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Graduate Student Seminars

 

TOX 558 – Spring Semester 2009
Selected Mondays, 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
K-307, Room 3-6408
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The 2010 series will begin in January.



April 27: Chia Tha Thach.

Modulation of IL-8 activity upon lipid rafts disruption and nanoparticles exposure.


April 20: Casey Manning.

The effects of irradiation on the lung inflammatory response: A model for sequential injury.


April 13: Joseph Frasca

Sustained IL-1b Overexpression and the Parkinson’s Disease Phenotype.


April 6: Whitney Christian

The Organic Solute Transporter OSTα-OSTβ: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Dyslipidemia.


March 30: Kurt Bertram

Cigarette Smoke Induces Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis in Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells: Implications for Age-related Macular Degeneration.


March 23: Melissa Badding

Modulation of the Microtubule Network to Enhance Pulmonary Gene Delivery.


March 9: Joshua Allen

Histamine as a Vulnerability Factor in the Parkinson’s Disease Phenotype.


March 2: David McMillan

Potential Mechanisms Linking Asbestos Exposure and Mesothelioma.


February 23: Sarah Latchney

Manganese Exposure as an Environmental Risk Factor for Neurological Dysfunction.


February 16: Megan Blair

An imbalance of mitochondrial fission and fusion: A potential mechanism
of α-synuclein induced mitochondrial dysfunction.


February 9: Ming Kung

Agent Orange: The Evidence for a Role of Dioxins in Congenital Malformations.


February 2: Jennifer Head

Assessing the Contribution of Air Pollution to the Incidence of Asthma.


January 27: David Adenuga

Regulation of Histone Deacetylase-2 by Cigarette Smoke:
Implications in Steroid Resistance in COPD.


January 20: Eric Beier

Depleted Uranium: A Radiological and Biological Toxicant.


January 12: Samuel Caito

Redox Regulation of Sirt1 Deacetylase in Lung Epithelial Cells.



January 5: Fanny Casado-Pena

The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Regulates Interactions between Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Their Microenvironment

Toxicology Student Seminars: 2008

Toxicology Student Seminars: 2007

Revised October 27 2009 (vgl & gbi)