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2009

• Prof. Giesy lead a delegation of 35 students Post Docs and faculty in his program to the Annual North American meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) which was held November 19-23, 2009 in New Orleans. The group made a total of 31 presentations. Each presentation is listed below with a link to a PDF of the presentation which can be downloaded:

• “Toxic Effect of Long-Term Exposure to Ibuprofen in Daphnia magna, Moina macrocopa, and Oryzias latipes.”   With S. Han, J. Khim, S. Kim, J. Giesy, and K. Choi.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Effects of Upper Danube River Sediments on Steriodogenesis Using a Combination of Chemical Fractionation and the H295R Assay.”  With E. Higley, S. Grund, T. Seiler, U. Lubcke-von Varel, W. Brack; T. Schulze, J. Giesy, H. Hollert, and M. Hecker.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Toxicity and Mutagenicity of Danube River Sediments Determined by Chemical Fractionation, the Danio rerio Embryo Assay and the Ames Fluctuation Test.”  With E. Higley, S. Grund, T. Seiler, U. Lubcke-von Varel, W. Brack, T. Schulze, J. Wolz, H. Zielke, J. Giesy,  H. Hollert, and M. Hecker.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Origin of Hydroxylated Brominated Diphenyl Ethers: Natural Compounds or Man-made Flame Retardants?”  With Y. Wan, S.B. Wiseman, H. Chang, X. Zhang, P. Jones, M. Hecker, K. Kannan, J. Hu, M. Lam, and  J. Giesy.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Canidae Exposure to Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans (PCDFs) of the Tittabawassee River Floodplain, Midland, MI.”  With J. Moore, J. Newsted, S. Bursian, S. Plautz, S. Roark, M. Shotwell, D. Kay, X. Zhang, S. Fitzgerald, J. Giesy, and M. Zwiernik.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “The Effects of TCDD, PeCDF and TCDD on Reproduction of Mink and Growth and Survivability of their Offspring.”  With J. Moore, S. Bursian, S. Fitzgerald, J. Giesy, J. Newsted, X. Zhang, J. Link, S.B. Wiseman, D. Kay, M. Shotwell, and M. Zwiernik.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “The AHR Ligand Binding Domain and its Possible Role in predicting avian species sensitivity to dioxin-like compounds.”  With S.W. Kennedy, M. Zwiernik, S. Bursian, J.P. Giesy, R. Farmahin, J.C. Herve, S.P. Jones, L.J. Mundy, D. Crump, J. Link, A. Cohen-Barnhouse, Y. Wan, and S.B. Wiseman.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Multiple Lines of Evidence Risk Assessment of Great Blue Heron Exposed to PCDD/DFs in the Tittabawassee River Floodplain, MI, USA.”  With R. Seston, T.B. Fredricks, S. Coefield, D. Tazelaar, P.W. Bradley,  J. Newsted, S. Roark, D. Kay, J. Giesy, and M. Zwiernik. To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Exposure and Condition of Three Passerine Species Along the Tittabawassee River: a Multiple Lines of Evidence Approach.”  With T.B. Fredricks, M. Zwiernik, R. Seston, S. Coefield, D. Tazelaar, P.W. Bradley, D. Kay, J. Newsted, S. Roark, and J. Giesy.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Effects of PFCs on Gene Expression of the H4IIE Rat Hepatoma Cell Line.”  With J.E. Naile, S.B. Wiseman, P. Jones, J. Giesy.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “OECD Validation Program of the H295R Steroidogenesis Assay to Screen for Inhibitors and Inducers of Sex Steroid Hormone Production.”  With M. Hecker, H. Hollert, R. Cooper, Y. Akahori, M. Murphy, R. Wu, P. Lam, C. Nellemann, E. Higley, J. Newsted, J. Laskey, S. Maletz, S. Han, G. Timm, J. Giesy.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Effects of Ozone-Treated and Untreated Sediment-Free Oil Sand Processed Water on In Vitro Steroidogenesis.”  With Y. He, S.B. Wiseman, M. Hecker, P. Jones, M. Gamel El-Din, J.W. Martin, and J. Giesy.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Quality Assessment of Contaminated Sediment in Korean Coastal Areas: Application of Sediment Triad Approach.”  With J. Khim, J. Giesy, and C. Koh.   To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Perfluorinated Compounds in Environmental Samples Collected from the Estuarine and Coastal Areas of Korea.”  With J.E. Naile, J. Khim, T. Wang, C. Chen, B. Kwon, C. Koh, P. Jones, Y. Lu, and J. Giesy.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Effects of Chlorinated Dioxins and Furans on Japanese Quail, Common Pheasant, and Domestic Chicken: Insights from in ovo Studies.”  With Y. Yang, S.B. Wiseman, J. Herve, R. Farmahin, T.B. Fredricks, P.W. Bradley, A. Cohen-Barnhouse, Y. Wan, P. Jones, J. Newsted, S.W. Kennedy,  M. Zwiernik, S. Bursian, and J. Giesy.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Linking Biological and Molecular Effects of Ethinylestradiol Exposure in Xenopus laevis.” With A. Tompsett, S.B. Wiseman, M. Hecker, and J. Giesy.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Sensitivity of Early Life-Stages of White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) to Selected Metals.”  With D. Vardy, A. Tompsett, J. Oeller, K. Liber, M. Adzic, J. Giesy, and M. Hecker.

  “Substratum Suitability for Toxicity Tests with Early Life-Stages of White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus).”  With D. Vardy, A. Tompsett, K. Liber, M. Adzic,  J. Giesy, and M. Hecker.   To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Sensitivity of White Leghorn Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) Embryos to in ovo Exposure to 2,3,7,8-TCDD, 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF and 2,3,7,8-TCDF.”  With A. Cohen-Barnhouse, S. Bursian, J. Link, J. Giesy, P. Jones, Y. Wan, S.B. Wiseman, Y. Yang, S.W. Kennedy, J. Newsted, B. Collins, and M. Zwiernik.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Sensitivity of Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Embryos to in ovo Exposure to 2,3,7,8-TCDD, 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF and 2,3,7,8-TCDF.”  With A. Cohen-Barnhouse, S. Bursian, J. Link, J. Giesy, and P. Jones.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Evaluation of Enzyme Induction in Relation to Tissue Concentrations of PCDDs, PCDF, and PCBs in Three Bird Species from the Tittabawassee River.”  With T.B. Fredricks, J. Newsted, R. Seston, P.W. Bradley, S.B. Wiseman, S. Bursian, J. Giesy, and M. Zwiernik.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Concentrations of PCDDs and PCDFs in Eggs and Diets of Wood Ducks and Hooded Mergansers.”  With L.L. Williams, T.B. Fredricks, M. Zwiernik, D. Tazelaar, J. Moore, J. Giesy, D. Kay, R. Seston, S. Coefield, S. Kaelber-Matlock.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Adult and Nestling Band Returns and Long-Term Survival Monitoring of Three Passerine Species Inhabiting The Tittabawassee River Basin.”  With T.B. Fredricks, M.W. Nadeau, F. Vermeulen, D. Tazelaar, and M. Zwiernik.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Assessing the Exposure and Condition of American Robins Along the Tittabawassee River Utilizing a Multiple Lines of Evidence Approach.”  With D. Tazelaar, R. Seston, T.B. Fredricks, S. Coefield, J. Newsted, S. Roark, S. Bursian, D. Kay, M. Zwiernik, and J. Giesy. To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Ecological Risk Assessment of Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) Exposed to PCDF/DDs in MI, USA.”  With S. Coefield, M. Zwiernik, T.B. Fredricks, R. Seston, M.W. Nadeau, D. Tazelaar, D. Kay, J. Newsted, S. Roark, and J. Giesy.   To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Multiple Lines of Evidence Risk Assessment of Belted Kingfisher Exposed to PCDD/DFs in the Tittabawassee River Floodplain, MI, USA.”  With R. Seston, T.B. Fredricks, S. Coefield, D. Tazelaar, P.W. Bradley, S. Roark, J. Newsted, D. Kay, M. Zwiernik, and J. Giesy.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “The Effects of TCDD, PeCDF and TCDF on Development of Maxillary and Mandibular Squamous Epithelial Proliferation in Mink.”  With J. Moore, S. Bursian, S. Fitzgerald, J. Giesy, J. Newsted, X. Zhang, J. Link, S.B. Wiseman, D. Kay, M. Shotwell, and M. Zwiernik.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “Survival and Growth of White Sturgeon After Exposure to Columbia River Water at Two Sites in British Columbia, Canada.”  With A. Tompsett, D. Vardy, M. Allan, J.H. Smith, K. Liber, J. Giesy, and M. Hecker.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  “A Weight-of-Evidence Approach and Effect Directed Analysis – In Search for the Causes of Fish Decline in the Danube River.”  With H. Hollert, S. Keiter, M. Boettcher, S. Grund, J. Otte, K. Bluhm, N. Seitz,M. Hecker, E. Higley, J. Giesy, M. Engwall, W. Brack, T. Schulze, M. Suter,  R. Schoenenberger, U. Kammann, U. Stahle, and T. Braunbeck.  To: 30th annual meeting, November 19-23, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

 

• Prof. Giesy elected Einstein Professor by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Chinese Academy of Sciences established the Einstein Professorship in 2005 and elects 10 to 12 leading foreign scientists each year. This is the highest honor that CAS awards to foreign scientists. A purpose of the "Einstein Professor" program of CAS is to strengthen the interactions between Chinese scientists with top scientists throughout the world. Recipients are leaders in their respective fields, and include recipients of, or contenders for, major international science awards (e.g. Nobel, Wolf, Turing, Tyler prize), and are active in their respective scientific disciplines. Among the 15 recepients of the award for 2009 are six Nobel Prize laureates in fields ranging from economics to physics, and one Turing Award winner. Recipients are chosen yearly from a pool of nominees by a panel chaired by CAS President Lu Yongxiang. More

• Prof. Giesy has been appointed to the Science Advisory Board of the US Environmental Protection Agency. As a chartered member, he serves on the executive committee of the SAB. The SAB provides advice and guidance to the agency on all aspects of their operations. Periodically ad hoc committees are formed to provide the agency with opinions on important issues. http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/Web BOARD/CommitteesandMembership?OpenDocument

• Prof. Giesy makes a lecture tour in China. Prof Giesy spent two weeks in China, presenting lectures at Xiamen, Nanjing and Peking Universities as well as the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.

2008

• Prof. Giesy and a number of his colleagues, post docs, and students from both Michigan State University and the University of Saskatchewan attended the 29th annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), which was held November 16-21, Tampa, FL. Prof. Giesy's group made 22 platform and poster presentations, the most of any group attending the meeting. Presentations

• Prof Giesy was on the organizing committee of the 35 th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop held October 5-8, 2008 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. In addition to helping organize the meeting, he and his students and post docs presented 7 papers at the meeting. Presentations

• Prof. Giesy group is working for a five-year wildlife study throughout the Tittabawassee River floodplain since the fall of 2003 to assess the possible effects of dioxin and furan exposure from the environment. A web-site is newly designed to provide residents, landowners, and stakeholders with information regarding our research, which is made possible by the cooperation of numerous landowners throughout the floodplain, to whom we are very grateful. Link to Web-Site

• Prof. Giesy attended the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) 5th World Congress that was held August 3-7, 2008 in Sydney, Australia . He presented one invited abstract and was an author on three others. Presentations

• Prof. Giesy, research team presented four papers to Dioxin 2008: 28 th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), which was held. August 17-22, in Birmingham, UK. Presentations

• Prof. Giesy continues to impact public policy through providing information to government agencies. He continues to serve on the Executive Committee of the Board of Scientific Councilors for the Office of Research and Development of the US Environmental Protection Agency. This past year he provided testimony to two US EPA Science Advisory Panels. The titles of his presentations were: 1) “Assessment of Potential Effects of the Herbicide Atrizine to Amphibians.” With K.S. Solomon, J.A. Carr, L.H. DuPreez, R.J. Kendall, E.E. Smith, and G.J. van der Kraak, October 9, 2007, Washington, D.C. and 2) “Tier II Scientific Assessment of Toxicity and Risks of Flowable Formulations of Carbofuran to Birds” With Lou Best, Larry Brewer, Dwayne Moore, and Keith Solomon. February 5, 2008, Washington, D.C.

• For the 11th year in succession Prof. Giesy has been rated in the top 10 of authors cited in the fields of Ecology and Environmental Science by Thompson's ISH Insights InCites Highly Cited Author Recognition-2006 : He was the 2nd most cited author in the Fields of Ecology and Environment over the period of 1996-2006. Based on 171 papers monitored for the period, Prof. Giesy had a total of 4,669 citations with an average citations per paper of 27.3 : Web site: http://in-cites.com/top/2007/

  * Highly Cited Paper 2008: Solomon, K. R., D. B. Baker, R. P. Richards, K. R. Dixon, S. J. Klaine, T. W. LaPoint, R. J. Kendall, J. M. Giddings, J. P. Giesy, L. W. Hall, Jr., C. P. Weisskopf and W. M. Williams. 1996. Ecological Risk Assessment of Atrazine in North American Surface Waters. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15:31 -76. http://www.setacjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html

• Prof. Giesy was made a Guest Professor at Xiamen University in Xiamen China . He will assist colleagues and their students in designing and conducting studies. He will join the “111” Project on Environmental Toxicology. This is the third professorship that he holds in China . He is also Chair Professor at Large in the Department of Biology and Chemistry at City University of Hong Kong and a Concurrent Professor I the School of Environment at Nanjing University, Nanjing China.

• Prof Giesy was the primary lecturer in a two week summer course entitled Ecotoxicology that was taught in at Xiamen University June 30 th through July 11 th 2008 . The course was taught by faculty from Xiamen University 's State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and from City University of Hong Kong and attended by 50 students from across China . The course included lectures, exercises and a field trip to learn about studies being conducted in Xiamen Harbor. Photos

• Professor Giesy's group presented 7 abstracts at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)-European Section, which was held May 25-29, 2008, in Warsaw, Poland. List of presentation

• Dr. Jong Seong Khim and Mr. Jonathan Naile of the ETL-U of S conducted an international field sampling along the west coast of Korea and the north-easty coast of China during the period of 6 weeks in April and May, 2008. The survey aimed to collect environmental samples such as sediment, soil, water, and biological samples from the Yellow Sea coastal areas to understand environmental distribution, sources, and fate of POPs and EDCs including perfluorinated compounds. Twelve people participated, three in Korea and nine in China and made a trip over 1,500 km in Korea (3 days) and 7,000 km in China (2 weeks), respectively. A total of 15 and 37 locations along the coastal areas in Korea and China , respectively, were selected to cover random sampling and point sources. More than 50 and 150 samples have been collected in each country that included soil, sediment, water, and various species of coastal and riverine organisms. It was a long, huge and comprehensive field trip across two countries the likes of which none of us had never experienced before and we made good team-work and partnership throughout the filed period between the groups participated from China (Prof. Lu, RCEES), Canada (Prof. Giesy, U of S), and Korea (Prof. Koh, SNU). A field report and photos

• In January, Prof. Giesy traveled to Nanjing and Beijing to work with colleagues and students at those universities. He presented lectures and worked individually with students for whom he serves as an advisor on their various projects. List of presentations

• Prof Giesy spent January and February at the City University of Hong Koang, where he worked on preparing manuscripts and proposals with his colleagues in the Department of Biology and Chemistry.

2007

• Prof Giesy has spent 6 weeks in Hong Kong and on the mainland in China working with colleagues and his students there. More Info

• Article by Prof. Giesy, "Global Distribution of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate in Wildlife", published in Environmental Science & Technology is being featured on the ACS Publications website as a "Highly Cited Paper" as defined by Thomson Scientific (ISI) Essential Science Indicators. Highly Cited Papers are Highly Cited articles in the top 1% of the most-cited papers during the last 10 years. Citations are counted from all sources, and are cumulated from the year of publication through the current year. More Info

  * Highly Cited Paper 2007: Giesy, J. P. and K. Kannan. 2001. Global Distribution of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate and Related Perfluorinated Compounds in Wildlife. Env. Sci. Technol. 35:1339-1342. Link to ES&T Highly Cited 2007

• Article by Prof. Giesy, "Perfluorooctanesulfonate and Related Fluorochemicals in Human Blood Samples from China ", published in Environmental Science & Technology is being featured on the ACS Publications website as a "Top 3 Most-Cited ES&T Articles from 2006" as defined by Thomson Scientific (ISI) Essential Science Indicators. More Info

  * Top 3 Most-Cited ES&T Articles from 2006: Yeung, L.W.Y., I.M.K. So, G. Jiang, S. Taniyasu, N. Yamashita, M. Song, Y. Wu, J. Li, J.P. Giesy and P.K.S. Lam. 2006. Perfluorooctanesulfonate and Related Fluorochemicals in Human Blood Samples from China. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40:715-720. Link to ES&T Most Cited 2006

• Dr. Jong Seong Khim of the ETL-U of S gave an invited presentation entitled: "Exposure Assessment of Environmental Samples and Contaminants: TIE Approach". To: 4th Internation Symposium for Persistent Toxic Substances (ISPTS), Beijing, China, November 19, 2007. Link to Presentation
• SETAC 2007: Prof. Giesy and 265 of his students, post docs and technicians attended the 28th Annual Meeting of the North American branch of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), which was held November 11-15 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Prof Giesy and his students presented the largest number of papers of any group (21). One of Prof. Giesy's students, Xiaowei Zhang was recognized at the meeting for having one of the best student posters at the 27th annual meeting, which was held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. List of presentation
• Two of our first year ETL-U of S students were recognized at the recently held '34th Aquatic Toxicology Workshop, Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 2, 2007' for their excellence. These were Ph.D. Student Amber Tompsett (best platform presentation) and M.S. student Eric Higley (best poster presentation).
  
  * Best student platform presentation: A. Tompsett, J.-W. Park, J.L. Newsted, M. Hecker, P.D. Jones and X. Zhang. “Gene expression and histological structure as biomarkers of chemical exposure in Japanese medaka.
  
  * Best student poster presentation: E. Higley, J.L. Newsted and M. Hecker, P.D. Jones and X. hang. “Differential effects of environmental chemicals and selected pharmaceuticalson aromatase activity.
• One of our ETL-U of S post docs, Dr. Wan Yi, from Peking University, was recently named as the top graduate student in China by the Chinese Academy of Sciences for the work he did for his dissertation.
  
  * 1st Place: Wan Yi, Organo Water Quality and Aquatic Environment Fellowship, August 31, 2007, Chinese Academy of Science, China.
• Prof. Giesy testified before the “Committee on Making the Best Use of the Agent Orange Reconstruction Model” of the USA Institute of Medicine (USA) in May 2007.
• Prof. Giesy has initiated a number of new projects at the University of Saskatchewan, City University of Hong Kong, and Michigan State University, during 2007 with funding from public and private institutions.
• Prof. Giesy presented a seminar entitled: “Elucidating Changes in Aromatase (CYP19) Gene Expression in Japanes Medaka (Oryzias latipes) Exposed to Fadrazol: In situ Hybridization in a Whole Animal Model. With A. Tompsett, J.W. Park, X. Zhang, M. Hecker, J.L. Newsted, P.D. Jones, D. Au, P.K.S. Lam and R. S.S. Wu. To: Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and State Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Qingdao, PR China, January 9, 2007.
• Prof. Giesy presented a seminar entitled: “Elucidating Changes in Aromatase (CYP19) Gene Expression in Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes) Exposed to Fadrazol: In situ Hybridization in a Whole Animal Model.  With A. Tompsett, J.W. Park, X. Zhang, M. Hecker, J.L. Newsted, P.D. Jones, D. Au, P.K.S. Lam and R. S.S. Wu.  To: State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, PR China, January 11, 2007.
• “Perfluorinated Chemicals:  The History of an Environmental Issue”  To: Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, May 3, 2007.
• Prof. Giesy Retired from Michigan State University after 26 years of service.  He continues to advise students and direct research programs through the Zoology Department and the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center.
• Prof. Giesy was appointed to the editorial board of Reviews of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology (RECT).

2006

• Prof. Giesy continued to be the 2nd most cited author in the field of Ecology/Environment. http://in-cites.com/top/2006/fifth06-env.html
• Prof. Giesy was appointed to the Editorial Board of the journal Geochemistry and Environmental Health.
• Prof. Giesy presented a seminar entitled: “Eco-Toxicological Evaluation of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) in the Environment.  To:  US EPA Exposure Laboratory, Athens, GA, (Web Cast to 20 EPA offices and laboratories across the country).  March 23, 2006.
• Prof. Giesy presented a seminar entitled: “Perfluorinated Compounds in the Environment:  The History of an Environmental Issue.”  To:  Environmental Health Sciences Program, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, March 23, 2006.
• Prof. Giesy presented a seminar entitled: “Ecological Risk Assessment and the Tittabawassee River, Why, How, and Who Cares?”  With M. Zwiernik.  To:  Chippewa Nature Center, Midland, Michigan.  April 13, 2006.
• Prof. Giesy presented a seminar entitled: “Fishing for Answers! Using Two Fish-Eating Birds (the Belted Kingfisher and Great Blue Heron) as Receptors in the Tittabawassee River Ecological Risk Assessment”.  With: R. Seston.  To:  Chippewa Nature Center, Midland, Michigan.  April 20, 2006.
• Prof. Giesy presented a seminar entitled: “WHOOOS WHOOO??? The Great Horned Owl (Bubo Virginianus) as a Terrestrial Indicator Species in the Ecological Risk Assessment for the Tittabawassee River and Floodplain.”  With:  S. Coefield.  To:  Chippewa Nature Center, Midland, Michigan.  April 27, 2006.
• Prof. Giesy presented a seminar entitled: “From Bugs to Birds: An Assessment of Song Bird Dietary Exposure to PCDFs and PCDDs in the Tittabawassee River Floodplain”.  With:  T. Fredricks.  To:  Chippewa Nature Center, Midland, Michigan.  May 4, 2006.
• Prof. Giesy presented a seminar entitled: “Uptake of PCDD/DF and Potential Effects on Wildlife of the Tittabawassee River, Michigan, USA”.  To: 3rd International Conference on Environmental Enhancement and Sustainable Development.  Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, August 4-8, 2006.
• Prof. Giesy presented a seminar entitled: “Perfluorinated Compounds:  A Novel Class of Global Pollutants.”  To Carelton University, Ottawa, Ontario, November 1, 2006.
• Prof. Giesy presented a seminar entitled: “Understanding the Ecological Risk of Dioxin-like Compounds:  Species Sensitivity, the Great Leap Forward.”  With M.J. Zwiernik.  To The National Wildlife Research Centre, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, November 1, 2006.  .
• Prof. Giesy presented a seminar entitled: “Perfluorinated Compounds:  A Novel Class of Global Pollutants.”  To: Center of Excellence in Environmental Chemistry (CEEC) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland, December 14, 2006. 
• Prof. Giesy was elected to a second term on the Michigan State University Faculty Council
• Prof. Giesy was elected to a second term on the Michigan State University Academic Council
• Prof. Giesy was elected to a second term on the Michigan State University, University Committee on Faculty Tenure
• Prof. Giesy was elected to a second term on the Michigan State University, University Committee on Academic Governance (2006-2009)
• Prof. Giesy and 25 of his students, post docs and technicians attended the 27th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), November 5-9, 2006, Montreal, Quebec, Canada where they presented 21 abstracts .
• Prof. Giesy was an invited delegate to the 26th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants, Oslo, Norway, August 21-25, 2006, where he chaired the session on “Perfluorinated Substances: Sources, Environmental Levels and transformation”.
• Prof. Giesy presented a briefing to Deputy Ministers “Monitoring of Contaminants in the Environment:  Perfluorinated Compounds—A Case History.
• Prof. Giesy served on an external advisory committee to the Research Division of Environment Canada on the 25-year strategic plan. 
• Prof. Giesy was the co-organizer of the 3rd International Conference on Environmental Enhancement and Sustainable Development, held in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China, August 4-8, 2006. He also Prof Giesy made two Invited presentations and chaired a session.
• Prof. Giesy and his graduate students made five presentations to the 23rd Annual meeting of the Ohio Valley Regional Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC), which was held April 20-21, 2006 in Fort Wayne, IN.
• Prof. Giesy was reappointed to a second three-year term of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Executive Committee of the Office of Research and Development of the US EPA.
• Prof. Giesy attended the 16th Annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology European Geographic Unit (SETAC-Europe), which was held May 7-11, 2006, in The Hague, The Netherlands.  His research group gave four presentations, including the Invited, Plenary Keynote Address entitled: “Early Exposure-Late Effects in Invertebrates and Vertebrates.
• Prof. Giesy was reappointed to a second three-year term of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) National Toxicology Program (NTP), National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
• Presented paper entitled “Toxicological perspectives of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) to aquatic organisms in the Great Lakes.” With: J.L. Newsted and P.D. Jones. To: 49th Conference on Great Lakes Research, Windsor, Ontario, May 22-26, 2006.
• Prof. Giesy was the features speaker at the Environmental Explorations Day of the Dept of Biology, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, February, 7, 2006.
• “Perfluorinated Compounds in the Environment:  The History of an Environmental Issue”.

2004 - 2005

• On 11/22/05 Dr. Matthew Zwiernik of the Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory presented: "What do we know"  an Information update and Present Status of Studies  in Support of an Environment Risk Assessment  for the Tittabawassee River Basin. The presentation was to State and Federal Agencies, Stakeholder Trustees and PRPs and was presented at the Kellogg Center Hotel and Conference Center.Dr Zwiernik’s presentation summarized presentations given at the SETAC 2005 conference (see below).

 *** SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ***

• Prof. Giesy has been appointed Canada Research Chair in Environmental Toxicology at the University of Saskatchewan, by the Canadian federal government.  Link to University of Saskatchewan Press Release
• SETAC 2005: Prof. Giesy and 19 of his graduate students, post doctoral fellows and visiting scientists recently attended the 26 th Annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry ( North America), which was held in Baltimore, Maryland. Link to Posters and Presentations
• Prof. Giesy gave an invited presentation to the annual meeting of the Michigan Region of The Society of Toxicology held November 4 in East Lansing, Michigan.  The theme of the meeting was biomonitoring.  Link to Prof. Giesy’s presentation.
• SETAC 2004: Prof. Giesy and 17 of his graduate students, post doctoral fellows and visiting scientists recently attended the World Congress of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, which was held in Portland, Oregon.  Link to Presentations and Posters
• Prof. Giesy was a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Superfund Basic Research program, serving as a lead reviewer and resume preparer.  The meeting to review 21 proposals was held in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, October 4-7, 2004.  Additional information about the meeting can be obtained from the following web site: http://www-apps.niehs.nih.gov/sbrp/
• Prof. Giesy Participated in the 24th International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and POPs, which was held September 6-10, 2004, Berlin Germany.  He presented the Invited keynote paper entitled: “Toxicological Perspectives on Perfluorinated Compounds in Avian Species” (PRESENTATION AS PDF).  He also chaired the session entitled: “Perfluorinated Compounds in the Environment”.  Additional information about the meeting can be obtained from the following web site Link:  http://www.dioxin2004.org/.  The papers from the meeting are available at: http://www.burnbarrel.org/Science/Dioxin2004.html
• Prof. Giesy attended the fall meeting of the Board of Scientific Councilors of the National Toxicology Program which was held in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.  Prof. Giesy was the lead discussant on Ionic liquids, a class of compounds nominated for a NTP study.  Additional information about the meeting can be obtained from this  link Specific to the fall meeting: http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/
• General information about the BOSC can be obtained from:  http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/
• Prof. Giesy had been made an Adjunct Professor, Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.  The appointment will allow him to work more closely with colleagues in the Toxicology Center at U of S.  More information about the University of Saskatchewan is available at the following URL:  http://www.usask.ca/.
• Prof. Giesy was invited to give an oral presentation at a Gordon Research Conference in Plymouth New Hampshire (June 27-July1) (Environmental Sciences: Water).  More information on the Gordon Research Conferences for this year can be found at the following URL: http://www.grc.uri.edu/04sched.htm. The presentation entitled “Perfluorinated Compounds in the Environment:  Where are We, How did We Get Here, and Where are We Going”.  More information about the Gordon Research Conferences can be obtained at the following URL:  http://www.grc.uri.edu/
• Prof. Giesy has been appointed to a three year term on the Executive Committee of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) of the US EPA’s Office of Research and Development.  This group advises EPA on their research programs and research directions.  The BOSC recently met at the new EPA research laboratory in Research Triangle Park.  More information can be found at the following URL:  http://www.epa.gov/edrlupvx/bosc/
• Prof. Giesy recently attended a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which was held in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.  The NTP-BOSC advises the NTP on research directions and reviews NTP work products such as research projects and reports on nominated chemicals.  More information about the NTP-BOSC and it’s mission can be found at the following URL :  http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/htdocs/NTP_Org_Charts/BSC_Members.html
• Prof. Giesy recently presented the keynote address entitled “Ecological Risk Assessments for Perfluorinated Fatty Acids in the Marine Environment” to the 4th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology, June 1-5, Hong Kong, SAR, China can be found at the following link PRESENTATION.  In addition to his keynote presentation, Prof. Giesy was a coauthor on five other papers given by colleagues and students.  A picture from the conference can be found at PRESENTATION.  More information about the meeting, including the complete program, can be found at the following URL :  http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityu/events/conf2004.htm
• Prof. Giesy recently co-chaired a meeting June 7-10 in Beijing, Peoples Republic of China (Photographs).  The meeting entitled “The Science-Based Decision Making to Reduce Risks from Persistent Organic pollutants (POPS) was a joint workshop of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, SCOPE-China and the US National Academies of Science.  The primary overall objectives of the workshop are to bring scientists, engineers, policy makers and managers from government agencies, businesses and industries, academia and non-government organizations (NGOs) together to discuss issues relative to environmental protection and decision making.  The organizers realize that there are many ways to accomplish the goal of applying sound science in a risk assessment-based decision process.  Pictures from the conference can be found at the following link.  More information about the meeting, including the program, can be found at the following here MORE INFO .
• Prof. Giesy and the Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory at Michigan State University have recently been selected to receive funding from the US EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program on Computational Toxicology and Biology in Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment.  “Chemical Induced Changes in Gene Expression Patterns (GEPs) using a Small Fish Model:  A Systems Approach”.  2004-2007, $750,000.  More information about the STAR program and the specific program under which this research was funded can be found at the following URL:  http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/

• Prof. Giesy was invited to present a keynote address entitled “Bioanalytical Techniques for Screening for AhR agonist Activities in Environmental Samples”.  To: 3rd Annual Meeting of the Chinese Toxicology Association.  June 13, 2004, Nanjing, China.  Prof. Giesy’s presentation can be downloaded PRESENTATION.

• Prof. Giesy has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the US EPAs Board of Scientific Counselors. MORE INFO
• Prof. Giesy has been appointed to the Science Advisory Panel of the Environmental Agency of the United Kingdom.
• Prof. Giesy named to top 10 most cited authors in Environment/Ecology MORE INFO
• MSU Ecotoxicology Laboratory Investigates Polychlorinated-p-dibenzo dioxins in the Tittabawassee River, Michigan.
• The MSU ETL investigates the environmental dynamics and potential risks of PCBs in the sediments and flood plain of the Kalamazoo River, Michigan.
• The MSU ETL develops a rapid, sensitive method for screening for the potential effects of chemicals on hormone production and transformation.
• Prof Giesy has been named to the Board of Scientific Councilors of the US National Institutes of Health. MORE INFO
• Prof. Giesy presented the very prestigious "Russell Lecture" at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. PHOTOS AND MORE INFO
• Prof. Giesy presented the keynote address to the 12th International Symposium on Biological Indicators-"Bioindicators for Environmental Management, December 2-5, Hong Kong. PHOTOS AND MORE INFO
• Prof. Giesy is made a Concurrent Professor by the School of Environment at Nanjing University, China. PHOTOS AND INFO
• Prof. Giesy was an invited delegate to the meeting of the Science and Technology Advisory Panel (STAP) to the Global Environment Facility (GEF) of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), which was held in Tsukuba, Japan. MORE INFO
• Prof. Giesy has been named by the National Academies of Science rrent Professor by the School of Environment at Nanjing University, China. PHOTOS AND INFO
• Prof. Giesy was an invited delegate to the meeting of the Science and Technology Advisory Panel (STAP) to the Global Environment Facility (GEF) of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), which was held in Tsukuba, Japan. MORE INFO
• Prof. Giesy has been named by the National Academies of Science of the US to chair a joint meeting with the Chinese Academy of Science on control of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the global environment. The meeting will be held in June of 2004 in Beijing, China. PHOTOS AND MORE INFO
• Prof. Giesy was recently in Hanoi, Vietnam to assist the US EPA, National Institutes of Health and Vietnamese Researchers in designing a program to determine the magnitude and extent of dioxins in the environment to facilitate cleanup activities. PHOTOS AND MORE INFO
• Prof. Giesy was at the National Institute for Environmental Management Technology in Tsukuba, Japan to work with colleagues on a program to measure concentrations of perfluorinated compounds in the marine environment. PHOTOS AND MORE INFO