Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Hatfield Marine Science Center
Newport, OR 97365
lavern.weber@hmsc.orst.edu
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University of Washington, Ph.D., 1964; M.S., 1962
Pacific Lutheran University, B.A., 1958
Lavern Weber's general area of interest is comparative pharmacology and toxicology, the primary focus of which is on the organ system level. He is particularly interested in the effects of toxicants on the gills of fishes where absorption and some elimination is occurring. He has a long-standing interest in neuro-hormone effects on the cardiovascular system.
Fuji T, Weber LJ. Effect of Burrowing Behavior on the Accumulation of Sediment Associated Phenanthrene by Marine Amphipods. The Toxicologist. 1996;30:1(2):223.
Royland J, Weber LJ. Testes Size and Testosterone Levels in a Model for Weightlessness. Life Sciences. 1994;54(8):545-554.
Schmieder P, Weber LJ. Blood and Water Flow Limitations on Gill Uptake of Organic Chemicals in Rainbow Trout (Onchorynchus mykiss). Aquatic Toxicology. 1992;24:103-122.
Nichols JW, Weber LJ. Lack of Myoglobin Function in the Isolated Perfused Buffalo Sculpin (Enophrys bison) Heart. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 1990;68:825-829. (This and the following studies with Nichols have led to a better understanding of how the oxygen-carrying capacity of teleost hearts is affected by environmental toxicants.)
Nichols JW, Weber LJ. Oxydation of Cardiac Myoglobin in vivo by Sodium Nitrite or Hydroxylamine. Archives of Toxicology. 1989;63:484-488.
Nichols JW, Weber LJ. Comparative Oxygen Affinity of Fish and Mammalian Myoglobins. Journal of Comparative Physiological Biology. 1989;159:205-209.
Satchell GH, Weber LJ. The Caudal Heart of the Carpet Shark Cephaloscyllium isabella. Physiological Zoology. 1987;60(6):692-698. (These studies gave insight into physiological mechanisms regarding venous return in sharks.)
Weber LJ. A Historical Look at the Study of Multiple Toxicants. Washington, D.C.: ASA/EPA Conference on Current Assessment of Combined Toxicant Effects; 1986. EPA-230-03-87-027 (1987).
Gant DB, Weber LJ, Smith JR. Effects of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors on the Sculpin (Enophrys bison) Pectoral Fin Response to Indirect Stimulation. Proceedings of the Society of Experimental Medicine and Biology. 1984;177:151-155.
