Michael Gallo, Ph.D.
Director, Toxicology Division: Director, NIEHS Center of Excellence
Professor
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Toxicology Division
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute

Research Interests:

Dioxins; Experimental Models; Pharmacology and Toxicology; Cytoplasmic Receptors; Hormones; Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis; Cell Surface Receptors; and Chemical Carcinogenesis.

Publications:

Ellickson, K.M., Meeker, R.J., Gallo, M.A., Buckley, B.T., and Lioy, P.J. (2001). Oral Bioavailability of lead and arsenic from a NIST standard reference soil material. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 40:128-135.

Faaland, C.A., Thomas, T.J., Balabhadrapathruni, S., Langer, T., Mian, S., Shirahata, A., Gallo, M.A., and Thomas, T. (2000). Molecular correlates of the action of bis(ethyl)polyamines in breast cancer cell growth inhibition and apoptosis. Biochem. Cell Biol. 78:1-12

Tian, Y., Ke, S., Dension, M.S., Rabson, A.B., and Gallo, M.A. (1999). Interaction between the Ah receptor and NF-kB signal transduction pathway:potential mechanism for dioxin toxicity and alteration of gene expression of xenobiotics. J. Biol. Chem. 274:510-515.

Thomas, T., Shah, N. N., Klinge, C.M., Faaland, C.A., Adhikarakunnathu, S., Gallo, M.A., and Thomas, T.J. (1999). Polyamine biosybthesis inhibitors alter protein-protein interactions involving estrogen receptor in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. J. Molec. Endrocrin. 22:131-139.

Hong, J., Shah, N. N., Klinge, Thomas, T.J., Gallo, M.A., Yurkow, E.J. and Thomas, T. (1998). Differential effects of estradiol and its analogs on cyclin D1 and CDK4 expression in estrogen receptor positive MCF-7 and estrogen receptor-transfected MCF-10AE cells. Oncology Reports 5:1025-1033

Awards and Honors:

1985 UMDNJ Exceptional Merit Award

1979 Russell Sage College Outstanding Alumni

1971-1972 NIH Post Doctoral Fellow

1968-1971 NIH Pre-Doctoral Fellow