Timme-Laragy Lab Members Present Research, Receive Awards at 2026 Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting
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Professor of Environmental Health Sciences Alicia Timme-Laragy, along with a team of student researchers working in her lab, traveled this spring to the Society of Toxicology’s (SOT) 65th annual meeting in San Diego, CA, to present their research.
Timme-Laragy organized and co-chaired a symposium titled “Developmental PFAS Toxicity: Leveraging zebrafish as a model for phenotypic, 'omics, and organ-level studies.” The session highlighted how zebrafish models are advancing mechanistic understanding of PFAS toxicity. As part of the session, Timme-Laragy delivered a talk titled “Impacts of PFAS on the Pancreas: insights from transcriptomics for organ development and function.” Read blog coverage of the symposium here.
In all, six Timme-Laragy lab members had their research presented at the conference, with two student researchers taking home poster prizes from the conference. These include:
Doctoral student Kameron Wong attended the conference with support from a 1st place Travel Award from the Northeast Chapter of the Society of Toxicology (NESOT) for her poster “Developmental PFOS exposure increases pancreatic β-cell sensitivity to secondary ROS-driven stress in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos.”
Augustine Sobo, a PhD candidate in Molecular and Cellular Biology and the Biotechnology Training Program, received third place for the Molecular and Systems Biology Specialty Section (MSBSS) Research Award. His poster was titled “Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and glucose exposures alter pancreatic islet vascularization during development in zebrafish (Danio rerio).”
Adam Lachapelle, an undergraduate majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, received 1st place in the Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology Specialty Section Undergraduate Poster Competition. He won for a poster titled “Assessment of Developmental and Endocrine Pancreatic Toxicity of Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFF) in Larval Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and its Potential Modulation by the Nrf2 Pathway.”
Undergraduate student Sushmita Emani, a Microbiology major and Commonwealth Honors College (CHC) student, also presented her research at the conference. Her poster was titled “Assessment of Developmental and Exocrine Pancreatic Toxicity of Aqueous Film Forming Foams (AFFF) in Larval Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and its Potential Modulation by the Nrf2 Pathway.” She received a CHC Travel grant to help support her travel to the conference.
Two additional posters were presented from the Timme-Laragy lab, although the lead authors – Davis Miller, a recent master’s graduate, and postdoctoral researcher Kruuttika Satbhai, were unable to attend the conference.
Founded in 1961, the Society of Toxicology is a professional and scholarly organization of scientists from academic institutions, government, and industry representing the great variety of scientists who practice toxicology in the US and abroad. The Society’s mission is to create a safer and healthier world by advancing the science and increasing the impact of toxicology.
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