 Patricia Claire Blum
Title: Senior Biologist; Ecotoxicology
Phone: 941-388-4441, ext. 220
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Trish joined Mote as a Lab Technician in the Benthic Ecology Program in 1981. She was involved in field collection and sorting of benthic samples from Tampa Bay, Florida. In 1983, she worked on projects involving field collections and identifications of larval fish samples from Tampa Bay and Crystal River. From 1984 to 1995, Trish worked in the Marine Biomedical Program for Dr. Carl Luer, initially with his shark cartilage research (funded by the National Science Foundation) involving the isolation and characterization of proteins from shark cartilage. Other research involved carcinogenic exposure studies using nurse sharks and clearnose skates as model animals and studies of the immune function in elasmobranch fishes with Dr. Cathy Walsh. In 1986, Trish was promoted to Staff Biologist. In 1996, Trish joined the Chemical Fate and Effects Program where her responsibilities involve managing the extraction lab, quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC), and running the instrumentation LC/MS(MS) used primarily for identification of red tide toxins and mosquito pesticides.
In 2001, Trish was promoted to Senior Biologist. Having worked in so many areas of research at Mote has given Trish not only vast array of experience and knowledge in various fields of biology and chemistry, but a great appreciation of the time it takes from extraction of samples to the final analysis. Education A.A. Information Sciences and Systems, Manatee Community College Publications Walsh CJ, SR Leggett, MS Henry, PC Blum, S Osborn, RH Pierce. 2009. Cellular metabolism of brevetoxin (PbTx-2) by a monocyte cell line (U-937). Toxicon 53(1):135-145.
Plakas SM, ELE Jester, KR El Said, HR Granade, A Abraham, RW Dickey, PS Scott, LJ Flewelling, M Henry, P Blum, R Pierce. 2008. Monitoring of brevetoxins in the Karenia brevis bloom-exposed Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Toxicon 2(1):32-38.
Pierce R, M Henry, P Blum. 2008. Brevetoxin abundance and composition during ECOHAB-Florida field monitoring cruises in the Gulf of Mexico. Continental Shelf Research 28(1):45-58.
Abraham A, SM Plakas, Z Wang, ELE Jester, KR El Said, HR Granade, MS Henry, PC Blum, RH Pierce, RW Dickey. 2006. Characterization of polar brevetoxin derivatives isolated from Karenia brevis cultures and natural blooms. Toxicon 48:104-115.
Pierce RH, MS Henry, PC Blum, SL Hamel, B Kirkpatrick, YS Cheng, Y Zhou, CM Irvin, J Naar, A Weidner, LE Fleming, LC Backer, DG Baden. 2005. Brevetoxin composition in water and marine aerosol along a Florida beach: Assessing potential human exposure to marine biotoxins. Harmful Algae 4(6):965-972.
Pierce RH, MS Henry, CJ Higham, P Blum, MR Sengco, DM Anderson. 2003. Removal of harmful algal cells (Karenia brevis) and toxins from seawater culture by clay flocculation. Harmful Algae 3:141-148.
Pierce RH, MS Henry, PC Blum, J Lyons, YS Cheng, D Yazzie, Y Zhou. 2003. Brevetoxin concentrations in marine aerosol: Human exposure levels during a Karenia brevis harmful algal bloom. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 70:161-165.
Goldstein L, EM Davisamaral, PC Blum, CA Luer. 1995. The role of anion channels in osmotically activated taurine release from embryonic skate (Raja eglanteria) heart. Journal of Experimental Biology 198:2635-2637.
Goldstein L, CA Luer, PC Blum. 1993. Taurine transport characteristics of the embryonic skate (Raja eglanteria) heart. Journal of Experimental Biology 182:291-295.
Goldstein L, CA Luer, PC Blum. 1990. Taurine accumulation by the hearts of embryonic skates, Raja eglanteria. Journal of Experimental Biology 150:449-452.
Luer CA, PC Blum, PW Gilbert. 1990. Rates of tooth replacement in the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum. Copeia (1) 182-191.
Published Abstracts
Blum PC, MS Henry, RH Pierce, SR Payne, and JI Lyons.2000. Intra-cellular and extra-cellular toxins in the red tide dinoflagellate, Gymnodinium breve. Journal of Phycology 36:7.
Henry MS, RH Pierce, and PC Blum. Effects of clay flocculation on brevetoxin in seawater. 2000. Symposium on Harmful Marine Algae in the US:123.
Pierce RH, M Henry, P Blum, P Tester and D Shea. 2000. Intra-cellular, particulate and dissolved brevetoxin distribution during Gymnodinium breve blooms in the Gulf of Mexico. Symposium on Harmful Marine Algae in the US:158.
Walsh C, P Blum, C Luer. 1995. Phagocytic and pinocytic activities of shark and skate immune cells. Florida Scientist 58 (Suppl. 1):15.
Blum P, PW Gilbert, CA Luer. 1988. Tooth replacement in the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum. Florida Scientist 51 (Suppl. 1):28.
Blum P, CA Luer. 1986. Early stages in the embryonic development of the clearnose skate, Raja eglanteria. Florida Scientist 49 (Suppl. 1):14.
Blum P, CA Luer. 1985. Observations on the occurrence of thyroid hyperplasia in captive sharks. Florida Scientist 48 (Suppl. 1):32.
Blum P, CA Luer. 1984. Sexual maturation in the clearnose skate, Raja eglanteria. Florida Scientist 47 (Suppl. 1):19.
Department: Directorate of Environmental Health & Ocean Technology
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