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Additional Resources

Immunotoxicology And Flow Cytometry Related Resources

General Information about the Immune System

Understanding the Immune System: How it Works (PDF)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Understanding the Immune System
National Cancer Institute

How Your Immune System Works
How Stuff Works

Immune System and AIDS Topics
Medline Plus


Autoimmune Diseases

Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.

AIDS Fact Sheets and Brochures
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Important Questions You Need to Ask
About.com

Dioxin

ToxFAQs – dioxin
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Center for Disease Control

Questions and Answers about Dioxin
Food and Drug Administration

Environmental Chemistry And GCMS Related Resources

Satellite images of significant environmental events
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Clean Air Resources
US Environmental Protection Agency

Analytical chemistry related animations (some are college level and higher)
Personal collection of Dr. Thomas G. Chasteen, Department of Chemistry, Sam Houston State University

DDT and General Pesticide Information

ToxFAQs – DDT
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Center for Disease Control

National Pesticide Information Center
Oregon State University and US Environmental Protection Agency

International Pesticide Use Restrictions
Pesticide Action Network North America

Pesticide Use in the United States (last updated in 1998)
US Geological Survey

Developmental Toxicology and Microarray Related Resources

Cellular Biology and Genetics

DNA-RNA-Protein
nobelprize.org

Transcription and Translation
www.johnkyrk.com

The DNA Files: Unraveling the Mysteries of Genetic Science
National Public Radio

National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institute of Health

Microarrays

DNA Microarray Methodology
Department of Biology, Davidson College

Anatomy of a Comparative Gene Expression Study
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis

DNA Chips
Science NetLinks

Developmental Toxins in “Something’s Fishy”

Environmental Estrogens
Center for Bioenvironmental Research, Tulane and Xavier Universities

Methoprene
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Methoxychlor
ToxFAQs, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
ToxFAQs, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
US Environmental Protection Agency

PCB ID Definitions
US Environmental Protection Agency

Zebrafish and Animal Models

Zebrafish K-12
Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon

ZFIN: The Zebrafish Information Network

Model Organisms for Biomedical Research
National Institutes of Health

For the Greater Good: A five-part series published by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (pdf)
Washington Association for Biomedical Research

For the Greater Good: Curriculum Guide (pdf)
High school classroom activities to accompany the booklet above
Northwest Association for Biomedical Research

Toxicology And Risk Assessment Resources

Toxicology Tutor
National Library of Medicine

BioRAP: Biological Research for Animals and People
Connecticut’s Bioscience Cluster

Toxicology Information Briefs
Extension Toxicology Network (University of California-Davis, Oregon State University, Michigan State University, Cornell University, and the University of Idaho.

Environmental Health Science Education (for students, teachers, and scientists)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

In the News

Dioxin

Liberal Leader From Ukraine Was Poisoned
New York Times, 12.12.04

What Is Dioxin, Anyway?
MSN Slate, 12.13.04

Flow Cytometry

The Hamilton Case: A doctor explains blood doping
VeloNews, 09.28.04

Blood Doping In Cycling
RoadCycling, 09.22.04

Atmospheric Transport of Pollutants

China's mercury flushes into Oregon's rivers
The Oregonian, 11.24.06
*Featuring the research of Dr. Staci Simonich

Pesticides Discovered in National Park Snow
Anchorage Daily News, 05.11.06
*Featuring Dr. Kim Hageman, a post-doctoral researcher in the Simonich Lab

Dozens of Words for Snow, None for Pollution
Mother Jones Magazine, Jan-Feb 2005

Arctic Toxins
Living on Earth, 02.13.04

Microarray

Advance Helps Explain Stem Cell Behavior
Biology News Net, 11.21.06
*Featuring Drs. Michael Gross and Chrissa Kioussi, researchers at the Environmental Health Sciences Center

Epigenetics: The Science Of Change
Environmental Health Perspectives, March 2006

Chemicals in the Environment

Big Push to Expand Aquiculture
SitNews, 04.21.07, Includes discussion on metals and fish