Activities

Pictures from the December 2010 Journal Club presented by Nicole Bjorklund

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Date	Presenter	Article(s)/Topic
May 13, 2013	Courtney Cross	Biological and epidemiological evidence of interaction of infant genotypes at Rs7205289 and maternal passive smoking in cleft palate. Li L, et al. 2011. Am J Med Genet Part A 155: 2940–2948.
April 15, 2013	W. Ryan Miller	(Arylthio)cyclopentenones derivatives prevent glutamate-induced HT22 cell death through a PPAR gamma-dependent pathway. Shibata S,et al. Brain Res. 2009 Nov 3; 1296:196-202. doi:10.1016/j.brainres. 2009.08.015. Epub 2009 Aug 15.
March 18, 2013	Jason Herring	Effects of benzene and its metabolites on global DNA methylation in human normal hepatic l02 cells. Hu J, et al. Environ Toxicol. 2011 Sep 23. doi: 10.1002/tox.20777. [Epub ahead of print]
February 18, 2013	Nicole Bjorklund	4-Methylmethcathinone (Mephedrone): Neuropharmacological Effects of a Designer Stimulant of Abuse, by Hadlock, et al.
January 14, 2013	Luke Koong	Estrogenic activity of coumestrol, DDT, and TCDD in human cervical cancer cells. Ndebele K, et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health.2010 May;7(5):2045-56. doi: 10.3390/ijerph7052045. Epub 2010 May 4.
December 10, 2012	Anita Reno	Prenatal air pollution exposure induces neuroinflammation and predisposes offspring to weight gain in adulthood in a sex-specific manner. Bolton JL, Smith SH, Huff NC, Gilmour MI, Foster WM, Auten RL, Bilbo SD. FASEB J. 2012 Nov;26(11):4743-54. doi: 10.1096/fj.12-210989. Epub 2012 Jul 19.
November 12, 2012	Dwayne Carter	Baicalein (5,6,7-trihydroxyflavone) reduces oxidative stress-induced DNA damage by upregulating the DNA repair system. Kim KC, et al. Cell Biol Toxicol. 2012 Dec;28(6):421-33. doi: 10.1007/s10565-012-9233-y. Epub 2012 Sep 26.
October 15, 2012	Dan Jackson	Quercetin, resveratrol, and curcumin are indirect activators of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR). Mohammadi-Bardbori A, et al. Chem Res Toxicol. 2012 Sep 17;25(9):1878-84. doi: 10.1021/tx300169e. Epub 2012 Aug 28.
September 11, 2012	Dr. Bill Ameredes	A fare-thee-well wish to our former trainee and longtime associate Dr. Smitha Krishnan-Infante, and presentation of the attached paper, about reviewing papers.

Seminars

• Environmental Health Sciences Seminar Series - sponsored by the NIEHS Center
• Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Series
• Preventive Medicine and Community Health Seminar Series
• Sealy Center for Cancer Cell Biology Research in Progress Seminar Series

Undergraduate Toxicology Course

Toxicology Trainees and faculty teach a basic Toxicology course to undergraduates at Texas A&M University in Galveston during the spring semester.

Further information can be found at www.tamug.edu.

National Meetings

When/Where	Title/Presenter	Details
March 10-14, 2013 Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center San Antonio, TX	Society of Toxicology 52nd Annual Meeting	http://www.toxicology.org/AI/MEET/AM2013/
May 17-22, 2013 Pennsylvania Convention Center Philadelphia, PA	2013 American Thoracic Society International Conference	http://conference.thoracic.org/2013/
September 21-25, 2013 Hyatt Regency Monterey Monterey, CA	Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society 44th Annual Meeting 2013	http://www.emgs-us.org/Content/Meetings/am.asp
TBD	2013 Lone Star Regional Chapter Society of Toxicology Meeting	http://www.toxicology.org/isot/rc/lssot/meetings.asp

Upcoming International Meetings

When/Where	Title/Presenter	Details
September 1-4, 2013 Congress Centre Stockholm, Sweden	49th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology	http://www.eurotox2013.com/