Exposomics

Thank you Philip and Dajana!

Thank you Philip Britz-McKibbin and Dajana Vuckovic and team for organizing such a successful #MetSoc2023 conference. Amazing speakers, posters and fantastic discussions and network sessions

Looking forward to excellent talks at international Metabolomics Society conference. Great start with Craig Wheelock #metsoc #metabolomics

Frustrated that the pounds keep flooding back after losing weight on a diet? PFAS, pervasive environmental contaminants known as "forever chemicals," could play a role. ehn.org/pfas-weight-ga…

What a wonderful 2 days of excellent exposomics related discussions at Canadian Metabolomics Conference #CanMetCon.

@NikoMcCarty That is amazing! If I can ask a naive question- how symmetrical is ATP synthase around the rotational axis? At that rotational speed, I wonder how the moment of inertia affects the structural integrity of that large molecule

ATP synthase spins 130 times/s. That's 4x faster than a piston airplane's propeller. How do we know this? A beautiful experiment: A long protein, with a bead at one end, was fused to part of ATP synthase. A camera tracked the bead as it whipped 'round. nature.com/articles/35073…

Sleep deprivation has profound impact (maybe more than diet) on health outcomes. PNAS study shows >700 genes affected by one week of sleep deprivation and puts body into inflammatory state. bit.ly/46bpGQK

@MlsScammell Ironic that hydration also makes one less flammable (even without the PFAS)

Drinking electrolytes to avoid dehydration may be a source of PFAS exposure…

Forget about dry cleaning- trichloroethylene is highly implicated to increased risk of developing Parkinsons disease. bit.ly/3qMm6fy

Fantastic discussion of exposomics at CanMetCon conference at Niagara On the Lake. bit.ly/3NcNomI

Watch this to ease your anxieties today.

@myrna_simpson You have a good sense of humic

I have a joke about soil chemistry but it is too dirty

Interesting study collated from research from around the world find that areas with high Li in drinking water have lower levels of suicide. Adding Li to drinking water may actually help mitigate the social cancer that fuels Facebook, Instagram etc... bit.ly/30XHHkm

Extremely encouraging findings on degradation of PFAS "forever chemicals" with boron nitride catalyst and UV. 99% of PFAS degraded in 4 hours. Also degrades GenX. Advances in testing = legislation = remediation pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

More accurate method for determining dog age developed by researchers at UCSD by measuring rate and extent of epigenetic methylation to genome and comparing to humans. bit.ly/2D6tZDM More accurate than 7x rule #goodboy #goodgirl #dogsarelove

Early life exposure and childhood obesity study published. bit.ly/31F2c7p. 1301 children studied (6-11 y) investigating prenatal exposure to POPs, tobacco and metals. Maternal smoking large influence on child BMI #exposomics #smoking #BMI #obesity

Exposure to cyclohexanone from medical IV plastic during neonatal cardiac procedures can impact neurological development of child bit.ly/2YMexDI

Study reveals birth defect from paternal exposure to flame retardant PBB-153. go.nature.com/2UTHP2j. Exposure causes epigenetic changes in sperm cells that affects health of offspring

Can accelerated aging be detected in mitochondrial DNA and telomere length by exposure to environmental pollutants? Reactive oxygen species from pollutants can result in inflammation bit.ly/3g380fS

Toxin exposure from environmental pollutants can result in damage to mitochondria and creation of osteoclasts responsible for osteoporosis and bone loss bit.ly/3bJ5oAj