators of Early Emotional Development and Mental Health in Childhood: A Population-Based Linkage Study.
A new publication* by Cluster member Dr. Anne Gadermann, Dr. Martin Guhn, and colleagues at the Human Early Learning Partnership demonstrates the power of research with anonymized population-based databases to identify connections between early life environments and children’s mental…