Programa de pós-graduação em Toxicologia e Análises Toxicológicas da FCF/USP convida para a palestra
O Programa de pós-graduação em Toxicologia e Análises Toxicológicas da FCF/USP convida para a palestra:
"WHEN BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL SUBSTANCES ENTER SURFACE WATERS: CHALLENGES FOR ECOTOXICOLOGY"
Palestrante:
THEODORE BURDICK HENRY
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
Data: 25/10/2013
Hora: 9h00
Local: Prédio (Queijinho) do Conjunto das Químicas, Anfiteatro Amarelo
Brief abstract: Pharmaceutical substances are designed to be biologically active and the use and disposal of these chemicals can lead to contamination of surface waters. The molecular pathways by which pharmaceutical chemicals are active in humans are frequently also present in aquatic organisms, and alteration of organism physiology with negative consequences on survival are important concerns within environmental science. This seminar will discuss a group of pharmaceuticals known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) their presence in surface waters, effects in aquatic organisms, and the challenges for managing this environmental issue.
Brief CV: Dr. Ted Henry is a Reader (Associate Professor) at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, UK) and is also appointed as Research Associate Professor in the Center for Environmental Biotechnology at The University of Tennessee. He directs research associates and PhD students in his laboratory in areas of environmental toxicology. His research investigates effects of toxicants at molecular and whole organism levels of biological organization with zebrafish (he directs the Zebrafish Research Facility at HW and UT) and a variety of other aquatic organisms. His current primary research interest is in understanding changes in gene expression profiles for target genes in response to various independent variables.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Toxicologia e Análises Toxicológicas
Tel.: (11) 3091-8536 / Fax: (11) 3815-6593
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"WHEN BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL SUBSTANCES ENTER SURFACE WATERS: CHALLENGES FOR ECOTOXICOLOGY"
Palestrante:
THEODORE BURDICK HENRY
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
Data: 25/10/2013
Hora: 9h00
Local: Prédio (Queijinho) do Conjunto das Químicas, Anfiteatro Amarelo
Brief abstract: Pharmaceutical substances are designed to be biologically active and the use and disposal of these chemicals can lead to contamination of surface waters. The molecular pathways by which pharmaceutical chemicals are active in humans are frequently also present in aquatic organisms, and alteration of organism physiology with negative consequences on survival are important concerns within environmental science. This seminar will discuss a group of pharmaceuticals known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) their presence in surface waters, effects in aquatic organisms, and the challenges for managing this environmental issue.
Brief CV: Dr. Ted Henry is a Reader (Associate Professor) at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, UK) and is also appointed as Research Associate Professor in the Center for Environmental Biotechnology at The University of Tennessee. He directs research associates and PhD students in his laboratory in areas of environmental toxicology. His research investigates effects of toxicants at molecular and whole organism levels of biological organization with zebrafish (he directs the Zebrafish Research Facility at HW and UT) and a variety of other aquatic organisms. His current primary research interest is in understanding changes in gene expression profiles for target genes in response to various independent variables.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Toxicologia e Análises Toxicológicas
Tel.: (11) 3091-8536 / Fax: (11) 3815-6593
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