Greg Goss, Biological Sciences
Greg Goss has two main research interests—both related to fish.
First, he’s interested in blood-ion concentrations and the evolution of how blood pH is regulated in fish and other animals.
Through this research, Goss developed a new method for sub-typing mitochondria-rich cells in the freshwater fish gill.
He also developed a technique for isolating those cell types, a technique now adopted by labs across the world.
Second, he researches toxicity and toxicology and the effect of ion-transport regulation mechanisms.
This research has led him into the field of pharmaceuticals and other organic pollutants in the environment and, more recently, into the potential toxic interactions between living systems and nanoparticles.
He has been collaborating with other academics and with companies to study various products (e.g., Scotchgard, now a global contaminant) and how they end up in the wastewater stream in Edmonton’s Goldbar water treatment plant.
Find out more about Dr Goss: www.folio.ualberta.ca/article.cfm?v=83301&i=85957&a=17