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Experience

 
 
   Prof. Karl Fent

Work experience

Current work area

Methods

  • Ecotoxicology and environmental toxicology, especially of hormonally active substances and environmental drugs in vitro and in vivo in aquatic organisms
  • Biochemical and molecular mode of action of environmental toxins
  • Presence in the environment and effect of UV-filters and drugs on the reproduction and fertility of fish and daphnia
  • Molecular effects
  • Development of in vitro systems for the ecotoxicological evaluation of environmental toxins
  • Function and relevance of CYP3A in fish
  • Function and relevance of efflux-transporters in fish
  • Fate of nanoparticles in organisms
  • Risk evaluation of environmental chemicals and past pollution
  • Chemical analysis of UV-filters and drugs in the environment (LC-MS/MS)
  • Quantitative PCR of target genes in fish
  • Microarrays
  • Enzyme assays
  • Cultures of fish cells
  • Fluorescence microscopy
  • Classical investigations in aquatic organisms (fish, daphnia, etc.)

Updated on 21.07 2009 by Timo Buetler