Dr. Richard J. Brenner This is Me

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1. 1. Allergies and Cockroaches

   www.ehso.com/ehshome/cockroach - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/1/2008   Last Visited: 5/24/2008

   Cockroaches are the only guests, but they pay the price of being spied on by Richard Brenner, Ph.D., an entomologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.The building is equipped with sensors that allow Brenner to monitor temperature, humidity, air flow, allergen concentrations and roach activity.Already Brenner has discovered that cockroaches benefit from the same warm, humid conditions that have allowed dust mites to flourish.That's one reason researchers think roach populations are rising.Another is that most species have few natural enemies in America because they originated in Africa or Asia, arriving here only in the last two centuries on slave and other trade ships.
   
   Unfortunately, cockroaches have become resistant to many pesticides; these chemicals may aggravate allergy symptoms as well.So Brenner has developed a more benign (to humans, anyway) approach to extermination: a poison bait roaches find irresistible.The toxins in these baits are micro-insulated and are released only when roaches chew on them.Brenner expects the new bait to be marketed next year.

2. 2. FLC Northeast Region

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   Published on: 1/1/2007   Last Visited: 3/3/2008

   Plum Island Animal Disease Center (Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer) - From left: Edward Linsenmeyer, FLC Chair; Dr. William Golde; Peter Gollobin; Dr. Richard Brenner, FLC Agency Representative, U.S. Department of Agriculture; J. Susan Sprake, FLC Vice-Chair.

3. 3. FLC MAR 2005 Annual Meeting Agenda

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   Published on: 3/1/2005   Last Visited: 11/27/2006

   7:50 - 8:50 Panel Session: Technology Transfer Strategic Planning, Agency View, John Emond, Chair, NASA, Frank Schowengerdt, NASA, Richard J. Brenner, USDA, ARS, Terry Lynch, NIST
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   1:30 - 2:30 Panel Session: Government Inventor Ethics and Conflict of Interest Issues in Commercializing Government Inventions, Chair: Terry Lynch, NIST, Patricia Lake, National Institute of Diabetes and Diagnostic Kidney Disease, Richard J. Brenner, USDA, ARS
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   Richard J. Brenner, Assistant Administrator of ARS for Technology Transfer, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
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   Richard J. Brenner, Assistant Administrator, Assistant Administrator of ARS for Technology Transfer, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
   
   Within the federal agriculture research community, ethics issues have become increasingly complex over the past several years.