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Febria CM, Kashian DR, Bertrand KRT, Dabney B, Day M, Dugdale M, Ekhator KO, Esparra-Escalera HJ, Graham R, Harshaw K, Hunt DS, Knorr S, Lewandowski K, Linn C, Lucas A, Mundle SOC, Raoufi G, Salter C, Siddiqua Z, Tyagi S, Wallen MM. Early career researchers benefit from inclusive, diverse and international collaborations: Changing how academic institutions utilize the seminar series. J Great Lakes Res 2022; 48:849-855. [PMID: 36591538 PMCID: PMC9789328 DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2022.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Efforts to make research environments more inclusive and diverse are beneficial for the next generation of Great Lakes researchers. The global COVID-19 pandemic introduced circumstances that forced graduate programs and academic institutions to re-evaluate and promptly pivot research traditions, such as weekly seminar series, which are critical training grounds and networking opportunities for early career researchers (ECRs). While several studies have established that academics with funded grants and robust networks were better able to weather the abrupt changes in research and closures of institutions, ECRs did not. In response, both existing and novel partnerships provided a resilient network to support ECRs at an essential stage of their career development. Considering these challenges, we sought to re-frame the seminar series as a virtual collaboration for ECRs. Two interdisciplinary graduate programs, located in different countries (Windsor, Canada, and Detroit, USA) invested in a year-long partnership to deliver a virtual-only seminar series that intentionally promoted: the co-creation of protocols and co-led roles, the amplification of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion throughout all aspects of organization and representation, engagement and amplification through social media, the integration of social, scientific and cultural research disciplines, all of which collectively showcased the capacity of our ECRs to lead, organize and communicate. This approach has great potential for application across different communities to learn through collaboration and sharing, and to empower the next generation to find new ways of working together.
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Affiliation(s)
- Catherine M Febria
- University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4 ,Traditional Territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, 5047 Gullen Mall, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4 ,Traditional Territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, 5047 Gullen Mall, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4 ,Traditional Territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations
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- University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4 ,Traditional Territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4 ,Traditional Territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations
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- University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4 ,Traditional Territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, 5047 Gullen Mall, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4 ,Traditional Territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, 5047 Gullen Mall, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, Wayne State University, 656 West Kirby, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- Department of Communication, Wayne State University, 585 Manoogian Hall, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4 ,Traditional Territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations
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- Department of Education, Wayne State University, 5425 Gullen Mall, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4 ,Traditional Territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wayne State University, 259 Mack Ave, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- School of the Environment, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Ave., Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, 5047 Gullen Mall, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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Phillips J, Haimbaugh AS, Akemann C, Shields JN, Wu CC, Meyer DN, Baker BB, Siddiqua Z, Pitts DK, Baker TR. Developmental Phenotypic and Transcriptomic Effects of Exposure to Nanomolar Levels of 4-Nonylphenol, Triclosan, and Triclocarban in Zebrafish (Danio rerio). Toxics 2022; 10:toxics10020053. [PMID: 35202241 PMCID: PMC8877790 DOI: 10.3390/toxics10020053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
Triclosan, triclocarban and 4-nonylphenol are all chemicals of emerging concern found in a wide variety of consumer products that have exhibited a wide range of endocrine-disrupting effects and are present in increasing amounts in groundwater worldwide. Results of the present study indicate that exposure to these chemicals at critical developmental periods, whether long-term or short-term in duration, leads to significant mortality, morphologic, behavioral and transcriptomic effects in zebrafish (Danio rerio). These effects range from total mortality with either long- or short-term exposure at 100 and 1000 nM of triclosan, to abnormalities in uninflated swim bladder seen with long-term exposure to triclocarban and short-term exposure to 4-nonylphenol, and cardiac edema seen with short-term 4-nonylphenol exposure. Additionally, a significant number of genes involved in neurological and cardiovascular development were differentially expressed after the exposures, as well as lipid metabolism genes and metabolic pathways after exposure to each chemical. Such changes in behavior, gene expression, and pathway abnormalities caused by these three known endocrine disruptors have the potential to impact not only the local ecosystem, but human health as well.
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- Jessica Phillips
- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; (J.P.); (A.S.H.); (C.A.); (J.N.S.); (C.-C.W.); (D.N.M.); (B.B.B.)
- Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 28201, USA
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; (J.P.); (A.S.H.); (C.A.); (J.N.S.); (C.-C.W.); (D.N.M.); (B.B.B.)
- Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 28201, USA
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; (J.P.); (A.S.H.); (C.A.); (J.N.S.); (C.-C.W.); (D.N.M.); (B.B.B.)
- Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 28201, USA
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; (J.P.); (A.S.H.); (C.A.); (J.N.S.); (C.-C.W.); (D.N.M.); (B.B.B.)
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; (J.P.); (A.S.H.); (C.A.); (J.N.S.); (C.-C.W.); (D.N.M.); (B.B.B.)
- Department of Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; (J.P.); (A.S.H.); (C.A.); (J.N.S.); (C.-C.W.); (D.N.M.); (B.B.B.)
- Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 28201, USA
- Department of Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; (J.P.); (A.S.H.); (C.A.); (J.N.S.); (C.-C.W.); (D.N.M.); (B.B.B.)
- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; (Z.S.); (D.K.P.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; (Z.S.); (D.K.P.)
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; (J.P.); (A.S.H.); (C.A.); (J.N.S.); (C.-C.W.); (D.N.M.); (B.B.B.)
- Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 28201, USA
- Department of Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
- Correspondence:
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Alla LNR, Monshi M, Siddiqua Z, Shields J, Alame K, Wahls A, Akemann C, Meyer D, Crofts EJ, Saad F, El-Nachef J, Antoon M, Nakhle R, Hijazi N, Hamid M, Gurdziel K, McElmurry SP, Kashian DR, Baker TR, Pitts DK. Detection of endocrine disrupting chemicals in Danio rerio and Daphnia pulex: Step-one, behavioral screen. Chemosphere 2021; 271:129442. [PMID: 33476875 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
Anthropogenic surface and ground water contamination by chemicals is a global problem, and there is an urgent need to develop tools to identify and elucidate biological effects. Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) are not typically monitored or regulated and those with known or suspected endocrine disrupting potential have been termed endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). Many CECs are known to be neurotoxic (e.g., insecticides) and many are incompletely characterized. Behavioral responses can identify chemicals with neuroactive properties, which can be relevant to EDC mechanisms (e.g., neuroendocrine disturbances). Two freshwater species, Daphnia pulex and Danio rerio, were evaluated for swimming behavior alterations resulting from 24-hr exposure to 9 CECs: triclosan, triclocarban, chlorpyrifos, dieldrin, 4-nonylphenol, bisphenol-A, atrazine, metformin, and estrone. This is the first step in the development of a bioassay for detecting estrogenic and/or anti-androgenic activity with the goal to evaluate complex mixtures of uncharacterized contaminants in water samples. The second step, described in a subsequent report, examines transcriptome alterations following chemical exposure. Significant differences in the swimming behavior response and sensitivity were found across chemicals within a species and across species for a given chemical in this unique optical bioassay system. In the concentration ranges studied, significant behavioral alterations were detected for 6 of 9 CECs for D. pulex and 4 of 9 CECs for D. rerio. These results underscore the utility of this bioassay to identify behavioral effects of sublethal concentrations of CECs before exploration of transcriptomic alterations for EDC detection.
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- Lakshmi Neha Reddy Alla
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA; Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA; Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
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