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Xuefeng Ren, MD, PhD. Assistant Professor Department of Social and Preventive Medicine was a postdoc and then staff researcher with the UCB Superfund Program.  He was selected by the Society of Toxicology Postdoctoral Assembly Board to receive their:

2012 Best Postdoctoral Publication Award for his recent publication "Involvement of N-6 Adenine-Specific DNA Methyltransferase1 (N6AMT 1) in Arsenic Biomethylation and Its Role in Arsenic-Induced Toxicity."

The award will be made at the 2012 SOT Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA, March 11-15, 2012.

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publications

Lee PK, Warnecke F, Brodie EL, Macbeth TW, Conrad ME, Andersen GL and Alvarez-Cohen l (2012) Phylogenetic microarray analysis of a microbial community performing reductive dechlorination at a TCE-contaminated site. Environ Sci Technol. Jan 17;46(2):1044-54. PMID: 22091783. [PDF]

Lee PK, Dill BD, Louie TS, Shah M, Verberkmoes NC, Andersen GL, Zinder SH and Alvarez-Cohen L (2012). Global Transcriptomic and Proteomic Responses of Dehalococcoides ethenogenes Strain 195 to Fixed Nitrogen Limitation. Appl Environ Microbiol. 78(5):1424-1436. PMID: 22179257. [PDF]

Brisson VL, West KA, Lee PK, Tringe SG, Brodie EL and Alvarez-Cohen L (2012). Metagenomic analysis of a stable trichloroethene-degrading microbial community. ISME J. Mar 1. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2012.15. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 22378537. [PDF]

Marchetti F, Eskenazi B, Weldon RH, Li G, Zhang L, Rappaport SM, Schmid TE, Xing C, Kurtovich E and Wyrobek AJ (2012). Occupational exposure to benzene and chromosomal structural aberrations in the sperm of Chinese men. Environ Health Perspect. 120(2):229-234. PMID: 22086566. [PDF]

McHale CM, Zhang L and Smith MT (2012). Current understanding of the mechanism of benzene-induced leukemia in humans: implications for risk assessment. Carcinogenesis. 33(2):240-252. PMID: 22166497. [PDF]