Kelly Thrippleton

Major Professor

B.S., Biology - Environmental Biology/Ecology, California State University, Long Beach, 2002
B.S., Biology - Zoology, California State University, Long Beach, 2002

My research relates to the bioavailability and uptake of various selenium species to Neanthes succinea, a euryhaline polychaete, which is a key organism in the Salton Sea food web. Selenium has been shown to cause teratogenic effects in fish and bird populations feeding on selenium-contaminated prey, therefore, studying the uptake of selenium within these organisms could ultimately provide a better understanding of the risks involved with selenium toxicity to higher trophic organisms within this system.

Mason, A.Z., Perico, N., Moeller, R., Thrippleton, K., Potter, T., Lloyd, D. 2004. Metal donation and apo-metalloenzyme activation by stable isotopically labeled metallothionein. Marine Envir. Res. 58, 371-375.
Xie, L.T., Thrippleton, K., Irwin, M.A., Siemering, G.S., Mekebri, A., Crane, D., Berry, K., Schlenk, D. 2005. Evaluation of estrogenic activities of aquatic herbicides and surfactants using a rainbow trout vitellogenin assay. Tox. Sci. 87, 391-398.
Mason, A.Z., Moeller, R., Thrippleton, K., Lloyd, D. 2007. The use of stable-isotopically labeled proteins and directly coupled HPLC-ICP-MS for quantitatively monitoring the transfer of metals between proteins. Anal. Biochem. 369, 87-104.