Sentences with word «ecotoxicology»

Holdway, who joined the institution in 2002 as a full professor, holds a Tier - 1 Canada Research Chair position in ecotoxicology.
In addition to being an important economic resource, salmon and other salmonidae species such as trout are considered «sentinel species» for monitoring water quality, and are important markers for ecotoxicology studies.
«Over time, these species become two to four times more resistant to the pesticide used,» stated Professor Matthias Liess, Head of the Department for System Ecotoxicology at the UFZ.
The Arbonne ABC baby skin care line of baby care creams and their baby wash are all mostly plant - based, and all of their chemical ingredients showed low ecotoxicology hazard on the EWG cosmetics database (yes I entered in all the ingredients for you!).
«Having studied ecotoxicology, I understand the biological links and can also put them in a larger context.
The second - year course is more specialized and emphasizes topics such as ecotoxicology, epidemiology, individual - based models, or spatial analysis of ecological systems.
Australia's Ecotoxicology Program found that when fish swam in water with fulvic acid, their aluminum toxicity levels were up to six times lower than otherwise.»
The results of the study, led by Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Laura Langan and Professor of Genetic Toxicology & Ecotoxicology Awadhesh Jha, are published in Biology Open.
Ecotoxicology employs standardized test procedures that work with model organisms to assess the potentially harmful impact of anthropogenic substances on ecosystems.
Ji B. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Steffi Böhme of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology) won this year's award for her presentation «Visualisation of silver nanoparticle uptake by Laser Ablation — Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry».
We were fortunate to have visiting lecturer, Dr. Anders Goksøyr, discuss ecotoxicology in Arctic animals, from fish to polar bears.
On March 8, 2017, Georgia Aquarium staff and volunteers were treated to a lecture by Dr. Anders Goksøyr, Head of the Department of Biology at the University of Bergen, Norway where he discussed one of his projects, «Polar bear ecotoxicology - establishing understanding through toxicogenomic and ex-situ approaches».
In this course, we will learn about how toxicants interact with and impact biological organisms, how ecotoxicology is measured in practice, and how to critically analyze ecotoxicological papers through case studies.
While scientists working in the nascent field of environmental nanotechnology have already demonstrated its benefits in cleaning up pollutants and monitoring and preventing their spread, others, more concerned about the long - term effects related to exposure and chemical reactivity, have called for studies into ecotoxicology.
Chelsea Rochman, who studies marine ecology and ecotoxicology at San Diego State University in California, joined the 5 Gyres team in November for a month - long trawl in the South Atlantic.
As a student in Uppsala she first studied biology for three years, and then took a year and a half of ecotoxicology.
1997 Environmental Toxicology Manager at the Agency's National Centre for Ecotoxicology and Hazardous Substances in Wallingford
«Our findings are changing the picture in terms of assessing the risk and the potential impacts of oil spills,» said Nat Scholz, leader of the NWFSC's ecotoxicology program and a coauthor of the new study.
She has a degree in ecotoxicology and biology from Uppsala University.
In that article we interviewed Christopher Exley, a Biologist with a PhD in the ecotoxicology of aluminum from the University of Stirling.
The exceptions were: Aminomethyl Propanol, a pH adjuster in the lotion, which scored a 3 (fair) for possibility of irritation, but low for ecotoxicology; and Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate and Cocamidopropyl Betaine, both surfactants in the Hair & Body Wash, which scored 3 and 4 respectively (moderate hazard), with high risk for being contaminated with other toxic products, but low ecotoxicology risk on their own.
As Manuela Carneiro, a researcher who took part in the study published in «Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety», informs SINC: «This is due to the type of diet these animals have — strictly carrion from domestic and wild hunting species — because the consumption of hunting species increases the likelihood of ingesting lead.»
«They ask us for excellence, but they give us miserable resources,» said Guadalupe Barrera, a researcher at the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM), who marched with students from her ecotoxicology lab.
She has had papers published in the journals Science of the Total Environment, Ecotoxicology, and Journal of Wildlife Management.
It is clear that expertise will be needed in chemistry and physics; in mathematics and statistics; in computer science and information science; in biology, biochemistry, and molecular biology; in pharmacy, pharmacology, and toxicology; in ecology and ecotoxicology; in medicine; and in law.
National Centres, such as the ecotoxicology department where I work, underpin our main business areas with scientific and technical expertise,» he explains.
It is based at Wallingford in Oxfordshire, with an ecotoxicology laboratory at Waterlooville near Portsmouth.
Geoff Brighty works at the National Centre for Ecotoxicology and Hazardous Substances, one of a number of national centres created by the Environment Agency to apply specialist knowledge at both policy and operational level.
Nutrient enrichment during shrimp cultivation alters bacterioplankton assemblies and destroys community stability — Wen Yang — Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Tetracycline resistance genes are more prevalent in wet soils than in dry soils — Yijun Kang — Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
The Marine Sciences Laboratory's, Sequim Marine Research Operations is located on Sequim Bay in Washington's Puget Sound, offers various research capabilities in ecotoxicology, analytical chemistry, wetland and coastal ecology, fisheries, ocean processes, remote sensing, biotechnology and remediation.
In basic research, xenopus is used for studies in development biology, cell biology, molecular genetic and in the area of ecotoxicology.
Integrated metagenomics and molecular ecological network analysis of bacterial community composition during the phytoremediation of cadmium - contaminated soils by bioenergy crops — Zhaojin Chen — Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
The European Centre for the Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) organised a workshop to discuss the state - of - the - art research on noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs)-LSB-...]
Impact of fomesafen on the soil microbial communities in soybean fields in Northeastern China — XH Wu — Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety DOI not available yet.
Our research program uses tools from ecology, ecotoxicology, environmental chemistry and physiology to investigate (1) the sources, (2) fate and (3) the ecological implications of the mixtures of contaminants to aquatic habitats.
NIVA employees have professional backgrounds in a broad spectrum of disciplines including chemistry, biology, limnology, geology, hydrology, environmental technology, ecotoxicology, oceanography, geography, resource management and environmental economics.
At the interdisciplinary workshop, experts in the fields of bat physiology, fungal ecology, ecotoxicology, and epidemiology discussed ways in which mathematical modeling could be applied to predict and control the spread of WNS.
[«Ecosystem Science», «Science Policy», «Ecotoxicology», «Environmental Contamination and Remediation», «Environmental Impacts»]
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Vol.
ESM 213 - Ecotoxicology [4 units] Stevenson Ecotoxicology is the study of the effect of environmental contaminants on living organisms - a merger of the study of the environment (ecology) with the study of interactions of chemicals with individual living organisms (toxicology).
Butterwick, L., Nicolaas de Oude, and Karen Raymond, Safety Assessments of Boron in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, vol.
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