Daesuk Chung, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Biomedical Sciences
ARBL, E100
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
Phone: 970-491-8106
Fax: 970-491-3557
Daesuk.Chung@colostate.edu

Member
Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory (ARBL)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Environmental Mutagen Society
Society of Toxicology
Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR)

Education
PhD, University of Michigan
MS, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL
BA, Korea University

Awards and Honors
Rackham Travel Grants, University of Michigan, 2005
Larry Ewing Memorial Trainee Travel Fund, SSR, 2004
Rackham Travel Grants, University of Michigan, 2004
Graduate Student Travel Award, Society of Toxicology, 2004
Rackham Travel Grants, University of Michigan, 2003

Representative Publications

Chung D, Loch Caruso R. 2006. Potential role for oxidative stress in 2,2'-dichlorobiphenyl-induced inhibition of uterine contractions but not myometrial gap junctions. Toxicol Sci 93:172-179.

Chung D, Loch Caruso R. 2005. 2,2'-dichlorobiphenyl decreases amplitude and synchronization of uterine contractions through MAPK1-mediated phosphorylation of GJA1 (connexin 43) and inhibition of myometrial gap junctions. Biol Reprod 73:974-982.

Galvez MM, Loch-Caruso R, Brant K, Chung D. 2004. Cell and toxicant specific phosphorylation of connexin 43: Effect of lindane and TPA on rat myometrial and WB-F344 liver cell gap junctions. Cell Biol Toxicol 20(3):147-169.