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Enjoy some photos from our recent sampling trip 🦈 featuring a blacktip and juvenile sandbar. Wonderful day despite the rainy weather!

#biorenderforgrants

Shoutout and congratulations to grad student Mel Walker for being selected for the Lerner-Gray Fund Marine Research award! Also for her exciting member feature in the @sotoxicology.bsky.social Sustainable Chemicals through Contemporary Toxicology specialty section news letter!

As an interdisciplinary research group, the Lab focuses on stressors like microplastics, nanoplastics, pesticides, and other emerging contaminants. Their mission is to mechanistically understand how these stressors impact wildlife and connect these insights to human health concerns. Collaborating with regulatory agencies, the Lab works on science-based solutions and policy changes to mitigate environmental impacts. While primarily studying chemical stressors on aquatic organisms, they also explore broader contexts such as climate change, terrestrial impacts, and ways to reduce microplastic pollution at the source. In their research, the team delves into the complexities of plastic exposure and toxicity in various organisms. By analyzing microplastics through morphological characteristics and advanced techniques like Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), they uncover the chemical identities of particles in the environment. A key focus is on studying microplastics in coastal food webs, including the alarming discovery of gray whales ingesting millions of microplastics daily. Through toxicity tests... Out of Sight is Not Out of Mind – Ecotoxicology & Environmental Stress Lab, Oregon State University

#SOTTV presents “Out of Sight Is Not Out of Mind,” a paid film about Oregon State University Ecotoxicology & Environmental Stress Lab: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsT6...

Had an amazing time at the annual Carolinas @setac.bsky.social meeting! Started the meeting with a fun night out at a Riverdogs game ⚾️ followed by a full day of presentations, and finished Saturday with poster presentations. Congrats Zach for taking 1st place in the grad student poster competition!

"The Origin Story of the Repro-Eco Tox Lab" The Repro-Eco Tox Lab at Clemson University opened its doors in August 2023, and wow, has it transformed since then! Back then, it was a one-person show with just me, myself, and I, amidst ongoing ren...

We are excited to share the origin story of the Repro-Eco Tox Lab at Clemson University in our new blog! Discover how we are fostering innovation and impacting our communities. Read the blog post here: wix.to/iDbNeiT

Our conference marathon ended with the annual Society for Reproductive Investigation @sriwomenshealth.bsky.social meeting. Maryam, Ansley, and Paige presented posters and we met up with Darby and Dr. Zierden @hzierden.bsky.social Overall a great time and lots of cool talks, posters, and people!

We had the whole gang at the SOT @sotoxicology.bsky.social annual meeting this year! We had five trainees present posters and one platform presentation by our PI. Two of our lab members even received awards from the Southeastern Chapter of SOT for their poster presentations. Lots of science and fun!

SRI stands in solidarity with our colleagues at the NIH and CDC.

To our colleagues at NIH and CDC: You are not alone. The scientific and reproductive health communities stand with you.

We are presenting @sotoxicology.bsky.social - come visit us at our poster to learn more about our work!

Finally got the whole gang together for a group photo. Meet the @reproecotoxlab.bsky.social spring 2025 😎

YouTube video by Repro-Eco Tox Lab Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Personal Care & Hygiene Products: What You Need to Know

Interested in learning more about Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in personal care and hygiene products? Check out this video project led by lab trainees from the Repro-Eco Tox lab!

youtu.be/Vfeiw5AebGI?...

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Celebrating all of the amazing women in the @reproecotoxlab.bsky.social today for the International Day of Women in Science 👩🏻‍🔬