Toxicology Track

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

April 23, 2007, Vol. 30, Number 16

Seminars/Publications/Short Course/

Seminars

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology presents Thomas Sharkey, Chairperson Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison, to speak on "How and Why Plants Make Isoprene: Stories About the Methylerythritol Pathway and Membrane Melting" on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. in 1400 Biomedical and Physical Sciences.

*The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology presents Amy Anderson, Dartmouth University, to speak on "Docking Virtual Libraries Leads to New Inhibitors Active Against Biodefense Organisms" on Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 11:30 a.m. in 101 Biochemistry Building.

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

Publications

Rodent models of allergic rhinitis: relevance to human pathophysiology. Wagner JG, Harkema JR. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2007 May;7(2):134-40.
 
Revision of the nonequilibrium thermal dissociation and stringent washing approaches for identification of mixed nucleic acid targets by microarrays. Pozhitkov AE, Stedtfeld RD, Hashsham SA, Noble PA.  Nucleic Acids Res. 2007 Apr 11; [Epub ahead of print]
 
Endocannabinoid Regulates Blood Pressure via Activation of the Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Type 1 in Wistar Rats Fed a High-Salt Diet. Wang Y, Kaminski NE, Wang DH. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2007 May;321(2):763-9. Epub 2007 Feb 16.
 
Ethylene inhibits aflatoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus parasiticus grown on peanuts. Gunterus A, Roze LV, Beaudry R, Linz JE. Food Microbiol. 2007 Sep;24(6):658-63.
 
Elevated amount of Toll-like receptor 4 mRNA in bronchial epithelial cells is associated with airway inflammation in horses with recurrent airway obstruction. Berndt A, Derksen FJ, Venta PJ, Ewart S, Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan V, Robinson NE. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2007 Apr;292(4):L936-43.
 
Effect of low temperature and culture media on the growth and freeze-thawing tolerance of Exiguobacterium strains. Vishnivetskaya TA, Siletzky R, Jefferies N, Tiedje JM, Kathariou S. Cryobiology. 2007 Apr;54(2):234-40.

Short Course

This year, the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at MSU will offer its third annual, NIGMS-sponsored Short Course in Integrative and Organ Systems Pharmacology.  The Course will be offered August 15-17, 2007.  The objective of the course is to offer students, especially (but not only) those who generally focus on cellular and subcellular physiology and pharmacology in their work, the opportunity to explore issues that are more integrative in nature. Students participating in the past have included graduate students,
postdoctoral trainees, university faculty and industry-based scientists at junior and senior levels.  More information can be obtained from Peter Cobbett [cobbett@msu.edu]  or from Candace Winslow (Candace.Winslow@hc.msu.edu).  Alternatively, information can be obtained at  http://phmtox.msu.edu/summercourse.php.