During the 2018 Annual Meeting and ToxExpo, I had the pleasure to participate in the Symposium Session “Mechanisms of Autophagic Function and Dysfunction in Neurotoxicity and Neurodegeneration,” organized by Johnny Wise, Purdue University, and his Co-Chair Dr. Aaron Bowman, Vanderbilt University...
Mitochondria (MT) are organelles commonly referred to as the powerhouse of the cell due to the fact that their main function is to generate ATP to provide energy for cellular functions. Mutations that cause DNA instability often lead to a wide range of MT diseases, which was the topic of the ...
During the "Nanotoxicology and Ocular Drug Delivery: One Size Does Not Fit All" session, Nigel Walker (NIEHS-NTP) gave a great overview, highlighting some of the general concerns with nanomaterials. One interesting point he made was that it may not be appropriate to measure the dose of a drug...
Mariane Stamous, a graduate student at University of California Davis Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, provided an overview of the interactions between immune cells—specifically microglia, the resident macrophage of the brain—and neuronal cells. Regardless of...
The Continuing Medical Education (CME) Task Force, appointed by SOT President William Slikker Jr., is pleased to announce that the Continuing Education (CE) Course, The Practice and Implementation of Neural Stem Cell-Based Approaches to Neurotoxicology (AM06 ) has been approved for...
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