In a recent article published in Toxicological Sciences, HERCULES researchers demonstrate the use of high-resolution metabolomics (HRM) to reliably quantify exposures. Detection and measurement of...
What are the areas of untapped potential in basic research? A new website—The Future Postponed—developed out of MIT shares case studies demonstrating the need for basic research across a wide...
The Proctor Creek Collaborative Health Survey was funded in spring of 2014 as the first community-based pilot study for the HERCULES Center. The pilot project was a product of a strong collaboration...
In collaboration with The Conservation Fund, HERCULES’ partners have been working with the Proctor Creek communities. Partners include West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, Community Improvement...
Do cadmium exposures at the levels found in the American diet negatively impact lung inflammation and fibrosis? HERCULES’ researcher, Dean Jones, PhD and Young-Mi Go Kang, PhD set out to answer...
Under the direction of Michele Marcus, PhD, an EHS Core Center Administrative Supplement was awarded to Emory University to expand an ongoing Michigan polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) study begun in...
In addition to offering a couple students the opportunity to participate in pilot project research, the HERCULES Center also connected students with some of our investigators to assist in working on...
Please consider going “fragrance free” for HERCULES events. Those suffering from chemical sensitivity may have adverse health reactions to products commonly used everyday such as scented...
Recent advances in high-throughput technology now allows measurement of the DNA methylome. Dr. Yan Sun, HERCULES investigator and year one pilot award recipient, discusses the value of methylome-wide...