Employment Opportunity: IISBR Postdoctoral Scholar
September 21, 2018Recruitment Period Open September 20th, 2018 through October 20th, 2018 If you apply to this recruitment by October 20th, 2018, you will have until October 22nd, 2018 to complete your application. Description The Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research (IISBR) at the University of California, Irvine invites applications for a non-tenure track appointment as a […]
Saliva Collection Aid: How to Collect the Best Saliva Samples
September 11, 2018(September 11, 2018) SalivaBio’s Saliva Collection Aid has become a worldwide industry standard in salivary bioscience for passive drool saliva collection. The emergence of the Saliva Collection Aid in 2012 marked a milestone in the history of saliva collection devices. “Passive drool saliva collection has always been the better choice, so coming up with a [...]
Employment Opportunity in the Department of Psychology – Biopsychosocial Science of Health at UCLA
September 7, 2018UCLA Department of Psychology – Biopsychosocial Science of Health search The UCLA Department of Psychology seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor or tenured early Associate Professor in the Biopsychosocial Science of Health. We are interested in applicants who are pursuing innovative and collaborative biopsychosocial research on the dynamic interactions among psychological, social, behavioral, and […]
Salivary Secretory Immunoglobulin A (SIgA) Associations with Social Network Structures
August 28, 2018Associations between Secretory Immunoglobulin A and Social Network Structure. Author: Kornienko O, et al. (2018). PURPOSE: This study investigates the social determinants of health by examining how mucosal immunity is associated with the patterning of social connections in a network. Studies have suggested that social networks have biological underpinnings, but investigations at the scale of […]
Study Finds Salivary Uric Acid May Be an Important Biomarker for Indexing Health & Disease Risk
August 22, 2018(August 22, 2018) A recent study using Salimetrics Salivary Uric Acid Assay found strong support for the validity, stability, and utility of measuring uric acid in saliva. A new study, “The validity, stability, and utility of measuring uric acid in saliva,” published in Biomarkers in Medicine, used the Salimetrics Salivary Uric Acid Assay Kit as [...]
HPA Axis Attunement May Serve a Bonding Function within Women’s Close Friendships
August 15, 2018The Role of Co-Rumination and Adrenocortical Attunement in Young Women’s Close Friendships. Author: Rankin A, et al. (2018), Psychoneuroendocrinology. ABSTRACT: Attunement, or synchrony, of behavior and physiology has been well documented in family, mother-child, and romantic relationships. This study aimed to determine whether attunement of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis occurs in women’s close friendships, and […]
Relationship Between Salivary Cytokines and Household Fear of Deportation in Mexican-Origin Families
August 6, 2018Household fear of deportation in relation to chronic stressors and salivary proinflammatory cytokines in Mexican-origin families post-SB 1070 Author: Martínez AD, et al. (2018), SSM – Population Health. ABSTRACT: Sociologists recognize that immigration enforcement policies are forms of institutionalized racism that can produce adverse health effects in both undocumented and documented Latinos and Mexican-origin persons in […]
The Utility of Salivary Cotinine as a Biomarker for Adolescent Smoke Exposure
August 1, 2018Examining the Validity of Self-reported Primary and Secondary Exposure to Cigarette Smoke in Adolescent Girls: The Utility of Salivary Cotinine as a Biomarker. Author: Beal SJ, et al. (2018), Subst Use Misuse. BACKGROUND: Studies of cigarette use and exposure often rely on either self-report or cotinine assay. In adolescence it is not clear how well assays […]
Learn About Love: Salimetrics Launches Salivary Oxytocin Testing Service
July 17, 2018(July 17, 2018) Salimetrics launches validated and optimized salivary oxytocin assay for researchers sending samples for testing to the Salimetrics SalivaLab. Today, Salimetrics’ strong bond with the salivary bioscience community grows even stronger with the launch of a high sensitivity salivary oxytocin assay, now available through the Salimetrics SalivaLab testing service. This new assay is [...]
Salivary Uric Acid May be an Important Biomarker Indexing Health and Disease Risk
June 28, 2018The validity, stability, and utility of measuring uric acid in saliva. Author: Riis JL, et al. (2018), Biomarkers in Medicine SUMMARY: Uric acid (UA) is associated with cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, as well as a wide range of other health conditions and behaviors. A noninvasive measure of UA would be particularly useful in biobehavioral health […]