Dr. Robert Rice

Environmental Toxicology Faculty

Robert H. Rice
Professor
Department of Envionmental Toxicology
4243 Meyer Hall
Phone: 530-752-5176
Fax: 530-752-3394
Email: rhrice@ucdavis.edu

Research:
Mechanisms of action of toxic and physiological agents affecting keratinocyte growth and differentiation; biochemistry and expression of specific markers in epidermal cells and appendages; metabolic activation of toxic agents in keratinocytes. Link to Expanded Version

Education and Experience:

S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1963-1967 (Physics)
Ph.D.University of California, Berkeley 1967-1972 (Molecular Biology)
Postdoc, Depts Biochem/Biophysics and Food Science & Technology, UC Davis, 1972-75
Postdoc, Dept Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1975-79
Asst/Assoc Professor, Lab Toxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 1979-89
Professor, Dept Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, CA 1990-present

Teaching:

ETX 20 - Introduction to Forensic Science
ETX 103A - Biological Effects of Toxicants
ETX 110 - Toxic Tragedies and Their Impact on Society
ETX 278 - Molecular Techniques

Campus Memberships:

Graduate Group in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Graduate Group in Cell & Developmental Biology
Graduate Group in Pharmacology & Toxicology
Graduate Group in Forensic Science.
UC Davis Cancer Center
UC Genome Center
John Muir Institute for the Environment

Recent Publications:

Phillips MA, Jessen BA, Lu Y, Qin Q, Stevens ME, Rice RH (2004) A distal region of the human TGM1 promoter is required for expression in transgenic mice and cultured keratinocytes. BioMed Central Dermatology 4(1):2

Lee YJ, Rice RH, Lee YM (2006) Proteome analysis of human hair shaft: From protein identification to posttranslational modification. Molec Cell Proteomics 5:789-800

Rea MA, Zhou L, Qin Q, Barrandon Y, Easley K, Gungner S, Phillips MA, Holland WS, Gumerlock PH, Rocke DM, Rice RH (2006) Spontaneous immortalization of human epidermal cells with naturally elevated telomerase. J Invest Dermatol 126:2507-2515

Ngo MA, Sinitsyna NN, Qin Q, Rice RH (2007) Oxygen-dependent differentiation of human keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol 127:354-361

Patterson TJ, Rice RH (2007) Arsenite and insulin exhibit opposing effects on epidermal growth factor receptor and keratinocyte proliferative potential. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol, 221:119-128

Links to Publications Supplementary Information:

Global Alteration of Gene Expression in Human Keratinocytes by Inorganic Arsenic
Spontaneous immortalization of human epidermal cells with elevated telomerase II. A Statistical Protocol for Expression array analysis CEL files

Last updated March 24^th 2008