Toxicology Track

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

February 12, 2007, Vol. 30, Number 6

Seminars/Publications/Call for Absracts or Submissions/
Conferences and Courses/Position

Seminars

The National Food Safety and Toxicology Center presents Wolf Maier, Delegation of the European Commission, to speak on “Managing foodborne disease in Europe: Reporting of foodborne disease and salmonella control actions by the European Food Safety Authority” on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. in 162 Food Safety and Toxicology.

*The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology presents Dr. Seong-Woon Yu, Depts. of Neurology and Ophthalmology, and Pharmacology and Toxicology, MSU to speak on “Apoptosis-inducing factor and neurotoxicity” on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 12 p.m. in B448-449 Life Sciences.

The Environmental Journalism Program presents Jeff Alexander to speak on “The Muskegon: The Majesty and Tragedy of Michigan’s Rarest River, winner of a 2007 Michigan Notable Books Award” on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 3:10 p.m. in 145 Communication Arts and Sciences Bldg.

The Food Science and Human Nutrition Department presents A. Maija Zile, MSU, to speak on “Regulation of embryonic heart development by vitamin A”  on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. in 101 Biochemistry.

*The Deparment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology presents Dr. Smita Patel, UMD Rutgers, to speak on “Mechanism of Transcription Initiation and Elongation by a Single Subunit RNA Polymerase” on Thursday, February 15, 2007 at 11:30 a.m. in 101 Biochemistry.

The Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation presents Dr. Rebecca Smedley, anatomic pathology resident, PDI, to speak on “Sensitivity and specificity of monoclonal and polyclonal immunohistochemical staining for West Nile virus in various organs from American crows corvus brachyrhynchus” on Friday, February 16, 2007
at 12:00 p.m. in 101 DCPAH.

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

Publications

Cigarette smoke components inhibited intercellular communication and differentiation in human pancreatic ductal epithelial cells. Tai MH, Upham BL, Olson LK, Tsau MS, Reed DN Jr, Trosko JE. Int J Cancer. 2007 Jan 31; [Epub ahead of print]
 
Mink as a sentinel species in environmental health. Basu N, Scheuhammer AM, Bursian SJ, Elliott J, Rouvinen-Watt K, Chan HM. Environ Res. 2007 Jan;103(1):130-44.
 
Hypoxia, drug therapy and toxicity. Lee K, Roth RA, Lapres JJ. Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Feb;113(2):229-46.
 
Prolyl-hydroxylase inhibition and HIF activation in osteoblasts promotes an adipocytic phenotype. Irwin R, Lapres JJ, Kinser S, McCabe LR. J Cell Biochem. 2007 Feb 15;100(3):762-72.
 
Modest inflammation enhances diclofenac hepatotoxicity in rats: role of neutrophils and bacterial translocation. Deng X, Stachlewitz RF, Liguori MJ, Blomme EA, Waring JF, Luyendyk JP, Maddox JF, Ganey PE, Roth RA. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2006 Dec;319(3):1191-9.
 
Modeling inflammation-drug interactions in vitro: a rat Kupffer cell-hepatocyte coculture system. Tukov FF, Maddox JF, Amacher DE, Bobrowski WF, Roth RA, Ganey PE. Toxicol In Vitro. 2006 Dec;20(8):1488-99. Epub 2006 May 11.
 
Orphan Nuclear Receptor Constitutive Active/Androstane Receptor (CAR)-mediated Alterations in DNA Methylation during Phenobarbital (PB) Promotion of Liver Tumorigenesis: CAR-MEDIATED ALTERED DNA METHYLATION.  Phillips JM, Yamamoto Y, Negishi M, Maronpot RR, Goodman JI.  Toxicol Sci. 2006 Dec 16; [Epub ahead of print]
 
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.
 
Influence of dangling ends and surface-proximal tails of targets on probe-target duplex formation in 16S rRNA gene-based diagnostic arrays. Stedtfeld RD, Wick LM, Baushke SW, Tourlousse DM, Herzog AB, Xia Y, Rouillard JM, Klappenbach JA, Cole JR, Gulari E, Tiedje JM, Hashsham SA.  Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 Jan;73(2):380-9.
 
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.
 
Respiratory nitrate ammonification by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Respiratory nitrate ammonification by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Cruz-Garcia C, Murray AE,
Klappenbach JA, Stewart V, Tiedje JM. J Bacteriol. 2007 Jan;189(2):656-62. Epub 2006 Nov 10.
 
Kinetics of contaminant desorption from soil: comparison of model formulations using the Akaike information criterion. Saffron CM, Park JH, Dale BE, Voice TC. Environ Sci Technol. 2006 Dec 15;40(24):7662-7.
 
Analysis of the interaction of phytoestrogens and synthetic chemicals: An in vitro/in vivo comparison. Charles GD, Gennings C, Tornesi B, Kan HL, Zacharewski TR, Bhaskar Gollapudi B, Carney EW. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2007 Feb 1;218(3):280-8.

Call for Abstracts/Submissions

The University of Michigan School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences Toxicology Program is calling for abstracts for the 12th Annual Toxicology Symposium supported by the NIEHS Training Grant. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, April 11th, 2007.  The abstracts can be submitted through the Toxicology Symposium website:  http://sitemaker.umich.edu/toxsymposium/home. Relevant research from students in Toxicology, Environmental Health, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, Chemistry, Biophysics, Physiology, Genetics, Radiation Oncology, Medicine, or other related discipline is welcome. For more information visit the 12th Annual Toxicology Symposium website: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/toxsymposium/home. The Toxicology Symposium is supported by the NIEHS Training Grant, and will be held: Friday, April 20th, 2007 at the Towsley Center on the UM campus.

The editorial staff of Texas Neuroscience Review, a student research  journal at The University of Texas at Austin, would like to invite interested students of neuroscience or neuroscience-related disciplines to consider submitting writing for this year's volume.  If you have questions, or for more information, visit the website at   http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/tnr or email neuron@uts.cc.utexas.edu.

Conferences/Courses

The following Professional Analytical and Consulting Services (PACS) short courses described at http://pacslabs.com have enough registrations to be provided in Orlando, Florida. Classes still have room. Classes will repeat in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in May and Los Angeles, California in June.
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
Design, Operation, Troubleshooting Activated Carbon Systems, April 25, 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.

Position

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.

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