Katie Toedt

Visiting Assistant Professor

Education
Postdoctoral Training: National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, And National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ph.D., M.Ph., M.S., Biology and Environmental Medicine, New York University B.S., Biology and Chemistry, Adelphi University

Research Interests
My research interests focus on the measurement of the overall stress response in relation to various environmental xenobiotic exposure regimes within aquatic biomarker sentinel species,
including the common killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). End point analyses include induction and modulation of metallothionein mRNA in killifish following exposure to such variables as
temperature change, starvation and cadmium, and the relationship between phthalate exposure and altered fish social behaviors. Towards this goal, in learning to appreciate the whole organism and contributing towards a more comprehensive explanation to determine how exposure to ubiquitous chemicals, including heavy metals and plasticizers, potentially disrupts behavior and molecular homeostasis in teleosts.

Selected Publications
Kaplan, L.A. Nabel, M., Van Cleef-Toedt, K., Profit. A.R., and Pylpiw, H.M. Jr. 2013. Impact of benzyl butyl phthalate on shoaling behavior in Fundulus heteroclitus (mummichog) populations.
Marine Environmental Research 86, 70-75.

Van Cleef-Toedt, K., L.A.E. Kaplan and J.F. Crivello. 2002. Effects of cadmium exposure in spawning and non-spawning Fundulus heteroclitus (seasonal influence). Journal of Cell Stress
22: 79-83.

Van Cleef-Toedt, K., L.A.E. Kaplan and J.F. Crivello. 2001. Killifish metallothionein messenger RNA expression following temperature perturbation and cadmium exposure. Cell Stress &
Chaperones 6(4): 351-359.

Van Cleef, K., L.A.E. Kaplan and J.F. Crivello. 2000. The relationship between reproductive status and metallothionein mRNA expression in the common killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus.
Environmental Biology of Fishes 57(1): 97-105.

Van Cleef-Toedt, K., L.A.E. Kaplan and J.F. Crivello. 2000. Metallothionein mRNA expression in Fundulus heteroclitus following acute exposure to starvation and waterborne cadmium.
Journal of Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 22(4): 319-327.

Kaplan L.A.E., K. Van Cleef, I. Wirgin and J.F. Crivello. 1995. A comparison of RT-PCR and Northern Blot analysis in quantifying metallothionein mRNA levels in killifish exposed to
waterborne cadmium. Marine Environmental Research 39:137-141.