June 19, 2015
Fragrance Free
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...
June 1, 2015
Opportunities for Studying Environmental Exposures using Epigenetics: The Importance of Methylome-wide Association Studies
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...
May 29, 2015
The Role of Systems Biology for the Exposome
A workshop hosted by the HERCULES Systems Biology Core and Georgia Tech’s Integrative BioSystems Institute on May 27 and 28, 2015 Systems Biology is a field that addresses the dynamic...
March 16, 2015
Technical Papers on EWAS Approaches
Environment-Wide Association Studies (EWAS) provide an untargeted and comprehensive approach for considering environmental factors and their involvement in complex health/disease traits. EWAS...
March 11, 2015
Student Research Experiences
The future of environmental health and exposome-related research lies with current students. Their fresh perspectives and enthusiasm are invaluable to these projects and the advancement of the field....
February 19, 2015
Methods to Collect Biomarkers from Microneedle Patches
Interstitial fluid collection via microneedle patches offers great potential for an efficient, noninvasive tool that could be used to take human samples across large populations with relative ease....
February 11, 2015
Using Metabolomics to Examine the Causes of Breast Cancer
What causes breast cancer? A few genes are implicated but they only account for 5 or 10 percent of cancer cases. Dr. Dean Jones, director of the Clinical Biomarkers Core and the Metabolomics Core of...
February 4, 2015
Community Mini-Grants Program Renamed
In memory and honor of our colleague, friend and dedicated community advocate, Clarence Oliver “Shaheed” DuBois HERCULES will rename the community mini-grants program to The Clarence...
January 29, 2015
Center for Sustainable Communities Receives NASA grant for Community-based Research Projects
Under the direction of HERCULES Stakeholder Advisory Board member, Garry Harris, the Center for Sustainable Communities (SMART Academy Center of Excellence) recently received a NASA grant for...