Environmental Toxicology Faculty

Fumio Matsumura Department of Environmental Toxicology 4251B Meyer Hall Phone: 530-752-2725 Fax: 530-752-3394 Email: fmatsumura@ucdavis.edu

Research:

Environmental toxicology of pesticides and dioxin-type chemicals; toxicology of pollutants; microbial degradation of toxics; insect toxicology; studies of biologically active substances, oncogenes, protein kinases.

Education:

• University of Western Ontario - Zoology - 1961 PhD
• University of Alberta - Entomology - 1959 M.S.
• University of Tokyo - Agricultural Biology - 1957

Teaching:

• ETX 203 - Environmental Toxicants
• ETX 240 - Ecotoxicology

Professional Activities:

• Member of the Graduate Group in Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Member of the Graduate Group in Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry

Recent Publications:

Vogel CF, Sciullo E, Park S, Liedtke C, Trautwein C, Matsumura F. Dioxin increases C/EBP{b} transcription by activating cAMP/PKA. J Biol Chem. 2003 Dec 18

Vogel CF, Matsumura F. Interaction of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) with induced adipocyte differentiation in mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) involves tyrosine kinase c-Src. Biochem Pharmacol. 2003 Oct 1;66(7):1231-44.

Zou E, Matsumura F. Long-term exposure to beta-hexachlorocyclohexane (beta-HCH) promotes transformation and invasiveness of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. Biochem Pharmacol. 2003 Sep 1;66(5):831-40.

Vogel CF, Zhao Y, Wong P, Young NF, Matsumura F. The use of c-src knockout mice for the identification of the main toxic signaling pathway of TCDD to induce wasting syndrome. J Biochem Mol Toxicol. 2003;17(6):305-15.

Angermann JE, Fellers GM, Matsumura F. Polychlorinated biphenyls and toxaphene in Pacific tree frog tadpoles (Hyla regilla) from the California Sierra Nevada, USA. Environ Toxicol Chem. 2002 Oct;21(10):2209-15.