METX-Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology

Laboratory course for advanced undergraduates. Emphasizes training in broad and interdisciplinary analytical and technological approaches to problems in toxicology, direct intensive participation, and critical thinking skills.

Presentation of scientific research in academic formats. These include both oral and poster presentations. The presentations will be based on original research conducted by each student.

Provides a fundamental understanding of data generation, sampling design, and statistical analysis. Environmentally related data sets will be analyzed either by hand or using the statistical package Minitab.

Presents the principles of environmental toxicology, including the major classes of toxicants, environmental movement and fate, toxicokinetics, xenobiotic biotransformation, toxicodynamics, factors influencing toxicity, mechanisms of toxic action and detoxication, mutagenicity and carcinogenicity, toxicity testing and evaluation, and risk assessment.

A laboratory course for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. Emphasizes training in broad and interdisciplinary analytical and technological approaches to problems in toxicology, direct intensive participation, and critical thinking skills.

Presents an in-depth treatment of the biochemical and physiological mechanisms underlying toxicity and detoxication. Topics include chemical-biological interactions, receptor dynamics, multicompartment kinetics, chemical activation and detoxication, induction and inhibition, and the toxic biochemical and physiological mechanisms of both natural and anthropogenic toxins.