NEWS

The Egesta Lab team gathered for a lab social where Dr. Gunilla Öberg shared a Swedish Christian tradition. The group enjoyed homemade semlor (cardamom buns filled with almond paste and whipped cream) in celebration of Fettisdagen.

Thank you for hosting and preparing delicious semlor Dr. Gunilla Öberg!

Congrats Jerry!

Egesta Lab members gathered for a lab social dinner and to celebrate Jerry’s successful PhD thesis defense.

We are thrilled to welcome Salma Taqi Ghulam and Anaïs Pronovost-Morgan to the Egesta Lab!

Salma is pursuing her M.Sc. at UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, building on a strong background in Environmental Health and Safety from Abu Dhabi University. Her current research focuses on the regulation of PFAS or “forever chemicals,” with a passion for advancing transparent and effective environmental policies that protect both human and environmental health.

Egesta Lab master’s student, Josh Travers, presents his research at the IRES seminar.

Well done, Josh!

Big congratulations, Diana!

Diana Bedolla López celebrating with some of the Egesta Lab members and friends after successfully defending her master’s thesis.

Egesta Lab master’s student, Diana Bedolla López, presents her research at the IRES seminar.

Congrats, Diana!

Welcome to the team!

We are delighted to welcome our new student, Dayna Rachkowski, to the Egesta Lab!

Dayna joins us from the University of Guelph and will be starting her master’s program at IRES in September 2022!

Egestal Lab members, Jerry, Annegaaike, and Diana attended the 43rd SETAC Europe Annual Meeting (Conference) that was held in person on 15-19th May 2022 in Copenhagen.

Great work Team!

We wish you all the best! 🎉

CONGRATS, Jack Durant, on your 2022 Graduation!

Egesta Lab master’s student, Georgia Green, presents his research at the IRES seminar.

Congratulations, Georgia!

Some of the Egesta Lab members taking a photo after the party. Family members join in taking a photo.

Annegaaike Leopold and Gunilla Öberg (2020). Plurality of Scientific Perspectives: From Stumbling Block to Opportunity. SciCon2 SETAC North America’s 41st Annual Meeting

Well done!

Great Work Diana and Georgia!!

Congratulations to our Master’s student Diana Bedolla Lopez who received the 2021 Les Lavkulich Graduate Student Fellowship, awarded by IRES. 

We also congratulate our Master’s student Georgia Green who received the 2021 UBC Affiliated Spring Graduate Award

Dr.Gunilla Öberg, the Egesta Lab Principal Investigator, has been selected to serve as a panelist on a Webinar discussion about analytical approaches, challenges, and future directions of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals exposure. The Webinar is hosted by the Society of Toxicology of Canada (STC) in partnership with CIAPE-ICEDA- Centre intersectoriel d’analyse des perturbateurs endocriniens, and focuses on the topic “25 years after Our Stolen Future: What have we learned about endocrine disruption?”

Find out more on the announcement page, here 

Congratulations, Dr.Gunilla Öberg!!!

Congratulations, Annegaaike!

More than 120 organizations competed for a position on the roundtable and it is an extraordinary honor to advise policy at this level! Annegaaike will be among representatives from industry, civil society, scientific and international organizations.

https://chemicalwatch.com/252896/eu-chemicals-strategy-roundtable-prepares-for-inaugural-meeting

Egesta Lab principal investigator Annegaaike Leopold has been appointed as the SETAC Europe’s representative, one of 32 organizations allotted a seat at the European Commission’s high-level roundtable to support the new chemicals strategy.

The round table will convene with the Commission on May 5th for their inaugural meeting to discuss the roundtable’s role and implementation of the strategy. It is also anticipated that much of the discussion will be on social and economic dimensions of industry transition to safe and sustainable chemicals.

Congratulations to a former postdoc student in Egesta Lab (Dr. Robin Harder) and Egesta Lab principal investigator (Dr. Gunilla Oberg) on winning the 2021 Best Paper Award from Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. The paper “Recycling nutrients contained in human excreta to agriculture: Pathways, processes, and products” is available on the publications page.

Great work Robin and Gunilla! 🎉

Best Wishes!

Congratulations to Brianne for defending her thesis entitled Investigating Local Preparedness for Managing Endocrine Disruptors!

Her work is now published in the UBC Library

McIlroy-Young, B. (2020) Making Plurality in Science Work: Dialogue and Transparency as steps towards productive and responsible research for policy on EDs. SEAT Europe SciCon Annual Meeting

Great presentation!

Well done!

Öberg, G. (2020). Your Science or my science: How is the way we frame our research impacted by values? SETAC Europe SciCon Annual Meeting.

At the end of the month, Brianne will be presenting her work and lessons about science communication at the CHPA’s 2020 Regulatory, Scientific & Quality Conference!

Her work will be featured as a ‘Current Sustainability Topic’ and will reach audiences of industry, government and researchers!

https://www.chpa.org/news/2020/08/chpas-first-ever-virtual-regulatory-conference-be-held-september-1-3-2020

Good Luck Brianne!

Öberg, G. (2019) Bridging the divide between scientific practice and studies thereof to support undergraduate teaching of epistemic knowledge. PNS4 Post-Normal Science Symposium Panel. University Oberta de Catalunya. 00:43 – 12:40