Presentations and Media
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WHOI Press Releases and Articles
2020
Are natural toxins in fish harmful?
Microplastics research gets critical private funding
2019
Microplastics in the Ocean – Separating Fact from Fiction
Particles on the Move. Studying the spread of nanoplastics inside fish
2018
Junk Food: Do microplastics in the ocean pose health risks?
2016
Some Fish Quickly Adapt to Lethal Levels of Pollution
2014
Solving An Evolutionary Puzzle
New Bedford Harbor pollution prompts PCB-resistance in Atlantic killifish
2013
Decoding the Mystery Fish: Scientists delve into the genome of the African coelacanth
2011
Pollution Triggers Genetic Resistance Mechanism in a Coastal Fish
2010
Skip This Cocktail Party: Contaminants in Marine Mammals' Brains
2008
Biochemical Warfare on the Reef. In a co-evolutionary struggle, invertebrate adversaries develop weapon and counter-weapon
2006
Sea Urchin Genome Yields New Understanding of “Chemical Defensome”
Test for Dioxin Sensitivity in Wildlife Could Result from New Study.
The Chicken and the Tern: Why is one species so much more sensitive to dioxin poisoning?
2005
Down to the Sea on (Gene) Chips
Media Reports
2021
NIEHS Environmental Factor (January 2021): Our paper on domoic acid in Environmental Health Perspectives was one of the Papers of the Month.
2020
Science Selection highlight of our paper on domoic acid toxicity in Environmental Health Perspectives.
NIEHS article: Tiny killifish hint at genetic basis for human toxicant susceptibility.
Cape Cod Times article: Plastics’ Impact on Ocean Under Scrutiny by Doug Fraser
Rolling Stone (but not the cover): Planet Plastic by Tim Dickinson
NIEHS Environmental Factor: Microplastics research needs innovation, health focus by Marla Broadfoot, about NAS workshop.
NIEHS Podcast: Microplastic Pollution and Human Health. Part of NIH’s podcast series Partnerships for Environmental Public Education (PEPH).
2017
Superfund Research Brief #265 (2017): The Genetics Behind the Killifish's Adaptation to Pollution
2014
NIEHS Environmental Factor - March 2014: Genetic variation may explain PCB-resistance in Atlantic killifish
2011
Superfund Research Brief #195 (2011): Mechanism of Resistance to PCB Toxicity in Fish
Economist: Waters of change: An accidental experiment in America shows how evolution happens (October 2011)
2010
EPA Eco-Risk webinar
Mechanisms of Evolved Resistance to Dioxin-like PCBs in Fish Inhabiting a Marine Superfund Site
2006
Washington Post: Toxic Waters Provide 'a Snapshot of Evolution'
(January 23, 2006)
1998
Superfund Research Brief 21 (1998): Mechanisms of Dioxin Sensitivity and Acquired Resistance