NEWS

SPECIAL
 
~ None ~
LAB MEETING

~ SETAC practice: 14/9/2006, 10:00 am, AoE lab  ~
PERSONS ON LEAVE

1. Ying (11/9/2006 am)
SEMINARS

1. Departmental seminar by Prof. Thomas Braunbeck (2 August 2006, G6302) 
    -
Endocrine Disruption as A Major Mode of Damage to Reproduction (10:30-12:00)
    - The Zebrafish as A Model Organism for General and Specific Toxicity Testing (14:30-16:00)
CONFERENCES

1. SETAC Asia/Pacific 2006 meeting, September 18-20, Beijing
2. VII International Congress on the Biology of Fish, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada, July 18-22
LAB ISSUES

1. A new pH probe is in use. Please consult Catis for details about the maintenance.   
2. Maintenance work for the hypoxia chamber was completed (click here for booking form)
3. New purchase system (pls refer to Richard's email dated 2 August 2006)
4. Your duties in lab (revised on 2-8-2006; click here for details) 
ARTICLES TO SHARE

1.
Ju Z, Wells MC, Heater SJ, Walter RB. Multiple tissue gene expression analyses in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) exposed to hypoxia. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 2006 Jun 30; [Epub ahead of print] [Medline]

2. Olsvik PA, Kristensen T, Waagbo R, Tollefsen KE, Rosseland BO, Toften H. Effects of hypo- and hyperoxia on transcription levels of five stress genes and the glutathione system in liver of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua. J Exp Biol. 2006 Aug 1;209(Pt 15):2893-901. [Medline]

3. Sanderson JT. The Steroid Hormone Biosynthesis Pathway as a Target for Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals. Toxicol Sci. 2006 Jun 28; [Epub ahead of print] [Medline]

4. Lemos DR, Downs JL, Urbanski HF. Twenty-four-hour rhythmic gene expression in the rhesus macaque adrenal gland. Mol Endocrinol. 2006 May;20(5):1164-76. Epub 2006 Jan 26. [Medline]

5. Raff H, Bruder ED; St. Luke's Medical Center Adrenal Tumor Study Group. Steroidogenesis in human aldosterone-secreting adenomas and adrenal hyperplasias: effects of hypoxia in vitro. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Jan;290(1):E199-E203. Epub 2005 Aug 16. [Medline]
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