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lab profile
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 Jorge Herkovits
Institute of Environmental Sciences & Health, Fundacion PROSAMA
Paysandu 752
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1405
Argentina
herkovit@retina.ar
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YES |
| Taxa Studied: |
Vertebrate Animals |
| Techniques Employed: |
Sectioning for Histology, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Other, stage dependent susceptibility to noxious agents, oxygen consumption, oxydative stress, tissue residue of chemicals |
| Research Description: |
The EVO-TOX studies conducted in our laboratory are based in two
complementary concepts: i) that toxicity could result in extinction
(Paleoecotoxicology, Herkovits, 2001, Environmental Health Perspectives)
or ii) adaptation with the record of those evolutionary events during
ontogenic stages of living organisms (Evoecotoxicology, Herkovits, 2006,
Environmental Health Perspectives. The Evoecotox ¨theory¨ is also a new
datation method, e.g. I was able to anticipate that multicellular
organisms fluorished over 2.000 million years ago and, in 2010
multicellular fossils of over 2.000 million years old were published in
Nature (July 1). In sevral contributions we provided evidence that
ontogenic stages could be considered biomarkers of environmental
signatures during the evolutionary process.
We are very interested to develop collaborative multidisciplinary studies,
participate in research proposals as well as to invite colleagues to get
involved in research proposal developed from our lab.
Key words: evolution, toxicity, biomarker, mass extinction, ecotoxicology,
paleoecotoxicology, evoecotoxicology, evo-tox, adaptation, oxygen,
metabolism, metals, mitochondria, genetic, epigenetic
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| Willing to Host Undergraduates: |
YES |
| Actively Seeking Undergraduates: |
YES |
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