Toxicology Track

Weekly Newsletter of the MSU Center for Integrative Toxicology
Director: Norbert Kaminski/Editor: Lois Furry

January 29, 2007, Vol. 30, Number 4

Seminars /Publications/ Conferences /Positions

Seminars

*The Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health presents Wei Zheng, Assistant Project Scientist/Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Environmental Science, University of California-Riverside and Salinity Lab, USDA, to speak on "Identifying/Quantifying Chemical and Biological Processes of Pesticides in the Environment" on Monday, January 29, 2007 at 11 a.m. in 101 DCPAH at 4125 Beaumont Road.  Dr. Zheng is a candidate for a position of Analytical Chemist/Toxicologist.

*As part of the 2007 Distinguished Scholars in Toxicology Lecture Series, the Center for Integrative Toxicology in cooperation with the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, presents Jose Manautou, Ph.D., University of Connecticut, to speak on "Changes in Expression of Hepatobiliary Transport Proteins as a Compensatory Response to Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity" on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. in 448-9 Lifes Sciences Building.  For more information on the lecture series, go to http://www.cit.msu.edu/ and see the notables section on the right.

The Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife present Jianguo (Jack) Liu to speak on "Ecological Implications of Population Aging" on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 3:30 p.m. in 247 Plant Biology Building.

* The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology presents Mikhail Kashlev, National Cancer Institute, to speak on "The Mechanisms Controlling Transcription Fidelity" on Thursday, February 1, 2007 at 11:30 a.m. in 101 Biochemistry.

*The Respiratory Research Initiative presents Alison Bauer, Center for Integrative Toxicology and Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigations, to speak on “The Genetics of Susceptibility to Ozone-induced Pulmonary Inflammation” on  Friday, February 2, 2007 at 11:30 a.m.in 162 Food Safety and Toxicology.

*Fulfills seminar requirements for the Environmental and Integrative Toxicological Sciences Graduate Programs.  Seminars that fulfill this requirement are archived at seminars.

Publications

Methylmercury-Induced Increase of Intracellular Ca2+ Increases Spontaneous Synaptic Current Frequency in Rat Cerebellar Slices. Yuan Y, Atchison WD.  Mol Pharmacol. 2007 Jan 23; [Epub ahead of print]

Signal Transduction Pathways of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Mediated Lung Injury Induced by Ozone in Mice. Cho HY, Morgan D, Bauer AK, Kleeberger SR. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Jan 25; [Epub ahead of print]

Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among Salmonella on midwest and northeast USA dairy farms. Ray KA, Warnick LD, Mitchell RM, Kaneene JB, Ruegg PL, Wells SJ, Fossler CP, Halbert LW, May K. Prev Vet Med. 2007 Jan 8; [Epub ahead of print]

Evaluation of the hypothesis that Balkan endemic nephropathy is caused by drinking water exposure to contaminants leaching from Pliocene coal deposits. Voice TC, McElmurry SP, Long DT, Dimitrov P, Ganev VS, Peptropoulos EA. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2006 Nov;16(6):515-24.

Deoxynivalenol exacerbates viral bronchopneumonia induced by respiratory reovirus infection. Li M, Harkema JR, Cuff CF, Pestka JJ. Toxicol Sci. 2007 Feb;95(2):412-26.

DNA-DNA hybridization values and their relationship to whole-genome sequence similarities. Goris J, Konstantinidis KT, Klappenbach JA, Coenye T, Vandamme P, Tiedje JM.  Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2007 Jan;57(Pt 1):81-91.

Amiodarone Induces Angiotensinogen Gene Expression in Lung Alveolar Epithelial Cells through Activation Protein-1. Uhal BD, Zhang H, Abdul-Hafez A, Shu R, Li X. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2007 Jan;100(1):59-66.

Conferences

The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Midwest Chapter, and the Society for Risk Analysis, Chicago Regional Chapter, is holding a joint meeting on March 14-16, 2007 at Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois.  The keynote theme is "Moving Toward Cumulative Risk Assessment."  Abstracts in the broad areas of environmental toxicology, chemistry and risk assessment will be accepted until February 1, 2007.  There is a best student poster and platform competition for travel awards to a national meeting.  For more information, go to http://www.uic.edu/sph/glakes. From there, open the catalog of classes and training opportunities and click on the link for "Seminars and Conferences."

Professional Analytical and Consulting Services (PACS) announces that the following short courses described at http://pacslabs.com will be provided in Orlando, Florida.
Quality Assurance of Chemical Measurements, March 25-26, 2007
Environmental Data Validation, March 28-29, 2007
Gas Chromatography, March 31, April 1-2, 2007
Mass Spectral Interpretation, April 2-4, 2007
Advanced Mass Spectral Interpretation, April 4-6, 2007
Expert Witness Practices, April 11, 2007
Toxicology, April 12, 2007
OSHA Laboratory Standards, April 13, 2007
Activated Carbon Adsorption Principles, April 23-24, 2007
Several other PACS courses in Orlando are also available, see http://pacslabs.com for a total list of courses. Courses will be provided in May in Pittsburgh, PA and June in Los Angeles, CA.

Positions

The Center for Integrative Toxicology (CIT) at Michigan State University invites applications for a tenure-track academic year faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in chemical carcinogenesis or developmental toxicology. The CIT has over 40 affiliated faculty members and administers a Superfund Program Project grant and a Training grant, both awarded by the NIH, NIEHS. We are seeking candidates with expertise in either chemical carcinogenesis or developmental toxicology to strengthen our growing interest in these areas. Candidates should have a Ph.D. degree in Toxicology or a related discipline, postdoctoral research experience and demonstrated success in obtaining extramural funding. This position involves a joint appointment in the CIT and in a biomedical science department (e.g., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Physiology) consistent with his/her expertise and interests. In addition to contributing to the CIT, the candidate will have the opportunity to participate in one or more other interdisciplinary research and training programs including the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center, the Center for Biological Modeling, Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers and the Genetics and Neuroscience Programs. He/she will be expected to establish and maintain an independent and extramurally-funded research program and to contribute to the teaching and service missions of the department and the CIT. Interested individuals should send their curriculum vitae, statement of research interests and future research plans, and 3 letters of recommendation to: Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Center for Integrative Toxicology, 165C Food Safety and Toxicology Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824. Electronic submissions may be sent to: swagart@msu.edu. Review of applications will begin March 2007 and will continue until the position is filled.

The Department of Environmental Health at the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine is seeking a tenured/tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant/Associate Professor/Professor rank. Qualified applicants should hold a Ph.D and/or M.D. and should be currently engaged in cancer research with a primary focus on elucidating the mechanisms underpinning environmental influences on cancer etiology and its intervention. Environmental influences are broadly defined to include lifestyle, occupational, ambient and developmental exposures. Candidates with basic, translational and population-based research experience applicable to cancer biology and environmental health are encouraged to apply. Applicants for an Assistant Professor position should have at least three years of post-doctoral experience and a strong publication record. Candidates for an Associate Professor/Professor position are expected to have established, funded research programs and significant research accomplishments. Members of the department, which currently total over fifty, have access to superb animal facilities, a genomics/genetics core, a proteomics/metabolomics facility, biostatistics, informatics, flow cytometry, and students/postdoctoral fellows from several training programs. The appointee can anticipate a highly competitive start-up package and the opportunity to become a member of several state-of-the-art research centers, including the Center for Environmental Genetics, NIEHS Breast Cancer and the Environmental Research Center, Center for Genome Information, Genomic
Research Institute, and the Barrett Cancer Center. Applications accepted until position is filled. On-line application is preferred. Please send complete curriculum vitae, a brief outline of current and future research, and the contact information of three references to: Shuk-mei Ho, Ph.D. and Jacob G. Schmidlapp, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health; c/o Cheryl.Holly@uc.edu.