Barney J. Venables

Educational Background:

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

Current and Former Positions:

Professor, Department of Biological Sciences.  University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. 

Adjunct Professor, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas.  1999-Present.

Adjunct Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.  1985-2003.

President, TRAC Laboratories, Inc., Pensacola, Florida and Denton, Texas, 1980-2003.

Organization of American States Visiting Professor, Instituto Oceanografico Universidad de Oriente, Cumana, Venezuela.  1978-1980.

Visting Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater Oklahoma.  1976-1977..

Scientific Membership:

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Research Interests:
Environmental biology and chemistry.

Courses Taught:

Environmental Chemistry (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Techniques in Environmental Analysis (Graduate)

Selected Publications

Nallani, G., P. Paulos, L. Constantine, B. Venables and D. Huggett.  Bioconcentration potential of ibuprofen in fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) and channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus).  Arch.  Env. Chem. and Toxicol. In press.

Kilaru^, A, Tamura, P., Garg, P., Isaac^. G., Baxter^, D, Duncan^, R., Welti^, R., Koulen^, P., Chapman^, K., and B. Venables.  Changes in N-acylethanolamine pathway related metabolites in a rat model of cerebral ischemia/reperfusion.  J. Glycomics and Lipidomics.  In Press.

Huggett, D., D. Baxter, M. Overturf, C. Overturf, B. Venables and L. Constantine.  Early life stage toxicity of selected pharmaceuticals to the fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas.  Arch.  Env. Chem. and Toxicol. In press.

Nallani, G., P. Paulos, B. Venables, L. Constantine and D. Huggett.   Tissue-specific uptake and bioconcentration of an oral contraceptive, Norethindrone, in two freshwater fishes. Arch. Env. Chem. and Toxicol.  In Press.

Kilaru, A., C. Herrfurth, J. Keereetaweep, E. Hornung, B. Venables, I. Feussner and K. Chapman.  2011.   Lipoxygenase-mediated oxidation of polyunsaturated N-acylethanolamines in Arabidopsis.  J. Biol.Chem. 286 (17): 15205-15214

Bhandari, K. B., and B. J. Venables.  2011.  Ibuprofen bioconcentration and prostaglandin E2 levels in the bluntnose minnow Pimephales notatus.  Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part C. 153(2):251-257.

Keereetaweep, J., A. Kilaru, I. Feussner, B. Venables and K. Chapman.  2010.  Lauroylethanolamide is a potent competitive inhibitor of lypoxygenase activity.  FEBS Letters. 584(14):3215-3222.  

Kilaru, A., G. Isaac, P. Tamura, D. Baxter, S. Duncan, B. Venables, R. Welti, P. Koulen and K. Chapman.  2010.  Lipid profiling reveals tissue-specific differences in mice lacking fatty acid amide hydrolase.  Lipids.  45 (9): 863-875.

Stevens, K. J., S. Y. Kim, S. Adhikari, V. Vadapalli and B. Venables.  2009.  Effects of triclosan on seed germination and seedling development of three wetland plants: Sesbania herbacea, Eclipta prostrata and Bidens frondosa.  Env. Toxicol. Chem. I28 (12): 2598-2609.

Stevens, S., S. Wolverton , B. Venables, A. Barker, K. Seeley and P. Adhikari.  2009.  Evaluation of microwave-assisted enzymatic digestion and tandem mass spectrometry for the identification of protein residues from an inorganic solid matrix: implications for archaeological research.  Anal. Bioanal. Chem.  396: 1491-1499.

S.F. Atkinson, D.R. Johnson, B.J. Venables, J.L. Slye, J.R. Kennedy, S.D. Dyer, B.B. Price, M. Ciarlo, K. Stanton, H. Sanderson and A. Nielsen.  2009.  Use of watershed factors to predict consumer surfactant risk, water quality, and habitat quality in the Upper Trinity River, Texas.  Sci. of the Total Env. 407:4028-4037.

Kang, L., Y. Wang, S. Uppalapati, K. Wang, Y. Tang, V. Vadapalli, B. Venables, K. Chapman, E. Blancaflor and K. Mysore.  2008.  Overexpression of a fatty acid amide hydrolase compromises innate immunity in Arabidopsis.  The Plant Journal.  56:336-349.

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.

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.

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.

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

Venables, B.J., C.  A. Waggoner and K.  D. Chapman.  2006.  N-acylethanolamines in seeds of selected legumes.  Phytochemistry 66(16):1913-1918.

Waltman, E.L., B.J. Venables and W.T. Waller.  2006.  Triclosan in a North Texas wastewater treatment plant and the influent and effluent of an experimental constructed wetland.  Env. Toxicol. Chem. 25(2):367-372.

 Wang, Y., Shrestha, R., Wiant, W., Venables, B., Chapman, K. and E. Blancaflor.   2006. Manipulation of Arabidopsis fatty acid (ethanol) amide hydrolase expression leads to plants with modified growth characteristics and altered sensitivity to N-acylethanolamines.  Submitted to Poc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 103(32):12197-12202.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Downey, P.J and B.J. Venables. 2005.  Case Study 6.15: Identification of toxic reaction products in cooling tower products.  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. 228-237.

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.

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.

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.