ToxicologyInterdepartmentalGraduateProgram2019-2020summaryofactivities

DirectorofGraduateEducation:Dr.AileenKeating(CALS)

SupervisoryCommittee:Dr.StevenBradbury(CALS),Dr.JacekKoziel(CoE;CALS),Dr.

JoelCoats(CALS),Dr.RichardMartin(CVM),Dr.BorisJovanovic(CALS)

ProgramAdministrator:SethShatto2019-2020ToxicologygraduatestudentsAhmedAbdalla(Dr.AnumanthaKanthasamy)CalebCorona(Dr.Coats)ColinWong(Dr.Coats)DharminRokad(Dr.AnumanthaKanthasamy)MariaGonzalezAlvarez(Dr.Keating)MauraHall(Dr.Coats)CourtneyHuerter(Dr.Coats)JacobJohnson(Dr.Coats)JamesKlimavicz(Dr.Coats)NiranjanaKrishnan(Dr.Bradbury)BaileyMcGuire(Dr.Keating)ScottRadke(Dr.Ensley(nowKSU))CristinaSantana(Dr.Gauger)DwayneSchrunk(Dr.Ensley(nowKSU))RachelSorensen(Dr.Jovanovic)MengisteabWolday(Dr.Martin)HannahWickham(Dr.AnumanthaKanthasamy)BharathiPalanisamy(TOXminor;Dr.AnumanthaKanthasamy)SireeshaManne(TOXminor;Dr.AnumanthaKanthasamy)Newstudentstotheprogramin2019:HannahWickham(Dr.AnumanthaKanthasamy)NurAshiqinMohdRidzuanNirmal(Dr.Jovanović)ImaobongInyang(inrotation)Graduatingstudents(SinceSummer2019andcurrentemployment): Degree Mentor CurrentEmploymentDharminRokad PhD Dr.Kanthasamy StudyDirectoratCovanceLaboratoriesMengisteabWolday MS Dr.Martin CharlesRiverLaboratories,PASireeshaManne PhD Dr.Kanthasamy PostDocpositionatMayoClinic

Incomingstudents(Fall2020):ChristianHaffner(MS)AlyssaOtto(PhD)CharityNya(PhD)*internationalstudent,travelcomplicationswithCOVID-19Budgetdetails:ToxBudgetfor2019-2020:$60,716Carryoverfundsfrom2018-2019:$22,658.52TotalFundsAvailable:$83,374.52Totalusedtosupportstudenttuition/stipend/benefits:$54,026.52TotalusedforDOGEincentive:$5,303Totalusedformiscellaneous:$819.87forFood.$60forApplicationFeeWaiverTotalSpentasof6/23/2020:$60,503.20Unspentfrom2019-2020year:$22,871.32Graduatestudentawards:DharminRokad–KanthasamyresearchgroupTravel Grant from the American College of Toxicology(2019)andpresentedhisworkinNovemberof2019attheACTconference.DefendedPh.D.DissertationinFebruaryof2020.NiranjanaKrishnan–BradburyresearchgroupInvitedtopresentthefollowingresearchinNovember2019attheEntomologicalSocietyofAmericaMeeting:KrishnanN,BidneK,HellmichR,CoatsJ,BradburyS.2019.Estimatingtheriskof insecticideexposureto themonarchbutterfly (Danaus plexippus) at the patch and landscapescales. Talk at the Entomological Society of America, St.Louis,MO.Krishnan N, Coats J, Bradbury S. 2019. Comparing theinsecticide sensitivity of monarchs to bees and otherbutterflies.PosterattheEntomologicalSocietyofAmerica,St.Louis,MO.

Researchfeaturedonjournalcover.KrishnanN,YangZ,BidneKG,HellmichRL,CoatsJR,BradburySP.2020.Assessingfield-scalerisksoffoliarinsecticideapplicationstomonarchbutterfly(Danausplexippus)larvae.InEnvironmentalToxicologyandChemistry.DOI:10.1002/etc.4672.https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/etc.4672.Awarded the Henry and Sylvia Richardson Research Incentive Grant by the EntomologyDepartmentatIowaStateUniversity.CristinaSantana-GaugerresearchgroupAmerican Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnostics Conference 2019Lowlevelexposuretohydrogensulfideincreasesthepathogenicityofinfluenzaavirusinswine.$1,500travelawardincluded.CentralStatesSocietyofToxicologyConference2019Effectsoflowlevelhydrogensulfideexposureonthepathogenicityofinfluenzaavirusinaswinemodel.SocietyofToxicologyConference2020A simple large-animalwhole-body inhalation exposure system to study environmentallyrelevanttoxicantexposures.JamesKlimavicz–CoatsresearchgroupLeadershipAward–ISUGraduateandProfessionalStudentSenateJacobJohnson–Coatsresearchgroup2019EntomologicalSocietyofAmerica(PhotoBelow)

EstefaniaGonzalezAlvarez&BaileyMcGuire–KeatingresearchgroupGonzálezAlvarez,M.Estefanía,McGuire,Bailey,Keating,Aileen,K.2020.Ovarianeffectsofperfluorooctanoicacidexposureinleanandobesemice.Abstractacceptedforposterpresentationat202053rdAnnualMeetingSocietyfortheStudyofReproduction.GonzálezAlvarez,M.Estefanía,McGuire,Bailey,Keating,Aileen,K.2020.Investigatingadditiveimpactofobesityonzeralenone-inducedovotoxicity.Abstractacceptedforposterpresentationat2020SocietyofToxicology59thAnnualMeeting.Anaheim,California.US.AbstractpublishedinTheToxicologist,SupplementtoToxicologicalSciences,174(1),abstract#1552,2020.GonzálezAlvarez,M.Estefanía,etal.2019.Impactofhighfatdiet-inducedobesityonovarianchemicalmetabolismproteinsinrats.PosterpresentedattheSocietyfortheStudyofReproduction.52ndAnnualMeeting.BeyondPossible:RemarkableTransformationofReproductiveBiology.SanJosé,California,US.RachelSorensen–JovanovicresearchgroupRachelreceivedtheprestigiousISUBrownGraduateFellowship2020-2021fromtheofficeofVPR.Rachelwasalsoacceptedintothe2020-2021ISUDataFEWSionTraineeshipProgramHonorableMentionbytheNationalScienceFoundation’sGraduateintheGraduateResearchFellowshipProgramFacultyawards:Dr.GaryMunkvoldSeptember2019Regents’FacultyExcellenceAward–IowaBoardofRegents.Dr.KevinSchalinske2019MargetEllenWhiteGraduateFacultyAward–ISU.2019USDAFoodandAgricultureSciencesExcellenceinTeachingAward.PresentedattheAPLUmeetinginSanDiego,CA.Dr.JoelCoatsAugust2019FellowoftheAmericanChemicalSociety.Dr.JacekKoziel

2019GlobalPeerReviewAward,top1%inField:EnvironmentandEcology,Publons.(https://publons.com/awards/peer-review/2019/by-field/).2019GlobalPeerReviewAward,Top1%inField:Cross-FieldAward,Publons.(https://publons.com/awards/peer-review/2019/by-field/)Dr.AileenKeating2019 Stephen B. Harris Mid-Career Research Award, Reproductive and Developmental

ToxicologySpecialtySection(Inauguralwinner).2019IowaStateUniversityMid-CareerAchievementinResearchAward.2019GammaSigmaDeltaHonorsSocietyResearchMissionAward.ToxicologyGraduateStudentOrganizationTheToxicologyGraduateStudentOrganizationorganizedTOXtriviathisMarch(Photobelow).TSGOalsometvirtuallythroughWebexinJuneandseveralothertimesthroughoutthe2019-2020academicyear.

PharmacologyandToxicologyUndergraduateminorWehad11studentsregisteredforthePharmacologyandToxicologyminorin2019-2020.

CurrentToxicologyFaculty

AgriculturalandBiosystemsEngineeringJacekKoziel,Professor

AnimalScience

StephanieHansen,ProfessorAileenKeating,AssociateProfessorandDirectorofGraduateEducationforToxicology

StephanSchmitz-Esser,AssociateProfessor

Biochemistry,BiophysicsandMolecularBiologyMaritNilsen-Hamilton,Professor

BiomedicalSciences

VellareddyAnantharam,AdjunctAssistantProfessorChandrashekhar(Chandru)Charavaryamath,AssistantProfessor

MichaelCho,ProfessorandLloydChairinBiomedicalSciences,Co-Director,CenterforAdvancedHostDefense,ImmunobioticsandTraslationalComparativeMedicine(CAHDIT)

M.HeatherGreenlee,AssociateProfessorAnumanthaKanthasamy,DistinguishedProfessor,EugeneandLindaLloydProfessor,

DirectorofIowaCenterforNeurotoxicologyArthiKanthasamy,AssociateProfessor

RichardMartin,ProfessorforToxicologyandBiomedicalSciences,M.R.C.V.S.,Dip.E.C.V.P.T.JonathanMochel,AssociateProfessor

AlanRobertson,ResearchAssociateProfessorRavindraSingh,ProfessorandSalsburyChairThimmasettappThippeswamy,Professor

ChemicalandBiologicalEngineeringLauraJarboe,AssociateProfessor

Entomology

KeriCarstens,CollaboratorAssistantProfessorJoelCoats,DistinguishedProfessor

FoodSciencesandHumanNutrition

RuthMacDonald,Professor,FSHNDepartmentChairAubreyMendonca,AssociateManjuReddy,Professor

KevinSchalinske,Professor

GeneticsDevelopmentandCellBiologyJoAnnePowell-Coffman,Professor

NaturalResourceEcologyandManagement

StevenBradbury,ProfessorBorisJovanovic,AssistantProfessor

PlantPathologyandMicrobiology

GaryMunkvold,Professor

VeterinaryMicrobiologyandPreventiveMedicineQijingZhang,BVsc,ProfessorandFrankRamseyEndowedChair,AssociateDeanfor

ResearchandGraduateStudies,CollegeofVeterinaryMedicine