Toxicology Track

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

May 7 , 2007, Vol. 30, Number 18

Seminars/Workshops/Publications/Grants/

Seminars

The Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Program presents Debra Rodrigues to speak on "Ecology, Physicology and Metabolism of Cold-Adapted Microorganisms from the Siberian Permafrost" on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 9 a.m. in 271 Plant and Soil Sciences.

*The Center for Integrative Toxicology and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology present Jin-Qiang Chen, Ph.D., Fox Chase Cancer Center, Breast Cancer Research Laboratory, to speak on "Mitochondrial Estrogen Receptors: Discovery, Role in Mitochondrial Gene Expression and Potential Implications in Breast Cancer" on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at 12 noon in 1425 Biomedical Physical Sciences.  Dr. Chen is a candidate for the CIT's faculty position in chemical carcinogenesis or developmental toxicology.  More: seminar announcement with a research synopsis for the presentation.

*The Center for Integrative Toxicology and the Department of Physiology present Chengfeng Yang, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, to speak on "The EGFR Family Tyrosine Kinase Receptor/Rho GTPase Rac Signaling and Heregulin Breast Carcinogenesis" on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 12 noon in 1425 Biomedical Physical Sciences.  Dr. Yang is a candidate for the CIT's faculty position in chemical carcinogenesis or developmental toxicology. More: seminar announcement with a research synopsis for the presentation.

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

Workshops

The MSU Center for Statistical Training and Consulting announces the first four workshops in their summer workshop series:

Fundamentals of Time Series Regression, Dr. Tim Vogelsang,
Wednesday, May 9, 2007 from 1 to 4 p.m.
Design and Analysis of Gene Expression Studies Using Microarrays, Dr. Rob Tempelman, Monday, May 14, 2007, from 9 a.m. to noon
Introduction to Statistical Genetics, Dr. Yuehua Cui,
Monday, May 14, 2007, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling, Dr. Tenko Raykov,
Friday, May 18, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information, go to http://www.cstat.msu.edu/workshops.html.

Publications

Fine mapping of murine asthma quantitative trait loci and analyses of Ptgs1 and Mrc1 as positional candidate genes.  Li X, Fleis RI, Shubitowski DM, Ramadas RA, Ewart SL. DNA Seq. 2007 Jun;18(3):190-5.

Determinations of dioxinlike activity in selected mollusks from the coast of the BohaiSea, China, using the H4IIE-luc bioassay. Song M, Xu Y, Jiang Q, Lam PK, O'toole DK, Giesy JP, Jiang G. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2007 May;67(1):157-162.

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, Stedfeld RD, Hashsham SA, Noble PA.  Nucleic Acids Res. 2007 Apr 11; [Epub ahead of print]

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. Epub 2007 Jan 12.

Determination of endogenous norepinephrine levels in different chambers of the rat heart by capillary electrophoresis coupled with amperometric detection. Novotny M, Quaiserova-Mocko V, Wehrwein EA, Kreulen DL, Swain GM. J Neurosci Methods. 2007 Jun 15;163(1):52-9. Epub 2007 Feb 16.

Protective role of connexin 32 in steady-state hematopoiesis, regeneration state, and leukemogenesis. Hirabayashi Y, Yoon BI, Tsuboi I, Huo Y, Kodama Y, Kanno J, Ott T, Trosko JE. Inoue T. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2007 May;232(5):700-12.

Grants

Nigel Paneth and Herbert Davies received $351,912 from National Institutes of Health for Training Program in Perinatal Epidemiology."