Joel Meyer
Professor of Environmental Genomics
Director of Graduate Studies, ENV PhD program
Joel Meyer
Professor of Environmental Genomics
Director of Graduate Studies, ENV PhD program
Dr. Meyer studies the effects of toxic agents and stressors on human and wildlife health. He is particularly 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, as well as mitochondrial function in general, are a particular focus. He studies these effects in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, in cell culture, and collaboratively in other laboratory model organisms as well as in human populations in the USA and globally.
Publications
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Clark AS, Huayta J, Morton KS, Meyer JN, San-Miguel A. Morphological hallmarks of dopaminergic neurodegeneration are associated with altered neuron function in Caenorhabditis elegans. Neurotoxicology. 2024 Jan;100:100–6.Timme-Laragy AR, Di Giulio RT, Meyer JN. Reactive Oxygen Species and Redox Stress. In: Toxicology of Fishes. 2024. p. 121–55.King DE, Lalwani PD, Mercado GP, Dolan EL, Frierson JM, Meyer JN, et al. The use of race terms in epigenetics research: considerations moving forward. Front Genet. 2024;15:1348855.Morton KS, Hartman JH, Heffernan N, Ryde IT, Kenny-Ganzert IW, Meng L, et al. Chronic high-sugar diet in adulthood protects Caenorhabditis elegans from 6-OHDA-induced dopaminergic neurodegeneration. BMC biology. 2023 Nov;21(1):252.
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