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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

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