University of Saskatchewan

 

Wickstrom, Mark


Associate Professor
Academic Advisor, Undergraduate Program
Toxicology Centre
University of Saskatchewan, 44 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
S7N 5B3
Telephone: (306) 966-7446
Facsimile: (306) 931-1664
Email:mark.wickstrom@usask.ca


Academic Degrees

B.Sc. (Biola), M.Sc., D.V.M. (Washington), Ph.D. (Illinois)

Current Teaching

TOX 321.3 Risk Assessment and Regulatory Toxicology
TOX 403.3 Biotoxins
TOX 840.3 Wildlife Toxicology
TOX 860.3 Applied Toxicology (wildlife toxicology section)
VBMS 424.2 Veterinary Toxicology (poisonous plants section)

Current and Recent Research Projects

Effects of oil field emissions on immune function and reproduction in beef cattle and wild birds.
Genotoxic effects of exposure to oil field emissions in ground squirrels.
Impacts of diamond mine waste water on tundra ecosystem health.
Toxicity and bioavailability of lead to earthworms and wildlife on shooting ranges.
Effects of herbicide exposure in ovo on embryonic development, immune function and DNA integrity in birds.
Amphibians as indicators of habitat quality in oil sands-impacted wetlands.

Publications

Bollinger, T.K., P. Mineau and M.L. Wickstrom. 2005. Toxicity of sodium chloride to house sparrows (Passer domesticus). J. Wildl. Dis. 41: 363-370.

Froese, J.M.W., J.E.G. Smits and M.L. Wickstrom. 2005. Evaluation of two methods for measuring nonspecific immunity in tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum). J. Wildl. Dis. 41: 209-217.

Booth, L.H., F. Palasz, C. Darling, R.P. Lanno and M.L. Wickstrom. 2003. The effect of lead-contaminated soil from Canadian prairie skeet ranges on the neutral red retention assay and fecundity in the earthworm Eisenia fetida. Environ. Tox. Chem. 22: 2446-2453.

Thomas, P., B. Tracy, T. Ping, M. Wickstrom, N. Sidhu and L. Hiebert. 2003. Relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of polonium-210 alpha particles versus X-rays on lethality in bovine endothelial cells. Int. J. Radiat. Biol. 79: 107-118.

Wickstrom, M. and B. Blakley. 2002. Equine toxicosis: investigative strategies and approaches for performance horses. Clin. Tech. Eq. Pract. 1: 53-57.

Rogers, V.V., M. Wickstrom, K. Liber and M.D. MacKinnon. 2002. Acute and subchronic mammalian toxicity of naphthenic acids from oil sands tailings. Toxicol. Sci. 66: 347-355.

Cook, C.J., C.T. Eason, M. Wickstrom and C.D. Devine. 2000. Development of antidotes for sodium monofluoroacetate (1080). Biomarkers 6: 72-78.