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The Kassotis Lab

is open at Wayne State University! We joined the Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (lab home in the Integrative Biosciences Center - IBio), with a co-appointment in the Department of Pharmacology. 

Our lab will be focused on understanding endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and mixtures, and their potential impacts on human/animal health - with a particular focus on metabolic health (e.g. obesity, etc.). 

My research uses a mixture of cell culture mechanism assays, coupled with zebrafish and mouse models, to characterize molecular mechanisms underpinning potential impacts of EDCs on human and animal health.

Research
Lab News and Updates
March 2023
New lab paper published in Science of the Total Environment: Adipogenic and Endocrine Disrupting Mixture Effects of Organic and Inorganic Pollutant Mixtures.

New lab paper published in Metabolites: Cetyl Alcohol Polyethoxylates Disrupt Metabolic Health in Developmentally Exposed Zebrafish.


November 2022
New co-author paper published with Leo Trasande in Pediatric Clinics of North America: The Pediatrician's Role in Protecting Children from Environmental Hazards.

Our first postdoc, Matt LeFauve, has accepted a permanent position as a Toxicologist at the US EPA office in Chicago! 


October 2022
Our lab attended the 2022 Michigan Society of Toxicology meeting on October 18th and presented data from three ongoing projects in the lab!
Drs. Bérubé and LeFauve presented posters on ethoxylates and complex mixture projects.
Samantha Heldman won 1st place for her symposium presentation on liquid crystal chemicals!

Co-author paper published with the Petriello Lab in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology: Exposure to a mixture of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances modulates pulmonary expression of ACE2 and circulating hormones and cytokines. 
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Please feel free to contact me with questions and comments!


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Email

christopher.kassotis@wayne.edu
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” — Jane Goodall