Environmental Toxicology (ETOX)

University of California Santa Cruz

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The Environmental Toxicology (ETOX) field concerns itself with how toxic substances poison humans and animals. Our program at UC Santa Cruz is unique in that we study living harmful agents, such as the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, as well as chemical agents, such as the metal mercury.

The ETOX department at UCSC brings together scientists who use a multitude of approaches to understand diverse toxic substances. Our research combines environmental chemistry and exposure routes of toxins with the organismal, cellular, and molecular mechanisms of intoxication. Members of the department currently investigate toxins including lead, copper, manganese and mercury, and microbial pathogens that cause cholera and gastric ulcers.

Graduate students gain environmental toxicology expertise in a dynamic interactive atmosphere composed of graduate-level courses, weekly seminar and research presentations, and in-depth seminar classes. We host several postdoctoral researchers, who help make our department diverse and interactive. Our varied make-up allows all department members to become familiar with disciplines ranging from environmental chemistry to physiology to molecular genetics.

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