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Eva Oberdorster, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer

Ph.D.: Duke University

Postdoctoral training:
Tulane University

 Office: 241-DLS
Tel: 214.768.3955
Fax: 214.768.3955
Email: eoberdor@smu.edu

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Research Interests

Environmental Toxicology/ Nanoparticle and Hormonal Toxicology

What is the mechanism of nanoparticle toxicity?

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Selected Publications

Oberdörster E, D Rittschof, P McClellan-Green. 1998. Induction of Cytochrome P450 3A and heat shock protein by tributyltin in blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Aquat. Toxicol. 41:83-100.

Oberdörster E, D Rittschof, GA LeBlanc. 1998. Alteration of [14C]-Testosterone metabolism after chronic tributyltin exposure in Daphnia magna. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 34:21-25.

Oberdörster E, D Rittschof, and P McClellan-Green. 1998. Testosterone metabolism in imposex and normal I. obsoleta: Studies with field collected and TBT Cl-induced imposex snails. Mar. Poll. Bull. 36:144-151.

Cheek AO, P Vonier, BC Burow, E Oberdörster, JA McLachlan. 1998. Environmental Signaling: A biological context for endocrine disruption. Environ. Health Persp. 106, Suppl. 1:5-10.

Oberdörster E, M Martin, CF Ide, JA McLachlan. 1999. Benthic community structure and biomarker induction in grass shrimp in an estuarine system. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 37(4):512-518.

Oberdörster E, DM Cottam, FA Wilmot, MJ Milner, JA McLachlan. 1999. Interaction of PAHs and PCBs with ecdysone-dependent gene expression and cell proliferation. Tox. Appl. Pharm. 160(1):101-108.

Ingersoll CG, M Crane, S Dodson, T De Witt, A Gies, M-C Huet, T Hutchinson, C McKenney, E Oberdörster, D Pascoe, DJ Versteeg, O Warwick. 1999. Chapter 3: Laboratory toxicity tests for use in evaluating potential effects of endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs). In: Endocrine Disruption in Invertebrates: Endocrinology, Testing and Assessment. SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL. pp. 107-197.

Oberdörster E, M Brouwer, T Hoexum-Brouwer, S Manning and JA McLachlan. 2000. Long-term pyrene exposure of grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, affects molting and reproduction of males and offspring of exposed females. Environ. Health Persp. 108(7):641-646.

Oberdörster E, LK Irwin and CD Rice. 2000. Purification of lipovitellin from grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio, generation and characterization of monoclonal antibodies, and validation for the detection of lipovitellin in Crustacea. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 127C(2):199-207.

Oberdörster E, P McClellan-Green. 2000. The neuropeptide APGWamide induces imposex in the mud snail Ilyanassa obsoleta. Peptides. 21(9):1323-1330.

Oberdörster E, AO Cheek. 2001. Gender Benders at the Beach: Endocrine Disruption in Marine and Estuarine Organisms. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 20(1):23-36.

Oberdörster E, MA Clay, DM Cottam, FA Wilmot, MJ Milner and JA McLachlan. 2001. Common phytochemicals are Ecdysteroid agonists and antagonists: A possible evolutionary link between vertebrate and invertebrate steroid hormones. J. Steroid Biochem. Molec. Biol. 77(4-5):229-38.

Irwin, LK, SL Gray, E Oberdörster. 2001. Vitellogenin induction in painted turtle, Chrysemys picta, as a biomarker of exposure to environmental levels of estradiol. Aquat. Toxicol. 55:49-60.

Oberdörster E. 2001. Peptide hormones vs. Steroid hormones: Case studies from snail and turtle populations. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Special Issue: Environmental Hormones: The Scientific Basis of Endocrine Disruption. 948:75-79

Oberdörster E, P McClellan-Green. 2002. Mechanisms of imposex induction in mud snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta: TBT as a neurotoxin and aromatase inhibitor. Marine Environmental Research. 54(3-5) p. 715-718.

Oberdörster E. (2004) Manufactured nanomaterials (Fullerenes, C60) induce oxidative stress in brain of juvenile largemouth bass. Environmental Health Perspectives. (available on-line)

Gunderson MP, Oberdörster E, Guillette LJ Jr. 2004. Phase I and phase II hepatic enzyme activities in juvenile alligators collected from three sites in the Kissimmee-Everglades drainage, Florida. Comp Biochem Physiol. 139C:39-46.

Oberdörster, E, J. Romano, P. McClellan-Green. The neuropeptide hormone APGWamide as a Penis Morphogenic Factor (PMF) in gastropod mollusks. 46: In Press.

Gravel, P, KM Johanning, J Vargas, JA McLachlan and E. Oberdörster. Imposex in Costa Rican waters in Acanthais brevidentata. Accepted, in revision.

Oberdörster, G, E. Oberdörster, J. Oberdoerster. Nanotoxicology: An Emerging Discipline Evolving from Studies of Ultrafine Particulates. Environmental Health Perspectives. In press. (available on-line)

Patricia McClellan-Green, J. Romano and E. Oberdörster. In preparation. Does gender really matter in contaminant exposure? A case for invertebrate risk assessment.

Gunderson, MP, E Oberdörster, B North, LJ Guillette, Jr. In preparation. A one-time low-dose of ethanol during development alters liver enzyme activities in juvenile alligators.

Education

May 1992B.S. Biology (Major), Anthropology (Minor)
Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
May 1997Ph.D. Zoology; Integrated Toxicology Program
Duke University, Durham, NC. Dr. Dan Rittschof, Dissertation Advisor

Professional Experience

1997-1998Post-Doctoral Fellow, Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Dr. J. A. McLachlan, Advisor
1998-2000Assistant Professor of Biochemical Ecotoxicology and Molecular Toxicology Clemson University, Department of Environmental Toxicology, Clemson,SC.

Professional Societies

  • Society of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Chemistry (SETAC) since 1996
  • Society of Toxicology (SOT) since 1998, Vice President of the Women in Toxicology (WIT) Specialty Section
  • American Association of Zoos and Aquaria (AZA) since 2000

Teaching

Courses: (Fall 2004/Spring 2005 hyperlinked)

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