Human Toxicology students Yinwen Cheng, Ben Elser, Nazmin Eti, and Jeffrey Stolwijk presented at the 2019 Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland in March.

Yinwen presented a poster for In Situ Immunization with a TLR9-Agonist Enhances Survival in HNSCC. Y. Cheng, C. D. Lemke-Miltner, M. Espinosa-Cotton, G. Weiner, and A. Simons.

Ben presented a poster for Combined Administration of Cypermethrin and Prenatal Stress Alter Maternal and Placental Physiology with Cumulative Impacts on Fetal Growth and Brain Development. B. A. Elser, B. O’Hare, H. Lehmler, and H. Stevens. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and Saint Mary’s University, Winona, MN.

Nazmin presented a poster for Toxicity of PCB126 in Adult Male and Female Rats, Including Timed Pregnant Rats. N. Eti, V. E. Klenov, S. Flor, K. Iqbal, J. Watt, W. H. Watson, A. F. Keating, K. N. Gibson-Corley, M. J. Ronis, M. J. Soares, G. Ludewig, and L. W. Robertson. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA; University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; and Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Jeffrey presented a poster for Optimizing Selenium Concentrations in Cell Culture Media to Maximize Selenoenzyme Activities: Impact on Research in Redox Toxicology. J. M. Stolwijk, B. A. Wagner, D. Spitz, and G. R. Buettner. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

Faculty Dr. Jonathan Doorn also presented a poster entitled PCB 52 and Metabolites: Toxicity to the Dopaminergic System. B. Cagle, H. Lehmler, and J. Doorn. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

Six more presentations at the meeting involved research by Human Toxicology faculty.

Attached is a picture of the gathering of current and former students and faculty. A University of Iowa Human Toxicology gathering is organized for each annual SOT meeting.