Low levels of BPA exposure can affect prenatal brain development
Humans are exposed to a bath of chemicals every day. They are in the beds where we sleep, the cars that we drive and the kitchens we use to feed our families. With thousands of chemicals floating around in our environment, exposure to any number is practically unavoidable. Through the work of researchers like Dr. Deborah Kurrasch, PhD, the implications of many of these chemicals are being thoroughly explored. Manufacturers follow standards set by regulatory bodies, it s not up to the manufacturers to prove the chemicals in consumer products are safe, says Kurrasch, a researcher in the University of Calgary s Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) and Alberta Children s Research Institute at the Cumming School of Medicine. Scientists play a critical role and do the meticulous work of determining where the risks lie.
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IMAGE: BPA disrupts development of the mouse brain sleep centre (outlined), image on right. The change can impact behaviour. The control image on the left ( CON ) shows sleep centre without BPA. view more
Credit: Kurrasch lab, published in
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Humans are exposed to a bath of chemicals every day. They are in the beds where we sleep, the cars that we drive and the kitchens we use to feed our families. With thousands of chemicals floating around in our environment, exposure to any number is practically unavoidable. Through the work of researchers like Dr. Deborah Kurrasch, PhD, the implications of many of these chemicals are being thoroughly explored.
This week’s Students’ Legislative Council (SLC) meeting was held on May 18. The focus was on the SLC consultation on the exceptional tuition proposal.
Due to budget cuts in the post-secondary sector, the provincial government has allowed post-secondary tuitions to increase their tuition fees at more than the usual rate to offset those costs.
The University of Calgary is proposing “exceptional” tuition increases that would allow the tuition to be raised beyond the tuition cap of seven per cent for domestic students, with no more than 10 per cent in any domestic program, saying the increased tuition would result in program quality improvements.
Alberta Innovates support also benefits patients and the health-care system
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The innovation pathway is complicated, and increasingly so within the life sciences industry. Companies are faced with challenges navigating product development, market fit, regulatory compliance and business readiness. Through the Health Innovation Platform Partnerships (HIPP), Alberta Innovates has supported four new University of Calgary initiatives focused on building digital health-related products and services to help clients across Alberta and beyond.
“At Alberta Innovates, we are working with the same clients as universities,” says Dr. Raja Mita, PhD, executive director for health innovation. “We need to bring our skills, expertise, and infrastructure together to create a co-ordinated health innovation ecosystem that will be a competitive advantage for innovation in Alberta.”