Name: Barney J. Venables
Phone: (940) 369-7708
Fax: (940) 565-4297
E-mail: venables@unt.edu

Address:

Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Applied Sciences
PO Box 310559
University of North Texas
Denton, TX 76203-0559

 

Ph.D., Biology, Univ. North Texas, Denton Texas 1976
M.S., Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 1972
B.A., Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 1970

• 2003-present University of North Texas Associate Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences
• 1998-present University of North Texas Health Science Center, Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Public Health and Preventive Medicine,
• 1980-2002 President and Director of Research, TRAC Laboratories, Inc., Denton, Texas
• University of North Texas, Adjunct Professor, Dept of Biological Sciences
• 1978-1980 Universidad de Oriente, Cumana, Venezuela, Organization of American States Visiting Professor, Dept of Marine Biology, Instituto Oceanografico
• 1976-1977 Oklahoma State University, Visiting Professor, School of Biological Sciences

1. Stevens, K.J., S.Y. Kim, S. Adhikari, V. Vadapalli and B.J. Venables. Effects of triclosan on seed germination and seedling development of three wetland plants: Sasbania herbacia, Eclipta prostrate and Bidens frondosa. Env. Toxicol. and Chem. In Press.
2. Teaster, N.D., C.M. Motes, T. Yuhong, W.C. Wiant, M.Q. Cotter, Y. Wang, A. Kilaru, B.J. Venables, K.H. Hasenstein, G. Gonzalez, E.B. Blancaflor and K.D. Chapman. 2007. N -Acylethanolamine Metabolism Interacts with Abscisic Acid Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana Seedlings. Plant Cell. 19:2454-2469.
3. Bartz, R.. W. Li, B. Venables, J. Zehmer, M. Roth, R. Welti, R. Anderson, P. Liu and K. Chapman. 2007. Lipidomics reveals adiposomes store ether lipids and mediate phospholipid traffic. J. Lipid Res. 48:837-847.
4. Coogan, M., Edziyie, R., La Point, T. and B. Venables. 2007. Algal bioaccumulation of antimicrobials in a North Texas wastewater treatment plant receiving stream. Chemosphere 67(10):1911-1918.
5. Kilaru, A., E.B. Blancaflor, B. J. Venables, S. Tripathy, K. Mysore and K.D. Chapman. 2007. The N-Acylethanolamine-Mediated Pathway in Plants. Chemistry and Biodiversity Vol. 4 (2007): 1933-1955.
6. Wang, Y., Shrestha, R., Wiant, W., Venables, B., Chapman, K. and E. Blancaflor. Manipulation of Arabidopsis fatty acid (ethanol) amide hydrolase expression leads to plants with modified growth characteristics and altered sensitivity to N-acylethanolamines. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 103(32):12197-12202.
7. Venables, B.J. , C. A. Waggoner and K. D. Chapman. 2006. N-acylethanolamines in seeds of selected legumes. Phytochemistry 66(16):1913-1918.
8. Goven, A. J., B.J. Venables and L.C. Fitzpatrick. 2005. Earthworms as ecosentinels for chemical-induced immunotoxicity. In H. Tryphonas, M. Fournier, B. Blakley, J. Smits and P. Brousseau (eds.) Investigative Immunotoxicology. Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton. Pgs. 91-105.
9. Miller, J.L., H. Bailey, V. De Vlaming, KT. Ho, J. Hunt, D. Pillard, C. Rowland, B. Venables and W.T. Waller. 2005. Ambient Water, Pore Water and Sediment. In: Toxicity Reduction Evaluations (TRE) and Toxicity Identification Evaluations (TIE) for Effluents, Ambient Water and Other Aqueous Media . T.J. Norberg-King, L.W. Ausley, D.T. Burton, W.L. Goodfellow, J.L. Miller, and W.T. Waller (eds). SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL. Pgs. 93-114.
10. Downey, P.J and B.J. Venables. 2005. Case Study 6.9: Targeted ammonia toxicity evaluation. Ambient Water, Pore Water and Sediment. In: Toxicity Reduction Evaluations (TRE) and Toxicity Identification Evaluations (TIE) for Effluents, Ambient Water and Other Aqueous Media . T.J. Norberg-King, L.W. Ausley, D.T. Burton, W.L. Goodfellow, J.L. Miller, and W.T. Waller (eds). SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL. Pgs. 185-191.
11. Downey, P.J and B.J. Venables. 2005. Case Study 6.14: Targeted organophosphorus pesticide toxicity identification evaluation strategy. Ambient Water, Pore Water and Sediment. In: Toxicity Reduction Evaluations (TRE) and Toxicity Identification Evaluations (TIE) for Effluents, Ambient Water and Other Aqueous Media . T.J. Norberg-King, L.W. Ausley, D.T. Burton, W.L. Goodfellow, J.L. Miller, and W.T. Waller (eds). SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL. Pgs. 222-227.
12. Hemming, J., H. J. Allen, K.A. Thuesen, P.K. Turner, W.T. Waller, J.M. Lazorchak, D. Lattier, M. Chow, N. Denslow and B. Venables. 2004. Temporal and spatial variability in the estrogenicity of a municipal wastewater effluent. Ecotox. Environ. Safety 57(3): 275-282.
13. Chapman, K.D., B.J. Venables, E.E. Dian and G.W. Gross. 2003. Identification and quantification of neuroactive N-acylethanolamines in cottonseed processing fractions. JAOCS 80(3):223-229.
14. Hemming, J. M., W.T. Waller, M.C. Chow, N.D. Denslow and B.J. Venables. 2001. Assessment of the efficacy of a constructed wetland system to reduce or remove wastewater effluent estrogenicity and toxicity using biomarkers in fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas RAFINESQUE, 1820). Env. Toxicol. Chem. 20(10):2268-2275.

My research group uses instrumental analysis techniques in the study of trace biomolecules and environmental contaminants. These projects frequently involve interdisciplinary teams of biochemists, physiologists, ecologists and toxicologists interested in understanding biological responses to environmental stressors. My teaching focuses on the sources, fates, toxicology and instrumental analysis of environmental contaminants. Graduate students in my laboratory pursue Masters and Doctoral degrees in Biology, Biochemistry and Environmental Sciences.

Collaborators

Kent Chapman, Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of North Texas
Kevin Stevens, Ph.D., Biology, University of North Texas
Duane Huggett, Ph.D., Biology, University of North Texas
Aaron Roberts, Ph.D., Biology, University of North Texas
Ivan Danhof, M.D., PhD., North Texas Research Laboratory
W. T. Waller, Ph.D., Toxicology, University of North Texas
Daniel Kunz, Ph.D., Microbiology, University of North Texas

Graduate Advisors

Owen Lind, Ph.D., Baylor University
William Pearson, Ph.D., University of Louisville (formerly at UNT)