Lecture topics

In this file I have listed the main topics we will cover in this class. To see the class schedule with the dates for a particular topic to be covered, as well as for the dates of exams and presentations, go to the COURSE OUTLINE

Access to study guides for upcoming tests - COMING SOON. Please note that study guides will be updated to their final form a week before the test.

Click on PPT to access the PowerPoint presentation

Click on the topic name to get access to supplementary materials and assigned reading

Topic # Topic name
1 Introduction to environmental toxicology                  PPT  Updated 01/07/08
2 Methods and goals of environmental toxicology      PPT  Updated 01/07/08
3 Environmental history of DDT                                  PPT  Updated 01/07/08
4 Avian vacuolar myelinopathy.   PPT AVM
HABs   PPT   HABs   Updated 01/20/08
5 Major classes of environmental pollutants       PPT    Updated 01/28/08
6 Uptake, biotransformation, and elimination of contaminants  PPT   Updated 01/28/08
7 Hormesis                 PPT     Updated 01/28/08  
8 Toxicity testing: dose-response and time-response   PPT    Updated 01/28/08 
9 Effects of toxic mixtures                 PPT       
10 Trace metals                 PPT       
11 Metabolic effects of trace metals                
12 Tributyltin               PPT       
13 Organic contaminants and metabolism of xenobiotics               PPT      
14 Endocrine disrupters              PPT     
15 Radionuclides  PPT  
16 Evolutionary adaptation to contaminants                 PPT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This topics is based on my current research, and the most data I will be showing you are brand-new and not yet published. Therefore, I cannot put the presentation on the Web. But I will bring hand-outs to the class.