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Julie T. Millard
The Dr. Gerald and Myra Dorros Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry



Phone: 207-859-5757
Fax: 859-5760
Email:
jtmillar@colby.edu

Mailing Address:
5757 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8857

Semester Schedule

Education

Ph.D., Biochemistry. Brown University
B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Chemistry and Neuroscience. Amherst College

Areas of Expertise:
  • DNA-small molecule interactions
  • DNA profiling
  • Use of DNA evidence in the courtroom
Publications

Forensic Analysis of Canine DNA Samples in The Undergraduate Biochemistry Laboratory (2008), Tobin Carson, Sharonda Q. Bradley, Brenda L. Fekete, Frederick J. LaRiviere, & Julie T. Millard, Journal of Chemical Education, in press.
Showing the True Face of Chemistry in a Service-Learning Outreach Course (2007) Frederick J. LaRiviere, Lisa M. Miller, & Julie T. Millard, Journal of Chemical Education 84, 1636-1639.
DNA Interstrand Cross-Linking by Epichlorohydrin (2007) Keith P. Romano, Adam G. Newman, Rami W. Zahran, & Julie T. Millard, Chemical Research in Toxicology 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, Chemical Research in Toxicology 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, Chemical Research in Toxicology 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.
Identification of “Forensic” Samples via Mitochondrial DNA in the Undergraduate Biochemistry Laboratory (2003) J. T. Millard & André M. Pilon, Journal of Chemical Education 80, 444.
Diepoxybutane and Diepoxyoctane Interstrand Cross-Linking of the 5S DNA Nucleosomal Core Particle (2001) J. T. Millard & Erin E. Wilkes, Biochemistry 40, 10677.
Cis- and Trans-Diamminedichloroplatinum(II) Interstrand Cross-Linking of a Defined Sequence Nucleosomal Core Particle (2000) J. T. Millard & Erin E. Wilkes, Biochemistry 39, 16046.
Molecular Probes of DNA Structure (1999) J. T. Millard, in Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry, Volume 7: DNA and Aspects of Molecular Biology, E.T. Kool, editor; Elsevier Press, Oxford, pp 81-103.
Effect of Nucleosome Structure on DNA Interstrand Cross-Linking Reactions (1998) J.T. Millard, R.J. Spencer, & P.B. Hopkins, Biochemistry 37, 5211.
The 5'-GNC Preference for Mustard Cross-Linking is Preserved in a Restriction Fragment (1996) J.T. Millard, N.W. Luedtke, & R.J. Spencer, Anti-Cancer Drug Design 11, 485.
DNA Modifying Agents as Tools for Studying Chromatin Structure (1996) J.T. Millard, Biochimie 78, 803.
1,2,5,6-Diepoxyhexane and 1,2,7,8-Diepoxyoctane Cross-Link Duplex DNA at 5'-GNC Sequences (1996) M.J. Yunes, S.E. Charnecki, J.J. Marden, & J.T. Millard, Chemical Research in Toxicology 9, 994.
Cytosine Methylation Enhances Mitomycin C Cross-Linking (1993) J.T. Millard & T.M. Beachy, Biochemistry 32, 12850.
Diepoxybutane Cross-Links DNA at 5'-GNC Sequences (1993) J.T. Millard & M.M. White, Biochemistry 32, 2120.

For more information

http://www.colby.edu/~jtmillar/index.html