Toxicology Track

Weekly Newsletter of the MSU Center for Integrative Toxicology
Director: Dr. Norbert Kaminski / Editor: Lauren St.John

October 19, 2009, Vol. 32, Number 39

Seminars / Events / Courses / Job Postings

Seminars

Friday, October 30
*The Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation presents Israel Rubinstein, Professor of Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences in the Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, to speak on “Actively targeted nanomedicine: From bench to bedside” on Friday, October 30, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. in 101 Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health.

Friday, November 6
*The Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation presents Tim Driver, DVM, PDI resident, to speak on “The role of veterinary clinical pathologists in the biopharmaceutical industry” on Friday, November 6, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. in 101 Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health.

*Fulfills seminar requirements for the Environmental and Integrative Toxicological Sciences Graduate Programs. Seminars that fulfill this requirement are archived at http://www.cit.msu.edu/Graduate%20Program/Seminars.html.

Events

Tuesday, December 8
The Center for Integrative Toxicology will host our annual Research Evening to showcase trainees in the Environmental and Integrative Toxicological Sciences Training Program and their accomplishments on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 5:15 - 8:00 p.m., in the Red Cedar Room at the MSU Kellogg Center.  The event will include dinner, student presentations and a poster session. Please RSVP by December 1 to Amy Swagart, swagart@msu.edu or call 353-6469.

Courses

Role of the Expert Witness – ACR 891, Section  301, 1 credit, Daniel A. Bronstein, Professor
Wednesday, 8 – 9:50 a.m., starting March 17, 306 Natural Resources Building

The purpose of this course is to make the professional in any field familiar with the lawyer and the lawyer's viewpoints.  As society gets more complicated the role of professional, technically trained people in litigation continually grows, and their testimony is frequently decisive. Typical issues would be the value of a piece of art, the design of an automobile, appropriate medical treatment for a particular patient, the safety of a nuclear power plant, the source of a toxic chemical in groundwater or appropriate recovery plans for an endangered species.

Class will meet for 2 hours on Wednesday mornings at 8 a.m. in Room 306 Natural Resources Building, starting March 17, 2010. The readings will be from the professor’s book, Law for the Expert Witness, 3rd Ed, 2007. The readings will then be discussed in class.

The final grade will be based 50% on classroom participation and 50% on the final paper from the student, which will be an outline of expert testimony on a subject of the student’s own choice.

Job Postings

Postdoctoral Research Position funded by NIH, ARRA, and Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Center

Postdoctoral research position will study mechanisms of regulation of pubertal mammary gland development by hormones, inflammatory processes and environmental exposures to chemical toxicants and/or diet. Using the mouse mammary gland model and breast cancer cell lines, in vivo and in vitro approaches, and gene knock-out mice, the project will investigate the specific molecular mechanisms of normal regulation, and perturbations caused by environmental exposures and subsequent effects on susceptibility to mammary cancer.

Ph.D. degree is required. Experience with biochemical and molecular approaches, histological techniques and immunohistochemistry, whole animal studies, and cell culture experience are desired. Position available immediately. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Applicants must currently reside in the U.S.

For more information and how to apply, contact Dr. Sandra Z. Haslam, Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Center, Department of Physiology: shaslam@msu.edu.