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Kelly Thrippleton
Major Professor
Program
- Ph.D., Environmental Toxicology
Education
- B.S., Biology - Environmental Biology/Ecology, California State University, Long Beach, 2002
- B.S., Biology - Zoology, California State University, Long Beach, 2002
Research Description
- 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.
Publications
- 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.
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