Toxicology Track

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

February 5, 2007, Vol. 30, Number 5

Seminars/Grants/Conferences and Courses/Positions/Fellowships

Seminars

The Department of Chemistry presents Brian Gibney, Columbia Unviersity, to speak on "Fresh Insights into Natural Metalloprotein Engineering from Coordination Chemistry" on Monday, February 5, 2007 at 11:30 a.m. in 136 Chemistry.

The Department of Chemistry presents Coran Watanabe, Texas A&M University, to speak on "Fresh Insights into Natural Metalloprotein Engineering from Coordination Chemistry" on Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at 3 p.m. in 136 Chemistry.

*The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology presents Mike Eiser, University of California-Berkley, to speak on "Understanding and Exploiting the Evolution of Eukaryotic Regulatory Sequences" on Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 11:30 a.m. in 101 Biochemistry.

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

Grants

James Tiedje, James Cole, and George Garrity received $150,000 from the National Science Foundation for The Ribosomal Database Project; Automation; Integration and Education.

Conferences/Courses

The 2nd Nanotoxicology Conference, will take place April 19-21, 2007, in San Servolo, Venice. Sponsored by Informa Healthcare Journal. The deadline for oral abstracts is February15, 2007. For more information visit http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/nanotoxconference or contact louise.porter@informa.com.
 
The University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy presents "Principles of Pharmacokinetics & Toxickinetics for the Industrial Scientist", April 23 - 27, 2007, The Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa, Tucson, Arizona. This course is designed to introduce and integrate the principles of pharmacokinetics, biopharmaceutics, toxicokinetics and drug dynamics. These principles will be developed without the need for complex mathematical formalism and established with the use of extensive examples from the literature to illustrate the principles, solidify understanding of the material and to illustrate the use of this information in the work environment. For more information, For go to www.pharmacy.arizona.edu/continuinged@pharmacy.arizona.edu; or Phone (520) 626-3020, Fax (520) 626-2023.
 
The Mid-America Toxicology Course 2007, will be held April 29 - May 4, 2007, in Kansas City, Missouri. For more information visit http://www3.kumc.edu/midamertox/.
 
The 5th International Conference on Environmental Mutagens in Human Populations"Identification of Environmental Hazards and Promotion of Health," May 2007, Turkey. For more information visit http://environmutagen2007.org/.

Debating Science, a NSF Program in Graduate Education at The University of Montana, is looking for graduate students who are inspired by their own research but who are also interested in exploring the social, political, and philosophical context of that work, and who are committed to sharing science with nonscientists in the genuine hope for a better world.  Debating Science is a graduate education program designed to teach the skills of ethical public discourse and their application to issues in science and technology and explores the ethical, scientific, and social dimensions of climate change, biotechnology and nanotechnology.  The program consists of an intensive 4-day summer workshop in Missoula, Montana, followed by an online discussion course.  The program provides travel support, board, and lodging for participants sponsored by the National Science Foundation.  Features keynote lectures by outstanding scholars in the fields of philosophy of technology, environmental economics, environmental philosophy and ethics, the policy history of global climate, biotechnology, and nanotechnology. For more information and to apply, please go to www.umt.edu/ethics/debating_science.

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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Assessment and Restoration Division, is accepting applications until February 12, 2007 for Supervisory Environmental Scientist (Job Code: NOS-ORR-2007-0005). Incumbent serves as the Chief, Assessment and Restoration Division (ARD); performs the full range of management and supervisory functions over a staff of scientific and support personnel; promotes EEO and diversity policies; promotes effective management, administration and implementation of the Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program (DARRP); pursues initiatives and strategies to improve the quality and effectiveness of both ARD and DARRP; oversees, monitors, and advocates for program budget; ensures NOS coordination with the NOAA Habitat Program through representation by either the Chief or the Deputy Chief of ARD; leads OR&R efforts to develop an integrated assessment and restoration program; works in partnership with the Emergency Response Division (ERD) to implement the NOAA Incident Response Team concept; fosters cooperation and coordination within NOS and NOAA, and externally with States, other federal agencies, and industry to achieve agency and division mission, goals and objectives. For more information and/or apply for this position, please visit the USAJobs Website: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/, click "Search Jobs" and enter the following vacancy announcement number in the Keyword Search box: NOS-ORR-2007-0005. Please note: you must apply via the USAJobs website.  Contact: HR Specialist Phone: 757-441-3618 Fax: 301-562-8968 Email: recruitment.nosnmao@noaa.gov.

Fellowships

The Udall Foundation is currently accepting applications for the 2007 Environmental Public Policy & Conflict Resolution Dissertation Fellowship. The application deadline is February 21, 2007. The Udall Foundation awards two one-year fellowships of up to $24,000 to doctoral candidates whose research concerns U.S. environmental public policy and/or environmental conflict resolution and who are entering their final year of writing the dissertation. Previous fellows fields of study include political science; economics; government; environmental science, policy and management; ecology; environmental justice; regional planning; geography; natural resource policy; and environmental analysis and design. Interdisciplinary projects are particularly welcome. Fellows must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals or U.S. permanent residents, and their dissertation research must pertain to U.S. environmental policy.Program details, information and applications are available at http://www.udall.gov. If you have questions, please contact  Michigan State University's Udall representative, Jenni Marsh, marshje3@msu.edu  or Dr. Jane Curlin at curlin@udall.gov.