Salivary Uric Acid May Be Associated with Cardiovascular Health Risks in African Americans
December 17, 2018Salivary uric acid: Associations with resting and reactive blood pressure response to social evaluative stress in healthy African Americans. Author: Woerner J, et al. (2018), Psychoneuroendocrinology. ABSTRACT: High levels of uric acid are associated with greater risk of stress-related cardiovascular illnesses that occur disproportionately among African Americans. Whether hyperuricemia affects biological response to acute stress remains largely […]
Postdoctoral Scholar Employment Opportunity at UCI’s IISBR
December 12, 2018The Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research (IISBR) at the University of California, Irvine invites applications for a non-tenure track appointment as a Postdoctoral Scholar. The initial position will be for a two-year period. The position is grant funding and may be renewed annually. The Scholar will work with an interdisciplinary team to analyze and […]
Salivary Hormonal Responses Related to Menstrual Cycle
November 6, 2018Menstrual cycle phase predicts women’s hormonal responses to sexual stimuli. Author: Shirazi TN, et al. (2018), Horm Behav. ABSTRACT: A robust body of research has demonstrated shifts in women’s sexual desire and arousal across the menstrual cycle, with heightened desire and arousal coincident with heightened probability of conception (POC), and it is likely that ovarian hormones modulate […]
Salivary Estradiol Corresponds to Genetic Influences for Binge Eating in Pubescent Girls
October 24, 2018Estrogen moderates genetic influences on binge eating during puberty: Disruption of normative processes? Author: Klump KL, et al. (2018) , J Abnorm Psychol. ABSTRACT: Puberty is a critical period for changes in genetic effects for binge eating in girls. Previous twin studies show increases in genetic influences on binge eating from prepuberty (∼0%) to midpuberty and […]
Salivary Cortisol and Alpha-Amylase Connection in Mother-Infant Interactions
October 19, 2018Ecologically salient stressors and supports and the coordination of cortisol and salivary alpha-amylase in mothers and infants. Author: Hibel LC, et al. (2018), Physiology and Behavior. ABSTRACT: This study examines the integration of the two main branches of the stress response system: the autonomic nervous system (via salivary alpha-amylase, sAA) and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (via cortisol). Mothers (n = 117) were […]
Salivary Stress Biomarkers as Tools for Determining Stress Adaptability and Resilience
October 8, 2018Measuring Resilience to Operational Stress in Canadian Armed Forces Personnel. Authors: Hellewell SC & Cernak I (2018), J Trauma Stress. ABSTRACT: Adaptability to stress is governed by innate resilience, comprised of complex neuroendocrine and immune mechanisms alongside inherited or learned behavioral traits. Based on their capacity to adapt, some people thrive in stressful situations, whereas others […]
Salimetrics Celebrates 20 Years of Partnership with Salivary Bioscience
September 25, 2018(September 25, 2018) Salimetrics, the world’s leading partner in Salivary Bioscience research, celebrates how one drop of saliva enabled an international transdisciplinary scientific community. This month, Salimetrics celebrates its 20th anniversary. “These past twenty years have witnessed exponential growth in knowledge facilitated by salivary bioscience research, and Salimetrics has been part of that journey every [...]
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 […]