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PIPs News

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Explore the latest news from Pathfinder Innovation Projects, including publications, presentations, and project updates.

Recent Publications and Presentations

October 2024

The 2023 PIP Science to Bridge Health Issues from Troubled Waters presented findings at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry annual meeting.
The 2023 PIP Developing Road Dust Reference Materials presented findings at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry annual meeting.

September 2024

The 2021 PIP Mapping Chlorophyll A and Cyanobacteria Bloom Probabilities in Coastal Systems" published a paper in the journal Water. Read EstuarySAT Database Development of Harmonized Remote Sensing and Water Quality Data for Tidal and Estuarine Systems.
The 2020 PIP How Wildland Fire Aerosolizes Microbial Communities published a paper in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. Read Evidence for Wildland Fire Smoke Transport of Microbes From Terrestrial Sources to the Atmosphere and Back.

August 2024

The 2023 PIP On-Demand TAED-Generated Peracetic Acid for Wet Weather Disinfection presented findings at the Ohio One Water conference.
The 2020 PIP Non-destructive measurement of extracellular microRNA to define chemical mode-of-action published a paper in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. Read Urinary MicroRNA biomarkers of nephrotoxicity in Macaca fascicularis.

June 2024

The 2020 PIP The Effects of Paternal Exposures on Children's Health published a paper that was featured on the cover of the journal Toxicological Sciences. Read Repeated exposure to eucalyptus wood smoke alters pulmonary gene and metabolic profiles in male Long-Evans rats.
The 2023 PIP Roof-Rainwater contaminants Sensing-Recording-Grading System presented findings at the 12th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software in East Lansing, Michigan.

April 2024

The 2023 PIP Fire's role in fungal pathogen dispersal and distribution presented findings at the Coccidioidomycosis Study Group annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

March 2024

The 2020 PIP Woodsmoke AOP Activation in the Human Airway: A Live View published a new article in the Journal of Water Resource and Protection. Read Monitoring redox stress in human airway epithelial cells exposed to woodsmoke at an air–liquid interface.
The 2023 PIP Science to Bridge Health Issues from Troubled Waters presented preliminary findings at the Society of Toxicology annual meeting.

February 2024

The 2023 PIP Preventing Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms Before They Start published a new article in the Journal of Water Resource and Protection. Read Periodic Addition of Glucose Suppressed Cyanobacterial Abundance in Additive Lake Water Samples During the Entire Bloom Season.

December 2023

The 2023 PIP Field applicable soil lead remediation methods that are stable long-term published a new article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read Potassium jarosite seeding of soils decreases lead and arsenic bioaccessibility: A path toward concomitant remediation.