University of Saskatchewan

Niyogi, Som


Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
S7N 5E2
Telephone: (306) 966-4453
Facsimile: (306) 931-4461
Email:som.niyogi@usask.ca



Academic Degrees

M.Sc. (Calcutta), Ph.D. (Calcutta)


Current Teaching

BIOL 224.3 - Animal Body Systems

TOX 301.3 - Environmental Toxicology

BIOL 898.3 - Special Topics (Physiology and Toxicology of Aquatic Animals)


Current and Recent Research Projects

Physiological and molecular mechanisms of uptake, homeostasis and toxicity of trace metals in freshwater fish

Application of the Biotic Ligand Model (BLM) approach in assessing bioavailability and toxicity of metals/metal-mixtures to freshwater fish

Population level effects of industrial metal pollution in freshwater fish: Influence of toxicity modifying factors

 


Publications

S. Misra, R.W. Kwong, S. Niyogi. 2012. Transport of selenium across the plasma membrane of primary hepatocytes and enterocytes of rainbow trout. Journal of Experimental Biology 215, 1491-1501.

S. Misra, C. Hamilton, S. Niyogi. 2012. Induction of oxidative stress by selenomethionine in isolated hepatocytes of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Toxicology in Vitro 26, 621-629.

S. Misra, D. Peak, N. Chen, C. Hamilton, S. Niyogi. 2012. Tissue-specific accumulation and speciation of selenium in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to elevated dietary selenomethionine. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C 155, 560-565.

A.K. Manek, M.C. Ferrari, J.M. Sereda, S. Niyogi, D.P. Chivers. 2012. The effects of UV radiation on a freshwater prey fish: physiological stress response, club cell investment and alarm cue production. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105, 832-841.

R.W. Kwong, S. Niyogi. 2012. Cadmium transport in isolated enterocytes of freshwater rainbow trout: interactions with zinc and iron, effects of complexation with cysteine, and an ATPase-coupled efflux. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C 155, 238-246. 

L.D. Rozon-Ramilo, M.G. Dube, A.J. Squires, S. Niyogi. 2011. Examining waterborne and dietborne routes of exposure and their contribution to biological response patterns in fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). Aquatic Toxicology 105, 466-481.

J.C. McGeer, S. Niyogi, D.S. Smith. 2011. Cadmium. In Homeostasis and Toxicology of Non-Essential Metals: FISH PHYSIOLOGY Volume 31B. pp. 125-184. C.M. Wood, A.P. Farrell and C.J. Brauner (Eds). Elsevier.

L.D. Rozon-Ramilo, M.G. Dube, C.J. Rickwood, S. Niyogi. 2011. Examining the effects of metal mining mixtures on fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) using field-based multi-trophic artificial streams. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 74, 1536-1547.

R.W. Kwong, J.A. Andrés, S. Niyogi. 2011. Effects of dietary cadmium exposure on tissue-specific cadmium accumulation, iron status and expression of iron-handling and stress-inducible genes in rainbow trout: Influence of elevated dietary iron. Aquatic Toxicology 102, 1-9.

R.W. Kwong, J.A. Andrés, S. Niyogi. 2010. Molecular evidence and physiological characterization of iron absorption in isolated enterocytes of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Implications for dietary cadmium and lead absorption. Aquatic Toxicology 99, 343-350.

S. Misra, D. Peak, S. Niyogi. 2010. Application of XANES spectroscopy in understanding the metabolism of selenium in isolated rainbow trout hepatocytes: insights into selenium toxicity. Metallomics 2, 710-717.