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Sabina Halappanavar
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Latest papers
Applicability of in vitro mouse lung epithelial cell responses for potency grouping and hazard identification of metal oxide nanoparticles: impact of form, size, surface area, and solubility on toxicity.
Archives of toxicology · 2026 · senior author
Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) Coaching Program-how it functions and contributes to a more harmonized approach to AOP development and construction of AOP networks with regulatory utility.
Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2025
The role of machine learning in predicting titanium dioxide nanoparticles induced pulmonary pathology using transcriptomic biomarkers.
Journal of hazardous materials · 2025
Latest funding
- $1,029,690
Impact of placental microplastic accumulation on pregnancy and fetal health
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
17 publications.
Applicability of in vitro mouse lung epithelial cell responses for potency grouping and hazard identification of metal oxide nanoparticles: impact of form, size, surface area, and solubility on toxicity.
Boyadzhiev A, Williams A, Halappanavar S
Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) Coaching Program-how it functions and contributes to a more harmonized approach to AOP development and construction of AOP networks with regulatory utility.
Tanabe S, Burgdorf T, Choi J, Delrue N, Edwards SW, Filipovska J, FitzGerald R, Halappanavar S, Hench VK, Karschnik T, LaLone C, Landesmann B, La Rocca C, Luijten M, Meek B, O'Brien JM, Perkins EJ, Sachana M, Scholz S, Song Y, Tcheremenskaia O, Thomas R, Tollefsen KE, Villeneuve DL, Viviani B, Whelan M, Wittwehr C, Yauk C
The role of machine learning in predicting titanium dioxide nanoparticles induced pulmonary pathology using transcriptomic biomarkers.
Muratov V, Jagiello K, Mikolajczyk A, Danielsen PH, Halappanavar S, Vogel U, Puzyn T
Comparison of Lung Inflammatory and Transcriptional Responses in Mice and Rats Following Pulmonary Exposure to a Fiber Paradigm-Compatible and Non-Compatible MWCNT.
Saarimäki LA, Danielsen PH, Knudsen KB, Poulsen SS, Halappanavar S, Wolff H, Kinaret PAS, Greco D, Vogel U
Acute Toxicity of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles-Role of Intracellular Localization In Vitro in Lung Epithelial Cells.
Boyadzhiev A, Halappanavar S
A Systematic Genotoxicity Assessment of a Suite of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Reveals Their DNA Damaging and Clastogenic Potential.
Solorio-Rodriguez SA, Wu D, Boyadzhiev A, Christ C, Williams A, Halappanavar S
Polyethylene Terephthalate Microplastics Generated from Disposable Water Bottles Induce Interferon Signaling Pathways in Mouse Lung Epithelial Cells.
Rahman L, Williams A, Wu D, Halappanavar S
Building an Adverse Outcome Pathway network for COVID-19.
Nymark P, Clerbaux LA, Amorim MJ, Andronis C, de Bernardi F, Bezemer GFG, Coecke S, Gavins FNE, Jacobson D, Lekka E, Margiotta-Casaluci L, Martens M, Mayasich SA, Mortensen HM, Kim YJ, Sachana M, Tanabe S, Virvilis V, Edwards SW, Halappanavar S
A method for measuring the bioaccessibility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in cell culture media.
Shahpoury P, Wnorowski A, Harner T, Saini A, Halappanavar S
Toxicity of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles: Looking through the Lens of Toxicogenomics.
Boyadzhiev A, Wu D, Avramescu ML, Williams A, Rasmussen P, Halappanavar S
Impact of placental microplastic accumulation on pregnancy and fetal health
Principal investigators: Bainbridge, Shannon A; Cahill, Lindsay; Wade, Michael G
Keywords: Fetal Growth Restriction; Fetal Programming; Hypertensive Disorders Of Pregnancy; Microplastics; Placenta; Plastics; Pollution; Pregnancy; Reproductive Health
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Carole Yauk and Jason O’Brien: 29 shared papers
- Qiao Li and Sabina Halappanavar: 1 shared paper
- Carole Yauk and Sabina Halappanavar: 1 shared paper
- Jason O’Brien and Sabina Halappanavar: 1 shared paper
- Department of Biology
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
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