Janee B . Gelineau-van Waes, DVM, PhD

Department

Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Position

Associate Professor

Articles

• Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  Janee Gelineau-van Waes, MA van Waes, J Hallgren, J Hulen, M Bredehoeft, AE Ashley-Koch, D Krupp, SG Gregory, HA Stessman Gene-nutrient interactions that impact magnesium homeostasis increase risk for neural tube defects in mice exposed to dolutegravir
  11 2023
• Developmental Toxicology
  Gelineau-van Waes, Janee, Chapter 47: Fumonisins
  Third Edition, p. 955-982 2022
• J Agric Food Chem
  Voss K,  Ryu D, Jackson L, Riley R, Gelineau-van Waes J. (2017)  Reduction of Fumonisin Toxicity by Extrusion and Nixtamalization (Alkaline Cooking).  PMID: 28170235
  65(33), p. 7088-7096 2017
• Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology 2nd Edition Ramesh C. Gupta (ed)./Academic Press
  Voss, KA, Riley, RT, Gardner, NM, and J. Gelineau-van Waes.  Fumonisins: Developmental Toxicity of Fumonisins, Potential Risk Factors for Neural Tube Defects. ISBN: 9780128042397 
  Chapter 47, p. 925-944 2017
• Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
  Gardner NM, Riley RT, Showker JL, Voss KA, Sachs AJ, Maddox JR, Gelineau-van Waes JB. (2016).  Elevated nuclear sphingoid base-1-phosphates and decreased histone deacetylase activity after fumonisin B1 treatment in mouse embryonic fibroblasts.  PMID: 26905748 
  298, p. 56-65 2016
• Scientific Reports
  S. Bhattacharyya, M. Rainey, P. Arya, S. Dutta, M. George, M.D. Storck, R. D. McComb, D. Muirhead, G. L. Todd, K. Gould, K. Dutta, J. Gelineau-van Waes, V. Band, and H. Band (2016)  Endocytic recycling protein EHD1 regulates primary cilia morphogenesis and SHH signaling during neural tube development.  PMID: 26884322. 
  17(6), p. 20727 2016
• Toxicological sciences
  Nicole M. Gardner; Ronald T. Riley; Jency L. Showker; Kenneth A. Voss; Andrew J. Sachs; Joyce R. Maddox; Janee B. Gelineau-van Waes (2016) Elevated Nuclear and Cytoplasmic FTY720-Phosphate in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts Suggests the Potential for Multiple Mechanisms in FTY720-Induced Neural Tube Defects.  PMID: 26719367 
  150(1), p. 161-8 2016
• Mol Nutr Food Res.
  Riley RT, Torres O, Matute J, Gregory SG, Ashley-Koch AE, Showker JL, Mitchell T, Voss KA, Maddox JR, Gelineau-van Waes JB. (2015).  Evidence for fumonisin inhibition of ceramide synthase in humans consuming maize-based foods and living in high exposure communities in Guatemala. 
  59(11):, p. 2209-24. 2015
• Food Additives and Contaminants
  A Blood Spot Method for Detecting Fumonisin-Induced Changes in Putative Sphingolipid Biomarkers in LM/Bc Mice and Humans. Riley, R.T., Showker, J.L., Lee, C., Zipperer, C., Mitchell, T., Voss, K.A., Zitomer, N., Torres, O., Matute, J., Gregory, S.G., Ashley-Koch, A.E., Maddox, J., Gardner, and J. Gelineau-van Waes
  32 (6) , p. 934 - 949 2015
• World Mycotoxin Journal
  Human health implications from co-exposure to aflatoxins and fumonisins in maize-based foods in Latin America: Guatemala as a case study. Torres, O., Matute, J., Gelineau-van Waes, J., Maddox, J., Gregory, S.G., Ashley-Koch, A.E., Showker, J.L., Voss, K.A., and R.T. Riley
  8 (2), p. 143 - 159 2015
• Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
  Fumonisin B1 induced neural tube defects were not increased in LM/Bc mice fed folate-deficient diet. Voss KA, Riley RT, Gelineau-van Waes J.
  58(6), p. 1190-8 2014
• World Mycotoxin Journal
  Human health implications from co-exposure to aflatoxins and fumonisins in maize-based foods in Latin America: Guatemala as a case study. Torres, O., Matute, J., Gelineau-van Waes, J., Maddox, J., Gregory, S.G., Ashley-Koch, A., Showker, J.L., Voss, K.A., and Riley, R.T. 2014
• Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
  Urinary fumonisin B1 and estimated fumonisin intake in women from high- and low-exposure communities in Guatemala. Torres O, Matute J, Gelineau-van Waes J, Maddox JR, Gregory SG, Ashley-Koch AE, Showker JL, Zitomer NC, Voss KA, Riley RT.
  58(5), p. 973-983 2014
• Journal of Molecular Nutrition and Food Research
  Riley, R.T., Torres, O., Showker, J.L., Zitomer, N.C., Matute, J., Voss, K.A., Gelineau-van Waes, J., Maddox, J., Gregory, S.G., Ashley-Koch, A.E. (2012) The Kinetics of Urinary Fumonisin B1 Excretion in Humans Consuming Maize-Based Diets.
  56, p. 1445-1455 2012
• World Nutrition Forum/Anytime Publishing Leicestershire England
  Riley, R.T., Voss, K.A., Showker, J.L., Torres, O., Matute, J., Maddox, J.R., Rainey, M.A., Gardner, N.M., Sachs, A., Gregory, S.G., Ashley-Koch, A.E., Krupp, D., and Gelineau-Van Waes, J. (2012) Development of Biomarkers to Assess Fumonisin Exposure and Birth Defects. E.M. Binder, ed.,
  2012, p. 249-256 2012
• Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol.
  Gelineau-van Waes, J., Rainey, M.A., Maddox, J.R., Voss, K.A., Sachs, A.J., Gardner, N.M., Wilberding, J.D., Riley, R.T (2012) Increased Sphingoid Base-1-Phosphates and Failure of Neural Tube Closure After Exposure to Fumonisin or FTY720.
  94 (10), p. 790-803. 2012
• Journal of Molecular Nutrition and Food Research
  The kinetics of urinary fumonisin B(1) excretion in humans consuming maize-based diets. Riley RT, Torres O, Showker JL, Zitomer NC, Matute J, Voss KA, Gelineau-van Waes J, Maddox JR, Gregory SG, Ashley-Koch AE
  PMID:22815244 2012
• World Nutrition Forum
  Development of biomarkers to assess fumonisin exposure and birth defects in Guatemala. Ronald T. Riley, Kenneth A. Voss, Jency L. Showker, Olga TOrres, Jorge Matute, Janee Gelineau-van Waes, Joyce Maddox, Mark A. Rainey, Nicole M. Gardner, Andrew Sachs, Simon G. Gregory, Allison E. Ashley-Koch, Deidre Krupp. 2012
• Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology Ramesh Gupta (ed.), Elsevier Ltd.,
  Voss, K.A., R.T. Riley, and J. Gelineau-van Waes. Fumonisins: Developmental Toxicity of Fumonisins: Potential Risk Factor for Neural Tube Defects, ISBN: 978-0123820327.
  Chapter 53, p. 725-737 2011
• Comprehensive Toxicology
  Gelineau-van Waes, J. Chapter 12: Fumonisin, Folate and Neural Tube Defects. ISBN: 978-0080468686. In: Developmental Toxicology (Knudsen/Daston, eds),
  Vol. 12, p. pp. 189-208. 2010
• Toxicological sciences
  Voss, K.A., R.T. Riley, M.E. Snook, and J. Gelineau-van Waes. Comparing the Reproductive and Sphingolipid Metabolic Effects of Fumonisin B1 and its Alkaline Hydrolysis Product in LM/Bc Mice: Hydrolyzed Fumonisin B1 Did Not Cause Neural Tube Defects.
  112(2), p. 459-467 2009
• Advances in Food and Nutrition Research. Steven Taylor (ed.) Elsevier/Academic Press.
  Gelineau-van Waes, J., K.A. Voss, V.L. Stevens, M.C. Speer, and R.T. Riley. Maternal Fumonisin Exposure as a Risk Factor for Neural Tube Defects.
  56, p. 145-181 2009

Publications

• St. Albert's day/Creighton University Research day
  Gardner, N., Riley, R.T., Torres, O., Maddox, J., Sachs, A., and Gelineau-van Waes, J. Fumonisin B1 Exposure and Increased Risk of Neural Tube Defects: A Global Health Concern, St. Albert's Day, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 2015
• Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum
  Gardner, N., Riley, R.T., Maddox, J., Sachs, A., and Gelineau-van Waes, J. Fumonisin B1-Induced Neural Tube Defects: Is Nuclear Sphinganine-1-Phosphate at Fault? 46th Annual Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum, Omaha, NE 2015
• Global Health Conference Midwest
  Gardner, N., Riley, R.T., Torres, O., Maddox, J., Sachs, A., and Gelineau-van Waes, J. Fumonisin B1 Exposure and Increased Risk of Neural Tube Defects: A Global Health Concern, Global Health Conference Midwest, Omaha, NE 2015

Presentations

• PRIM&R invited speaker, IACUC Chair Networking Session 2022
• Invited Speaker: Symposium on Nongenetic Factors Causing Neural Tube Defects: "Fumonisin B1 and Fingolimod: Tortilla Toxin and Oral Therapeutic Target Sphingolipid Pathways During Neural Tube Closure. 2018
• Tortillas and Toxins: Fumonisin Exposure as a Risk Factor for NTDs Hot Topics Session on Washington State NTD Cluster, 54th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society, Bellevue, WA 2014
• Tortillas, Toxins, and Neural Tube Defects Molecular Basis of Human Disease, University of Nebraska Medical Center 2014
• Gene-Environment Interactions in Susceptibility to Fumonisin-Induced Neural Tube Defects 8th International Conference on Neural Tube Defects, Austin, TX 2013
• Invited Seminar: NWI VA Medical Center Research Seminar Series, Omaha, NE, Dec. 7, 2012 "Tortillas, Toxins, and Neural Tube Defects" 2012
• Invited Speaker: March of Dimes Prematurity Summit, Omaha, NE, Oct. 15, 2012 "Tortillas, Toxins, and Neural Tube Defects" 2012
• Teratology Society Annual Meeting 2012
• Faculty Club at Center Stage 2012
• Neural Tube Defect Symposium, International Society for Developmental Neuroscience, Mumbai, India, "Gene-Environment Interactions in Fumonisin-Induced Neural Tube Defects: Genetic Variants and Metabolic Toxin Converge on a Bicistronic Modulator of CNS Development" 2012
• Southeastern Regional Lipid Conference 2011
• 7th International Conference on Neural Tube Defects, Austin, TX, "Gene-Environment Interactions in Fumonisin-Induced Neural Tube Defects: Genetic Variants and Metabolic Toxin Converge on a Bicistronic Modulator of CNS Development" 2011
• "Embryonic Development and Birth Defects: Gene-Nutrient-Environment Interactions: A Multifactorial Perspective" 2011
• Invited Seminar: Molecular Cell Biology Seminar Series, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, May 7, 2010 "Of Maize and Men: A Tale of Tortillas, Toxins, and Teratogens" 2011
• Guest Lecture: Environmental Health Sciences Webinar, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, April 14, 2011 "Food Safety and Pregnancy: Mycotoxins and Risk for Birth Defects" 2011
• Invited Seminar: Nebraska Wesleyan University Developmental Biology Class, Lincoln, NE, April 7, 2011 "Gestational Exposure to Fumonisin and Risk for Neural Tube Defects" 2011
• Invited Seminar: Biomedical Sciences Departmental Seminar, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, Feb. 28, 2011 "Tortillas, Toxins and Pregnancy: Deciphering the Enigma of Fumonisin and Birth Defects" 2011
• Molecular Cell Biology Seminar 2010
• Biology Seminar, Wesleyan University 2010
• Molecular Basis of Human Disease graduate lecture (UNMC) 2010
• Dept. of Environmental Health Sciences Webinar, University of Georgia 2010
• Society of Toxicology, Salt Lake City, UT 2010
• FASEB Conference: Cilia, Signaling, and Human Disease, Monterey, CA 2010
• Sphingolipid Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA 2010
• BRTP822 graduate lecture (UNMC) 2009
• BRTP822 graduate lecture (UNMC) 2009
• BRTP822 graduate lecture (UNMC) 2009
• Neural Tube Defect Conference, Burlington, Vermont 2009

State

• Neural Tube Defect Risk Factors: Fumonisin, Folate and (Epi)genetic Interactions

• mir-574-5p Balances the Neural Progenitor Sphingolipid-APP Axis of Good and Evil

• CerS1-Gdf1: Bicistronic Balance of Neural Stem Cell Fate

• Mouse Model of Dolutegravir-Induced Neural Tube Defects

Federal

• Mycotoxins and Birth Defects in Maize-Based Cultures: A Global Health Concern (RC4)

Other

• Developing a mouse model of endometriosis to test novel therapeutic targets

Awards

• Intramural Research Award
  Creighton University School of Medicine Distinguished Research Career Award

Consulting

• HESI Dev and Repro Tox Steering Committee
  scientific advisor
  Health & Environmental Sciences Institute
  2014 - 2014
• State Program Services Committee, Nebraska Chapter
  advisor
  March of Dimes Foundation
  2014 - 2014