Integrating omic technologies into aquatic ecological risk assessment and environmental monitoring: hurdles, achievements, and future outlook

Graham Van Aggelen, Gerald T. Ankley, William S. Baldwin, Daniel W. Bearden, William H. Benson, Kevin Chipman, Tim W. Collette, John A. Craft

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Abstract

In this commentary we present the findings from an international consortium on fish toxicogenomics sponsored by the U.K. Natural Environment Research Council (Fish Toxicogenomics—Moving into Regulation and Monitoring, held 21–23 April 2008 at the Pacific Environmental Science Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada). The consortium from government agencies, academia, and industry addressed three topics: progress in ecotoxicogenomics, regulatory perspectives on roadblocks for practical implementation of toxicogenomics into risk assessment, and dealing with variability in data sets.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-5
Number of pages5
JournalEnvironmental Health Perspectives
Volume118
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2010

Keywords

  • environmental monitoring
  • fish
  • regulatory toxicology
  • transcriptomics
  • microarray
  • metabolomics

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