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Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology The Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology (EMT - http://emt.oregonstate.edu/) at Oregon State University in partnership with the Society of Toxicology (SOT) encourages students to consider a career in toxicology! Toward this goal, OSU and SOT are collaborating and offering a Summer Undergraduate Toxicology Research Internship at OSU to encourage interested undergraduates to gain experience in Toxicology research and subsequently pursue graduate training in the field of toxicology, especially at Oregon State University.

Summer Research Internships will consist of an 8-week (~June 18 – August 11, 2017; some flexibility in start and end dates) summer research experience for domestic undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing a career in Toxicology. Students accepted to the internship will participate in laboratory research, and interact with faculty and graduate students at OSU in a variety of venues that will help prepare them for success in a research-intensive doctoral program in toxicology. This 8-week program will provide a $4,000 stipend, housing, living and travel expenses. Students must participate 8-5 pm weekdays for the entire 8-week period. Internship experiences will include intensive hands-on research conducted in EMT laboratories, round table discussions, seminars, lab group meetings, career development activities and other activities. At the end of the fellowship, each student will deliver a brief oral presentation on his or her summer research project.

Eligibility: This program is targeted primarily toward current undergraduates who will be completing their undergraduate degree within the next two years. Funding requires that participants be US Citizens or US Permanent Residents. Students from groups who are underrepresented in the sciences are strongly encouraged to apply.

Oregon State University

Toxicology Program:

2017 Summer Undergraduate Research Internships in

Toxicology

ABOUT EMT: The OSU Toxicology program trains students in the toxicological sciences, to conduct research on the effects of chemicals and other agents on humans and the environment and to engage the public through extension and outreach. The EMT Department focuses on creating, disseminating, and applying new knowledge to enhance the treatment and prevention of human disease and to ensure the protection of the environment and public health. EMT training programs in the field of toxicology are closely aligned with the research expertise of our faculty and focus on two major areas of research that will be available for internships:

1) Molecular and Mechanistic Toxicology: The mechanisms of toxic responses at the molecular, cellular and whole animal levels, with an emphasis on pathways by which environmental chemicals cause toxicity and disease, by perturbing critical cell signaling pathways or inducing DNA mutations and aberrations which then result in cancer and other environmental diseases.

2) Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology: Concomitantly, our programs focus on how molecular interactions and macroscopic transport phenomena determine the spatial and temporal distribution of chemicals (transport and fate of chemicals in ecosystems and the environment), and the resultant ‘bioavailability’ of these chemicals, and thus ultimately the exposure (doses) of these chemicals to humans and other organisms.

EMT programs offer a unique and exciting synthesis of the fields of Biology (Molecular Toxicology) and Chemistry (Environmental Chemistry), which positions EMT to focus on creating, disseminating and applying new biomedical and biophysical knowledge to enhance the treatment and prevention of human disease, and to ensure the protection of the environment and public health. This integrated approach, combining both the biological. This synthesis of approaches provides a unique inter- and multi-disciplinary training program which integrates current advances in chemistry, toxicology, and ecology, thus providing an exciting and competitive training environment for trainees. EMT offers a highly collegial and exceptionally collaborative, research and training environment dedicated to the success and advancement of all EMT trainees.

EMT has seventeen faculty members who maintain diverse research programs collectively aimed at understanding environmental hazards and their impacts on biological systems in order to protect human health and the environment while complimenting and supporting the Toxicology training programs offering Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees in Toxicology and an undergraduate minor (http://emt.oregonstate.edu/). EMT hosts one of the NIEHS-funded Superfund Research Programs (http://superfund.oregonstate.edu/).

ABOUT OSU: Oregon State is a leading research university located in one of the safest, smartest, greenest small cities in the nation situated 90 miles south of Portland, an hour north of Eugene, and an hour from the Cascades or the Pacific Coast. Corvallis is a vibrant college town of 55,000 in the heart of Western Oregon’s Willamette Valley, consistently ranks among the best and safest cities to live in the U.S., as well as among the most environmentally responsible. Founded in 1868, the Oregon State 400-acre main campus is a Land Grant university and is one of only two universities in the U.S. to also have Sea Grant, Space Grant and Sun Grant designations. Oregon State is also the only university in Oregon to hold both the Carnegie Foundation's top designation for research institutions and its prestigious Community Engagement classification. As Oregon’s leading public research university, with over $300 million in annual external funding, Oregon State’s has both national and international presence and impact.

Application Process and Instructions: Each application must include all of the following elements: 1) Personal Statement. This document should address the applicant’s long range career goals, their interest in a summer internship, and interest in graduate studies in the field of toxicology. In the statement, applicants should describe their interest in the summer program including their interest and motivation to engage in molecular toxicology or environmental chemistry basic research. It should also include details of previous research experiences and identify potential EMT faculty mentors of interest (http://emt.oregonstate.edu/people/faculty), as well as any additional information to highlight strengths to support the application. The maximum length of the personal statement is 1000 words and be prepared in 12 point font.

2) Letters of Recommendation: On the application form, include the name, title, and email address of two persons who will be submitting your letters of recommendation. Referees should be persons who are able to specifically address your academic and research achievements and capabilities and potential for laboratory research. It is the applicants responsibility to contact the references to solicit the letter of recommendation. Applicants will need to request the Referees to email the letter of recommendation DIRECTLY to: "Mary Mucia” Mary.Mucia@oregonstate.edu.

3) Unofficial (or Official) Transcript:. Applicants need to provide transcripts of all college level coursework. These may be official transcripts or unofficial copies of official transcripts.

4) Applicant Information and qualifications. The applicants should also complete and

submit the APPLICATION FORM, available at: http://emt.oregonstate.edu/. Applicants should download and complete the form, and submit as a PDF.

Submitting the applications: Items 1, 3 and 4 should be completed and returned to EMT. If

possible, these three items should be combined and submitted by the applicant as a single PDF file, and emailed directly to: "Mary Mucia” Mary.Mucia@oregonstate.edu. The title of the PDF file should be “EMT Internship_applicantlastname”. If not, individual documents may be submitted, but named similarly and appropriately. Items 2 should be returned to EMT via email directly by the referees. Hardcopies of materials are NOT required.

Applications should be submitted as soon as possible but NO LATER THAN by

April 1, 2017. Review of applications will begin Jan 1, 2017 and awards may be given prior to April 1.

1. Applicant Name:

2. Applicant Mailing Address:

3. Applicant Email address:

4. Applicant Phone Number:

5. Applicant Current Academic Institution:

6. Applicant Degree Program (B.S., B.A., etc):

Oregon State University

Toxicology Program:

2017 Summer Undergraduate Research Internships in Toxicology

7. Applicant Academic Program of Study (School, College, Dept., etc).

8. Applicant current level of progression in program of study (years completed in program):

9. Applicant anticipated date of graduation:

10. Names and Addresses of (2) References:

1. Name Title and Position Address Email 2. Name Title and Position Address Email ATTACHMENTS:

Applicant Personal Statement

Letters of Recommendation (sent directly to OSU by referees)

Official or unofficial Transcripts

The integrated mission of the Department of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology (EMT) is to educate students in the toxicological sciences, to conduct research on the effects of chemicals and other agents on humans and the environment and to engage the public through extension and outreach. The EMT Department focuses on creating, disseminating, and applying new knowledge to enhance the treatment and prevention of human disease and to ensure the protection of the environment and public health.

Contact us: 1007 Ag & Life Sciences

Corvallis , OR 97336 541-737-3791

emt@oregonstate.edu

Dr. Craig Marcus Department Head

Dr. Andrew Buermeyer Director of Graduate

Programs

Dr. Robert Tanguay Director of Toxicology Training

Grants

Superfund Research Program oregonstate.edu/

superfund

The Linus Pauling Inst.

lpi.oregonstate.edu

Nat’l Pesticide Medical Monitoring oregonstate.edu/

npmmp

National Pesticide Information Ctr. npic.orsst.edu

Food Safety & Environmental Stewardship

emt.oregonstate.edu/fses

Sinnhuber Aquatic Research Lab

ehsc.science.oregonstate.edu/SARL

Integrated Plant Protection Center www.ipmnet.org/

EMT AFFILIATED TRAINING & RESEARCH PROGRAMS

EMT programs offer a unique and exciting synthesis of the fields of Biology (Molecular Toxicology) and Chemistry (Environmental Chemistry), which positions EMT to focus on creating, disseminating and applying new knowledge to enhance the treatment and prevention of human disease, and to ensure the protection of the environment and public health. This inte-grated approach, combining both the biological and physical sci-ences, provides exciting training and research opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students and supports our state-of-the-art and internationally competitive research programs.

EMT is a department in the College of Agricultural Sciences at OSU and offers a highly collegial, diverse, and exceptionally col-laborative, research and training environment dedicated to the success and advancement of all EMT students, faculty and staff. Our nineteen faculty members have diverse research programs collectively aimed at understanding environmental hazards and their impacts on biological systems in order to protect human health and environment. The department offers Ph.D & M.Sc. Degree programs in Toxicology and an undergraduate minor. ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS RECIEVE FULL FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

http://emt.oregonstate.edu

FACULTY SYNOPSIS 

   

   

   

ANDREW ANNALORA, Asst. Prof Sr. Research, PhD 

Research focused on cancer, pharmacogenomics, epigenetics, antisense oligonucleotides and 

structure‐based drug development 

 

KIM ANDERSON, Professor, PhDResearch in environmental 

forensic chemistry & Director of Food Safety and Environmental 

Sciences 

WILLIAM BAIRD, Professor, PhD Mechanisms of carcinogenesis by environ‐mental polycyclic 

aromatic hydrocarbons 

WILLIAM BISSON, Asst. Prof.  Sr. Research, PhD 

Research Computational chemical genomics: cancer drug 

design/discovery, cancer prevention, predictive 

toxicology 

  

                

 

  

   

 

                 

 

 

ANDREW BUERMEYER, Assoc. Professor, PhD 

DNA mismatch repair genomic instability and cancer,  mouse models of cancer, genetic toxi‐

cology, chemoprevention of cancer 

JENNIFER FIELD, Professor, PhDEnvironmental fate and transport of organic pollutants in groundwater, wastewater, and surface water 

 

STACEY HARPER, Assoc. Professor, PhD 

Nanotoxicology, environmental impact of nanomaterials in 

aquatic systems, ecotoxicology , nanoinformatics 

PAT IVERSEN, Professor, Sr. Research, PhD 

RNA‐based therapeutics and biochemical toxicology of RNA, gene expression and epigenetic 

regulation  

 

               

 

  

               

 

  

JEFFREY JENKINS, Professor, PhD 

Extension environmental chemistry, toxicology, environ‐mental fate, risk assessment 

PAUL JEPSON, Professor, PhDIntegrated pest management (IPM), pesticide application & 

efficacy, ecotoxicology, ecological risk assessment 

NANCY KERKVLIET, Professor, PhD 

Immunotoxicology, flow cyto‐metry, T cell  biology immunological effects of Ah receptor ligands, Ah receptor‐based therapeutics 

SIVA KOLLURI, Assoc. Professor, PhD 

Cancer Therapeutics; Nuclear receptor signaling; Regulation of cell death (apoptosis) and cell 

cycle 

CRAIG MARCUS, Dept. Head, PhD

Structure, function and expression of the cytochromes P450 super family of enzyme 

STACI SIMONICH, Professor, PhDExtension environmental chemistry, toxicology, environmental fate, risk 

assessment 

BILL STUBBLEFIELD, Professor, PhD 

Environmental toxicology, aquatic toxicology, ecotoxi‐

cology and effects of chemicals on environmental stressors 

ROBERT TANGUAY, Distinguished Professor, 

PhD Systems and Molecular Toxicology using 

the zebrafish model 

SUSAN TILTON, Asst. Professor,  PhD

Molecular and computational toxicology, genomics, 

carcinogenesis 

LISA TRUONG, Asst. Professor,  Sr. Research, PhD

Research focused on computational toxicology and building predictive models 

DAVID WILLIAMS, Professor, PhD 

Biochemical toxicology, metabolism and research efforts 

in diet and cancer