Tess Leuthner

Post-doc fellow @DukeBiology
PhD @MeyerLabatNSOE
Interested in what cool critters can teach us about effects of pollution on health 🐛🐟 🧬

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Just in time for NC Gov Roy Cooper’s #PFAS Awareness Week: https://t.co/IcQfEBi87e
There are an estimated >15,000 PFAS in production today. “Forever chemicals” are dangerous to health, and only 6 now have established regulatory levels.

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Excited to share a preprint of my recent work showing variation in susceptibility to 10 different #PFAS chemicals in wild C. elegans. Genetic variation impacts sensitivity, but this varies by PFAS structure, leaving a lot of mechanistic toxicology work to pursue. Ideas welcome!

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Excited to share a preprint of my recent work showing variation in susceptibility to 10 different #PFAS chemicals in wild C. elegans. Genetic variation impacts sensitivity, but this varies by PFAS structure, leaving a lot of mechanistic toxicology work to pursue. Ideas welcome!

[bioRxiv @biorxivpreprint]

Structure-specific variation in per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances toxicity among genetically diverse Caenorhabditis elegans strains https://t.co/R4rySOgI5L #bioRxiv

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So excited to see my PhD research from @MeyerLabatNSOE officially out, and more excited to share with everyone at #ICEM2022 @EMGSUS in a few days! Do chemicals that cause mtDNA damage result in mutations? https://t.co/wl5FRljOAi

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@Linchen_He @JohnsHopkinsSPH @adamspira @KirstenKoehler @LehighUHealth Congrats!!

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@Jonna_Singh_ 😢

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@EMGSUS Can’t wait to share the results this fall, @EMGSUS !

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@MeyerLabatNSOE I couldn’t have done it without the support of everyone in the @MeyerLabatNSOE 🪱

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@CaroleYauk @MeyerLabatNSOE Thanks, Carole! 🍻

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@RockIceandSnow So sorry 😞 Glad to see she’s okay!

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Did you know that the powerhouse of the cell has its own genome that is important for health?🧬Exposures to chemicals may impact mitochondrial DNA. There is a lot more we need to learn, but summarizing what is known so far in this #environmentalhealth review was a ton of fun!

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"Also important to recognize is that not all research studies have intentions of making change."

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Zipcode should not predict health. EJ research ("helicopter science") has been extractive, but research can be used to leverage and understand root causes of health disparities and challenges to address by empowering communities.

[Environmental Health News @EHNewsroom]

**Latest from the @AgentschangeEJ**

"Helicopter #science doesn’t work—researchers need to shift toward real community partnerships that emphasize #sustainability and create opportunities for environmental change."

https://t.co/fK5aLCPGr4

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@ddolinoy Awesome!

[Nick Martin @NickA_Martin]

This began as a column on centering Indigenous rights in federal energy policy. But the more I wrote, the more I found myself focusing on why editors and reporters—not just politicians—desperately need to reorient their understanding of tribal sovereignty: https://t.co/ip5CV3657t

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@DrJHartman Bottom middle paper 😂

[Imari Walker-Franklin | Microplastics Bae | PhD @dr_imariwalker]

Calling all environmentalists to help amplify this event! #BlackInEnvironment Week starts next Monday and has an awesome lineup of events!

#EnvironmentalEngineer #EnvironmentalScientist #EnvironmentalJustice #EnvironmentalEconomics #EnvironmentalPolicy

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“Making Peace with Nature” https://t.co/z3uwoZxHe6

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Academic institutions have the moral obligation, power, knowledge to alert environmental health crises... educators have the opportunity, privilege to transform, restore our relationship with nature for equitable prosperity in partnership with community voices. #OneHealth

[Nicholas Institute @NichInstitute]

🗓 THURSDAY: Joyce Msuya, @UNEP Deputy Executive Director, will discuss sustainability and environmental diplomacy at 10 a.m. during @DUCIGS 2nd #RethinkingDiplomacy-UN75 webinar. Moderated by @DukeGHI's William Pan and our Elizabeth Losos.

Register ➡️ https://t.co/1b2j2eo7rr

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