Millard Research Group
2010
DNA interstrand cross-linking activity of (1-chloroethenyl)oxirane, a metabolite of beta-chloroprene (2010) Brian A. Wadugu, Christopher Ng, Bethany L. Bartley, Rebecca J. Rowe, & Julie T. Millard, Chemical Research in Toxicology 23, 235–239.
Quantitative PCR analysis of diepoxybutane and epihalohydrin damage to nuclear versus mitochondrial DNA (2009) F. J. LaRiviere, A. G. Newman, M. L. Watts, S. Q. Bradley, J. E. Juskewitch, P. G. Greenwood, & J. T. Millard, Mutation Research/Fund. Mol. Mech. Mutagen. 664, 48-54.
DNA interstrand cross-linking by epichlorohydrin (2006) K. P. Romano, A. G. Newman, R. W. Zahran, & J. T. Millard, Chem. Res. Toxicol. 20, 832-838.
The 5’-GNC site for DNA interstrand cross-linking is conserved for diepoxybutane stereoisomers (2006) J. T. Millard, T. C. Hanly, S. Park, & N. Tretyakova, Chem. Res. Toxicol. 19, 16-19.
Flanking sequences modulate diepoxide and mustard cross-linking efficiencies at the 5'-GNC site (2004) G. A. Sawyer, E. D. Frederick, & J. T. Millard, Chem. Res. Toxicol. 17, 1057-1063.
DNA interstrand cross-linking by a mycotoxic diepoxide (2004) J. T. Millard, J. L. Katz, J. Goda, E. D. Frederick, S. E. Pierce, T. J. Speed, & D. M. Thamattoor, Biochimie 86, 419.
Recent research articles:
Laboratory of Julie T. Millard, Dorros Professor of Life Sciences
Summer 2010 group members: Chris ng ’11, Morgan lingar ’13, vanesa silvestri ’12.
Television medical dramas as case studies in biochemistry (2009) J. T. Millard, J. Chem. Educ. 86, 1216-1218.
Crime scene investigation in the art world: the case of the missing masterpiece (2009) K. J. Harmon, L. M. Miller, & J. T. Millard, J. Chem. Educ. 86, 817-819.
Forensic analysis of canine DNA samples in the undergraduate biochemistry laboratory (2009) T. M. Carson, S. Q. Bradley, B. L. Fekete, F. J. LaRiviere, & J. T. Millard, J. Chem. Educ. 86, 376-378.
Showing the true face of chemistry in a service-learning outreach course (2007) F. J. LaRiviere, L. M. Miller, & J. T. Millard, J. Chem. Educ. 84, 1636-1639.
Identification of “forensic” samples via mitochondrial DNA in the undergraduate biochemistry laboratory (2003) J. T. Millard & A. M. Pilon, J. Chem. Educ. 80, 444-446.
Recent pedagogical papers:
Recent group alumni:
Erin McGowan’08 (veterinary school at UPenn), and Matt Stein ‘08 (medical school at Tufts University).
Adam Newman ’07 (Ph.D. program at Johns Hopkins; adjacent), Rami Zahran ’06 (medical school at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem; below left), Justin Juskewitch ’04 (M.D./Ph.D. program at Mayo) and Keith Romano ’04 (M.D./Ph.D. program at UMass; below right).
NERM, summer 2008: Sharonda Bradley ’10 (research assistant at Harvard University), Megan Watts ‘08 (medical school at UVM), Brian Wadugu ’09.
Boston Marathon, April 2010 (below); Race up Mount Washington, June 2009 (below right).
Spring 2009: Beth Bartley ’10, Jordanne Dunn ‘09 (research assistant at the Jackson Labs), Rebecca Kamins (Loyola University medical school), Chris Ng ’11, Brian Wadugu ’09 (research assistant at Boston Children’s Hospital), Vanesa Silvestri ’12.
AACR meeting 2010: Beth Bartley ’10 (Tufts University medical school), Vanesa Silvestri ’12, David Hirsch ’10 (Temple University medical school).
Work on the NSF ADVANCE-PAID project, Collaborative Research on Horizontal Mentoring Alliances:
Millard, J. T. Enhancing Your Professional Impact. In Mentoring Strategies to Facilitate the Advancement of Women Faculty; Karukstis, K., Gourley, B. L., Rossi, M., Wright, L. L., Eds; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2010.
Millard, J. T.; Mills, N. S. Integrating Work and a Personal Life: Aspects of Time and Stress Management for Senior Women Science Faculty. In Mentoring Strategies to Facilitate the Advancement of Women Faculty; Karukstis, K., Gourley, B. L., Rossi, M., Wright, L. L., Eds; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2010.
Members of NSF Alliance #2: Joanne Stewart, Hope College, Nancy Mills, Trinity University, Julie Millard, Colby College; Melissa Strait, Alma College, and Janis Lochner, Lewis and Clark College
