Joel N Meyer

Research Area(s): environmental toxicology
environmental genomics
environmental health
water quality

Dr. Meyer studies the effects of genotoxic agents on human and wildlife health. He is interested in understanding the mechanisms by which environmental agents cause DNA damage, the molecular processes that organisms employ to protect prevent and repair DNA damage, and genetic differences that may lead to increased or decreased sensitivity to DNA damage. Mitochondrial DNA damage and repair are a particular focus. He studies DNA repair and other responses to DNA damage via PCR-based analysis of DNA damage and repair, genomic and systems biology approaches, and organismal-level responses.

TEACHING (Fall 2009)

ENVIRON 25.01, INTRO TO ENVIRON SCI/POL,
ENVIRON 212.01, ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY,

Recent Publications (More Publications)

1. Leung MC-K, Williams PL, Benedetto A, Au C, Helmcke KJ, Aschner M, Meyer JN, Caenorhabditis elegans: an emerging model in biomedical and environmental toxicology, Toxicological Sciences, vol. 106 (2008), ppt. 5-28
   
2. Eischeid AC, Meyer JN, Linden KG, UV disinfection of adenoviruses: molecular indications of DNA damage efficiency, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, (2008)
   
3. Jung D, Cho Y, Meyer JN, Di Giulio RT, Adaptation of long-range, quantitative polymerase chain reaction as a sensitive assay of DNA damage in the environmental model, Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus), Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C Toxicology & Pharmacology, (2008)
   
4. Billiard S.M., Meyer J.N., Wassenberg D.M., Hodson P.V., and Di Giulio R.T., PAH developmental toxicity is not additive: toward a mechanistic understanding., Toxicological Sciences, (2008)
   
5. Di Giulio RT and Meyer JN, Reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress, , (2008), ppt. 273-324