LAB PHOTOS & NEWS

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2011

• January 17, 2011: Lunch outing for the lab to welcome new member Becca Pezdek + Lab picture
                                                                       

January 2011, Lunch outing for the lab
                                                                                    From left to right:                                                                                                       

                        Sarah Webb (Doctoral student), Becca Pezdek (Masters student), Dr. Celine Godard-Codding, Jennifer Cole (Doctoral student), Sandy Wiggins (Masters student). 

                                                                                                                         Missing: Greg Zychowski away for an internship in Beaufort NOAA Laboratory

 

2010

• December 17, 2010: Holiday lunch outing for the lab
   

                                                                        

December 2010, Lunch outing for the lab
From left to right:

Gregory Zychowski (Masters student), Dr. Celine Godard-Codding, Sarah Webb (Doctoral student) , Jennifer Cole (Doctoral student), Sandy Wiggins (Masters student).   

 

 

• December 2010: Sperm whale research  is featured in several news outlets
     

  Our sperm whale study entitled "Pacific Ocean–wide Profile of CYP1A1 Expression, Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Ratios, and Organic Contaminant Burden in Sperm Whale Skin Biopsies" was published online Dec. 6 in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. 

  http://news.discovery.com/animals/sperm-whales-pollutants-environment.html

  http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-pacific-sperm-whales-exposed-pahs.html

  http://www.livescience.com/environment/sperm-whale-pollution-101213.html

  http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/12/06/3085949.htm

  http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1336895
   

• November 2010: Sandy Wiggins (Masters student) receives prestigious 2010 SETAC/EA Jeff Black Award
     

  Congratulations to Sandy for receiving the 2010 SETAC/EA Jeff Black Award!

   

                                                                                                                             

  November 2010
  From left to right:

  Dr. George Cobb (President of SETAC), Sandy Wiggins (Masters student), Dr. Celine Godard-Codding.   

   

   

• July 14, 2010: Laboratory is featured in the New York Times
     

      The July 14 New York Times features Dr. Celine Godard-Codding and doctoral student Jennifer Cole http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/15/science/earth/15necropsy.html?pagewanted=3&_r=2 . Photo slide show includes a picture of Jen and of our dolphin organotypic cultures http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/07/14/science/earth/20100715-NECROPSY-1.html

   

• July 8, 2010: Lunch outing for the lab
     

July 2010, Lunch outing for the lab
From left to right:

Front row :Sandy Wiggins (Masters student), Jennifer Cole (Doctoral student), Dr. Celine Godard-Codding,

Back row: Greg Zychowski (Masters student), Javi Arzate (NIH Undergraduate student)
 

• July 2, 2010: Interview with National Public Radio "Living on Earth"
     

      National Public Radio "Living on Earth" features Dr. Celine Godard-Codding, in this weeks show with an air date of July 2, 2010 in the section "Biggest Brains in Biggest Danger". She discusses the risk to sperm whales in the gulf oil spill crisis. Also, in the text form seen at www.Loe.org  (http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.htm?programID=10-P13-00027&segmentID=5) her lab, students and TIEHH is featured.

   

• May 24, 2010: National Geographic Daily News article on Gulf of Maine oil spill mentions Laboratory   
     

      Dr. Godard-Codding was interviewed for an article entitled "Oil Spill to Wipe Out Gulf's Sperm Whales?" by Ker Than from the National Geographic. The article can be seen at http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/05/100521-science-environment-gulf-mexico-oil-spill-sperm-whales/
   

• April 4-May 31, 2010: Visit with Collaborator Dr. Sylvain De Guise, University of Connecticut   
     

      Dr. Rousselet is currently visiting with Collaborator Dr. Sylvain De Guise at the University of Connecticut for a sea turtle immunotoxicology project.
   

• March 22-27, 2010: Visit with  Collaborators Benjamin Higgins, Kara LaVictoire, and Drs. Joseph Flannigan and Marianne Tocidlowski in Galveston and Houston, Texas
     

      In March 2010, Dr. Rousselet visited with Collaborators Benjamin Higgins from NOAA and with Kara LaVictoire and Drs. Joseph Flannigan and Marianne Tocidlowski from the Houston Zoo for a sea turtle blood chemistry project.
   

• March 12, 2010: West Texas Association for Women in Science (WT-AWIS) 2010 Travel Award

    

     Sandy Wiggins was awarded the WT-AWIS 2010 Travel Award in order to attend the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America 31^st Annual Meeting on November 7-11, 2010.  Sandy will present her research at the conference. 

   

• March 4-7, 2010: Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship Review Panel, National Academies, Washington, DC
     

     In March 2010, Dr. Godard-Codding served as a reviewer for the Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships. The Ford Foundation Fellowship Program is administered by the National Academies. "Through its Fellowship Program, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students".
  
  For more information on the Ford Foundation Fellowship Program, visit http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/
   

• March 3, 2010: Visit with NSF program officer, Washington, DC
     

     On March 3, 2010, Dr. Godard-Codding visited with one NSF program officer in Washington DC to discuss her research program.  The meeting was very good and it was exciting to visit the NSF building.  My advice to all assistant professors: definitely visit with NSF POs if you can get the chance! It is a great opportunity to learn more about programs and to get your research projects known.

   

• March 2-5, 2010: 22^nd Annual Student Research Week, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

   

     Jen Cole and Greg Zychowski presented their research on loggerhead cell line characterization and on cetacean organotypic cultures and proteomic profiling.

   

• February 21-25, 2010: Participation to the International Whaling Commission workshop on POLLUTION 2000+ PHASE II, Sausalito, CA
     

     In February 2010, Dr. Godard-Codding visited with 20 other national and international experts in marine mammal toxicology at an International Whaling Commission-sponsored workshop in Sausalito, CA.  One of the goals of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) is to evaluate potential population level effects of pollutants on cetaceans. Information obtained from previous IWC-sponsored workshops, as well as from other contaminant studies, risk assessment efforts and modeling studies over the past 15 years, has provided a broader foundation from which to evaluate the state of the science and plan for future studies. The focus of this workshop was  to establish a risk assessment and modeling framework and to evaluate cause-effect relationships between pollutants and cetaceans at the population level, building on progress made during Phase I and on recent research, using a modification of a tiered risk assessment approach. The workshop findings will be presented at the IWC Scientific Committee meeting in Agadir, Morrocco in June 2010.

   

  For more information on the International Whaling Commission, visit http://iwcoffice.org/
   

• February 9-15, 2010: 2009 UK-US Collaboration Development Award and Visit with Collaborator Dr. Michael Depledge, Peninsula Medical School & European Centre for The Environment and Human Health, England   
     

     In February 2010, Dr. Godard-Codding visited with Collaborator Dr. Michael Depledge at the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth and at the European Centre for the Environment and Human Health in Truro, England. This visit was sponsored by the 2009 UK-US Collaboration Development Award Dr. Godard-Codding  received in December 2009.  During this visit, Dr. Godard-Codding had the opportunity to meet with colleagues at the University of Exeter, both at the Exeter and Truro campuses, and gave a seminar entitled "Toxicology of Protected Species: perspectives from toxicopanomics to global ecosystem health assessment".

   

  For more information on the Peninsula Medical School and the European Centre for the Environment and Human Health, visit http://www.pms.ac.uk/news.php?id=113
   

• February 2010: Sigma Xi Research Grant

     Jen Cole received a research grant from the Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research program from her October 2009 proposal.

   

• January 4-22, 2010: Visit with Collaborator Dr. Sylvain De Guise, University of Connecticut   
     

      In January 2010, Dr. Rousselet visited with Collaborator Dr. Sylvain De Guise at the University of Connecticut.

   

   

  2009

  
   

• December 2009: Visit with Collaborators Benjamin Higgins and Dr. Joseph Flannigan in Galveston, Texas
  
      In December 2009, Dr. Rousselet visited with Collaborators Benjamin Higgins and Dr. Joseph Flannigan in Galveston, Texas.

• November 19-23, 2009: 30^th Annual SETAC Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana

     In November of 2009, Dr. Godard-Codding, Jen Cole, and Greg Zychowski travelled to New Orleans to present their recent research on loggerhead cell line characterization and on cetacean organotypic cultures and proteomic profiling.  

   

•  October 4, 2009: Komen Race

     Dr. Godard-Codding, Jen Cole and Sandy Wiggins attended the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure.

   

• September 16-28, 2009: Travel funding awards

     Jen Cole was awarded a travel grant from the Texas Tech University Graduate School for the 30^th Annual SETAC Conference in New Orleans. She was also awarded a travel grant from the West Texas Association for Women in Science.  For the same conference, Greg Zychowski received travel funding from SETAC and from the Texas Tech University Graduate School.

   

• August 1, 2009: Greg Zychowski awarded the Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship from NOAA

     Greg Zychowski has been awarded the Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).  The scholarship honors the life’s work and contributions of Dr. Nancy Foster, former Assistant Administrator for Oceanic Services and Coastal Zone Management at NOAA and Director of the National Ocean Service.  Foster scholars are provided with a stipend, funding for educational expenses, and funding for a short-term research collaboration at a NOAA facility.

   

• July 12-23, 2009: Travel to University of Buffalo at SUNY

     In 2009, as part of the Society of Toxicology’s Colgate-Palmolive Award for Student Research Training in Alternative Methods Jen Cole traveled to Dr. Jim Olson’s laboratory in the department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Buffalo SUNY in July 2009.  She was trained on precision-cut slicing and organotypic cultures during her visit.

   

• April 23, 2009: Students of Godard-Codding lab recognized at the TIEHH Spring Banquet

    At the 2009 Spring Banquet, Jen Cole was awarded 1^st place at the 2009 Toxicology Exposé. She also received the “Outstanding Student Award” from TIEHH director, Dr. Ron Kendall for her role as a Student Ambassador to the department. Greg Zychowski was awarded “Best Proposal Presentation” for his presentation at the 2009 Toxicology Exposé.

• April 15, 2009: Toxicology Exposé at TIEHH

   

  The 2009 Toxicology Exposé was held at TIEHH and featured presentations by Jen Cole and Greg Zychowski.

 

  Jen Cole presented a research poster of her research on cetacean organotypic cultures and proteomic profiling.  She received 2^nd place in the Science division.

 

• April 7, 2009: Texas Tech University Graduate School Travel Funding
     Sandy Wiggins received travel funds in order to attend the Regional Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Annual Meeting on April 29-May 1st. Sandy will be presenting her research with a poster.
   

   

• March 2009: Visit of Dr. Michael Depledge, European Center for Environment and Human Health & Peninsula Medical School
  
      Dr. Michael Depledge, Chair of Environment and Human Health at the European Center for Environment and Human Health & Peninsula Medical School, visited Dr. Godard-Codding's laboratory and The Institute of Environmental and Human Health.  On March 11, Dr. Depledge gave a seminar entitled "Biomarkers: Past, Present and Future" at TIEHH.

   

• March , 2009: Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship Review Panel, National Academies, Irvine, CA
     

     In March 2009, Dr. Godard-Codding served as a reviewer for the Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships. The Ford Foundation Fellowship Program is administered by the National Academies. "Through its Fellowship Program, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students".

   

• March 2009: Visit with Collaborators Benjamin Higgins and Dr. Joseph Flannigan in Galveston, Texas
  
      In March 2009, Dr. Godard-Codding traveled with graduate students Greg Zychowski and Sandy Wiggins to Houston and Galveston to visit with collaborators Benjamin Higgins, Program Manager of the NOAA Galveston Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Program and Dr. Joseph Flanagan, Director of Veterinary Services for the Houston Zoo. On March 16, we assisted Benjamin Higgins and Dr Joseph Flanagan with the necropsy of seven sea turtles that had failed rehabilitation efforts. These turtles species being protected due to their threatened status, this was the first scheduled turtle necropsy in Galveston in over 5 years and a unique opportunity for Greg and Sandy to participate in necropsy and tissue collection. Tissue was collected from all turtles and immediately shipped back to the laboratory for archival and use in cell culture and genomics research. On March 17, we all visited Texas A&M University Galveston campus and in particular the laboratory of Dr. Christopher Marshall, Associate Professor in the Department of Marine Biology. We also got a detailed and behind the scene tour of the NOAA sea turtle rearing facility where the students had a chance to learn first-hand about the rearing of loggerhead sea turtles and to witness skin biopsy collection. Later in the day we also got a behind the scene tour of the Galveston aquarium research quarters.

  Thanks to TTU Research Enrichment Fund for sponsoring this travel
   

  

   

• March 15-19, 2009: 48^th Annual Society of Toxicology Meeting

     Jen Cole attended the 48^th Annual Society of Toxicology meeting where she was recognized and awarded the Colgate-Palmolive Award for Student Research Training in Alternative Methods.

  ·         March 3-6, 2009:  21^st Annual Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Research Days

     Jen Cole presented a research poster of her research on cetacean organotypic cultures and proteomic profiling.

   

2008

 

 

• November16-20, 2008: 28^th Annual SETAC meeting

 

    Jen Cole presented a research poster of her research on cetacean organotypic cultures and proteomic profiling. Jen was awarded a travel grant from SETAC and the Texas Tech University Graduate School.
 

• September 2008: Komen Race for the Cure

 

   Dr. Céline Godard-Codding, Jen Cole, Sandy Wiggins, and Greg Zychowski attended the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure.
 

• June 29-July 4, 2008: Ocean and Human Health Gordon Conference

 

    Jen Cole and Dr. Céline Godard-Codding traveled to Tilton, New Hampshire to attend the Ocean and Human Health Gordon Conference. Jen presented a poster on her research and received a travel grant from the Gordon Conference and from the Texas Tech University Graduate school in order to attend this meeting.

• May 17-19, 2008: SETAC South Central Regional Meeting

 

   Jen Cole traveled to Houston, Texas to attend the SETAC South Central Regional Meeting. She presented a research poster on her research on organotypic cultures and proteomic profiling of skin/blubber from the bottlenose dolphin. Jen was awarded a travel grant from the department of Environmental Toxicology to attend this meeting.

• April 24, 2008: Jen Cole received the 2008 TIEHH Outstanding Doctoral Student Award

 

   Jen Cole was awarded the 2008 Outstanding Doctoral Student Award. at the TIEHH Banquet

• February 29, 2008: Women’s Conference – Texas Tech University
 

 Jen Cole and Dr. Céline Godard-Codding attended the Women’s Conference at Texas Tech University. Jen Cole also presented a research poster on her research on organotypic cultures and proteomic profiling of skin/blubber biopsies from the bottlenose dolphin.
 

2007

 

• May 2007: Visit of Dr. Patricia Fair, Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, USDOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS
   
      Dr. Dan Cowan, Living Marine Resources Branch Chief at the Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, USDOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS in Charleston, visited Dr. Godard-Codding's laboratory and The Institute of Environmental and Human Health.  On May 18, Dr. Fair gave a seminar entitled “Health Assessments in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)” at TIEHH.
   

• April 2007: Visit of Dr. Daniel Cowan, The University of Texas Medical Branch and the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network
   
      Dr. Daniel Cowan, Professor of Pathology at The University of Texas Medical Branch and Director of the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network visited Dr. Godard-Codding's laboratory and The Institute of Environmental and Human Health.  On April 6, Dr. Cowan gave a seminar entitled “Contributions of a stranding network: Why do dolphins die, and what can we learn from it?” at TIEHH.
   

 

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