ESCI 455/555 - Environmental Toxicology I
Course Description (from catalogue):
Physiological and biochemical effects of common pollutants found in our environment. Mechanism of action of individual pollutants, including cellular damage at molecular level.
Prerequisites:
ESCI 302 or permission of
instructor.
What is this class really?
This course is designed as the first advanced course in the Toxicology series for science students who want to pursue Environmental Toxicology as an emphasis area at Huxley and for graduate students in Environmental Toxicology. Science students from other science departments and Environmental Science students not interested in continuing in the Toxicology series will also find the course useful as an introduction to the discipline of Toxicology. The primary emphasis on this course is interactions of contaminants with biomolecules (genes, enzymes etc.) of an organism. The potential use of these interactions at the molecular, cellular, and subcellular level as biomarkers is investigated. The bioavailability of contaminants is also emphasized in the course.
Last Updated December 10, 2007