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Jeff Angermann, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Education	Affiliations	Research
Publications	Personal

Contact Information

Office Number: LR 236
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone Number: (775) 682-7077
Email Address:jangermann@medicine.nevada.edu

Education

Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, University of California, Davis

Professional Affiliations

Member, American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
Member, American Physiological Society (APS)
Member, Biophysical Society (BPS)
Member, American Heart Association (AHA)
Member, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
Elite level cycling coaching certification (USCF)

Research Interests

Exercise physiology:
Athletic performance- physiological determinants of aerobic capacity, dynamics of myofiber recruitment, periodization in competitive event preparation, biochemistry of overtraining syndrome, development of field testing methods for fitness assessment, secondary effects of hyperoxic training methods. Modalities of exercise intervention for weight loss.

Cardiopulmonary physiology:
Regulation of pulmonary vascular tone, development of hyperreactivity in the asthmatic condition, vascular response to aging.

Environmental Toxicology:
Development of biomarkers for assessment of pesticide and contaminant exposure, mobility of contaminant body burdens during episodes of stress. Wildlife toxicology. Health risk assessment of contaminant exposure in humans.

Recent Publications

Goyal, R., Angermann, J.E. , Ostrovskaya, O., Buchholz, J.N., Smith, G.D. and S.M. Wilson. Enhanced capacitative calcium entry and sarcoplasmic-reticulum calcium storage capacity with advanced age in murine mesenteric arterial smooth muscle cells. Experimental Gerontology 11/5/08 (Epub ahead of print).

Angermann, J.E., Matsumura, F. and G.M. Fellers. 2002. Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Toxaphene in Pacific Treefrogs(Hyla regilla) from the California Sierra Nevada. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21(10): 2209-2215.

Ohyama, K.I., Angermann, J.E., Dunlap, D.Y. and F. Matsumura. 2004. Distribution of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Chlorinated Pesticide Residues in Trout in the Sierra Nevada. Journal of Environmental Quality 33(5):1752-64.

Normand Leblanc, Jonathan Ledoux, Sohag Saleh, Amy Sanguinetti, Jeff Angermann, Kate O’Driscoll, Fiona Britton, Brian A. Perrino, Iain A. Greenwood. 2005. Regulation of Calcium-Activated Chloride Channels in Smooth Muscle Cells – A Complex Picture Is Emerging. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 83(7): 541.

Angermann, J.E., Sangunietti, A., Leblanc, N. and I.A. Greenwood. 2006. Investigation of the biophysical effect of dephosphorylation on vascular calcium-dependent chloride channels. Journal of General Physiology 128(1): 73-87.

Saleh, S., Angermann, J.E., Leblanc, N. and I. Greenwood. 2007. Stimulation of Ca2+-gated Cl- currents by the calcium-dependent K+ channel modulators NS1619 and isopimaric acid. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 321(3): 1075-84.

Goyal, R., Angermann,J.E., Smith, G.D., and S.M. Wilson. Intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis is modified with aging in murine mesenteric arterial smooth muscle cells. Cell Calcium (Submitted).

Angermann, J.E. and N. Leblanc. Ca2+-Dependent Cl- Channel Activation by Store-Operated Ca2+ Influx in Rabbit Pulmonary Artery Myocytes. (In preparation).

Angermann, J.E., Matsumura, F. and J.S. Collins. Polychlorinated Biphenyls affect Hepatic Glucose Transporter (GLUT2) Recruitment in Cold-Treated Rana pipiens. (In preparation).

Angermann, J.E., Matsumura, F. CCAAT-Enhancer Binding Protein (c/EBP) Responsiveness to Cold and Dehydration Stress in California Red-Legged Frogs (Rana aurora draytonii). (In preparation).

Personal Interests

Road and mountain bike racing, trad and big-wall climbing, trail running, adventure racing, fly fishing, nordic skiing, kinetic art, landscaping, photography, biodiesel evangelism.