Cover art for ET&C Focus article: Head et al. 2012, Epigenetics for Ecotoxicologists
Peer-reviewed publications:
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=Sa4rQJkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Guigueno MF, Karouna-Renier NK, Henry PFP, Head JA, Peters LE, Palace VP, Letcher RJ, Fernie KJ. Female American kestrels have a larger hippocampus than males: A link with reversed sexual size dimorphism. Behavioural Brain Research (accepted March 2018)
Debofsky A, Klingler R, Mora F, Waltz M, Sheperd B, Larson J, Anderson D, Yang L, Goetz F, Basu N, Head JA, Tonellato P, Murphy C, Carvan M. (2018) Female reproductive impacts of dietary methylmercury in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) and zebrafish (Danio rerio). Chemosphere, 195: 301-311
Franci CD, Aleksieva A, Boulanger E, Brandenburg J, Johnston T, Malinova A, Head JA. 2018. Potency of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in chicken and Japanese quail embryos. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, (in press)
Brandenburg J, Head JA. 2018. Effects of in ovo exposure to benzo [k] fluoranthene (BkF) on CYP1A expression and promoter methylation in developing chicken embryos. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 204:88-96
Mora FX, Klingler R, Basu N, Head JA, Murphy CA, Binkowski F, Larson J, Carvan MJ. 2017. Develpmental methylmercury exposure affects swimming behaviour and foraging efficiency of yellow perch larvae. ACS Omega, 2.8, 4870-4877
Arini A., Head J.A., Murphy C.A., Carvan M.J., Goetz R., Klingler R.H., Nam D.H., Basu N. 2016. Neuroendocrine biochemical effects in methylmercury-exposed yellow perch, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 187, 10-18.
Mora-Zamorano F.X., Klingler R., Murphy C.A., Basu N., Head J.A., Carvan M.J. 2016. Parental whole life cycle exposure to dietary methylmercury in zebrafish (Danio rerio) affects the behavior of offspring. Environmental Science & Technology, 50 (9), 4808-4816.
Head J.A., Jeffrey R.W.P., Farmahin R, Kennedy S.W., 2015. The potency of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) for induction of ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity in hepatocyte cultures from chicken, Pekin duck, and greater scaup, Environmental Science and Technology, Published online Feb. 2015 pdf
Head J.A. 2014. Patterns of DNA methylation in animals: an ecotoxicological perspective, Integrative Comparative Biology, Invited Review, published online Apr 2014
Head J.A., Mittal K. 2014. Application of the LUMA assay to Ecological Species; Tissue Quality Requirements and a Survey of DNA Methylation Levels in Animals, Molecular Ecology Resources, published online Apr 2014
Basu N., Goodrich J., Head J.A. 2014. Ecogenetics of mercury: From genetic polymorphisms and epigenetics to risk assessment and decision-making. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, published online Apr 2014.
Basu N., Head J.A., Nam D.-H., Pilsner J.R., Carvan M.J., Chan H.M., Goetz F.W., Murphy C.A., Rouvinen-Watt K., Scheuhammer A.M. 2013. Effects of methylmercury on epigenetic markers in three model species: mink, chicken, and yellow perch. Comp Biochem Physiol Pt C Toxicology. 157C: 322-327.
Kwon S.Y., Blum J.D., Carvan M.J., Basu N., Head J.A., Madenjian C.P., David S.R., 2012. Absence of Fractionation of Mercury Isotopes during Trophic Transfer of Methylmercury to Freshwater Fish in Captivity, Environmental Science and Technology, 46 (14), 7527–7534.
Head J.A., Dolinoy D.C., Basu N., 2012. Epigenetics for Ecotoxicologists, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 31(2): 221. (cover article; invited).
Head J.A., Debofsky A., Hinshaw J., Basu N., 2011. Retrospective Analysis of Mercury Content in Feathers of Birds Collected From the State of Michigan (1895-2007), Ecotoxicology, 20 (7): 1636-1643.
Head J.A., Farmahin R., Kehoe A.S., O’Brien J.M, Shutt J.L., Kennedy S.W. 2010. Characterization of the avian aryl hydrocarbon receptor 1 from blood using non-lethal sampling methods, Ecotoxicology, 19 (8): 1560-1566.
Basu N., Head J.A., 2010. Mammalian wildlife as complementary models in neurotoxicology, Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 32: 114-119.
Head J.A., Kennedy S.W., 2010. Correlation between an in vitro and an in vivo measure of dioxin sensitivity in birds, Ecotoxicology, 19 (2): 377-382.
Basu N., Head J.A., Scheuhammer A.M., Bursian S.J., Rouvinen-Watt K., Chan H.M., 2009. The mink is still a reliable sentinel species in environmental health, Environmental Research, 109 (7): 940-941.
Head J.A., Hahn M.E., Kennedy S.W. 2008. Key amino acids in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor predict dioxin sensitivity in avian species, Environmental Science & Technology, 42: 7535-7541.
Head J.A., Kennedy S.W., 2007. Differential expression, induction, and stability of CYP1A4 and CYP1A5 mRNA in chicken and herring gull embryo hepatocytes. Comp. Biochem. And Physiol. – Part C: Toxicol. Pharmacol. 145: 617-624.
Head J.A., Kennedy S.W., 2007. Same-sample analysis of ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase activity and cytochrome P4501A mRNA abundance in chicken embryo hepatocytes. Anal. Biochem. 360: 294-302.
Head J.A., O’Brien J., Kennedy S.W., 2006. Exposure to 3,3’,4,4’,5-pentachlorobiphenyl during embryonic development has a minimal effect on the cytochrome P4501A response to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in cultured chicken embryo hepatocytes. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 25: 2981-2989.
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=Sa4rQJkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Guigueno MF, Karouna-Renier NK, Henry PFP, Head JA, Peters LE, Palace VP, Letcher RJ, Fernie KJ. Female American kestrels have a larger hippocampus than males: A link with reversed sexual size dimorphism. Behavioural Brain Research (accepted March 2018)
Debofsky A, Klingler R, Mora F, Waltz M, Sheperd B, Larson J, Anderson D, Yang L, Goetz F, Basu N, Head JA, Tonellato P, Murphy C, Carvan M. (2018) Female reproductive impacts of dietary methylmercury in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) and zebrafish (Danio rerio). Chemosphere, 195: 301-311
Franci CD, Aleksieva A, Boulanger E, Brandenburg J, Johnston T, Malinova A, Head JA. 2018. Potency of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in chicken and Japanese quail embryos. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, (in press)
Brandenburg J, Head JA. 2018. Effects of in ovo exposure to benzo [k] fluoranthene (BkF) on CYP1A expression and promoter methylation in developing chicken embryos. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 204:88-96
Mora FX, Klingler R, Basu N, Head JA, Murphy CA, Binkowski F, Larson J, Carvan MJ. 2017. Develpmental methylmercury exposure affects swimming behaviour and foraging efficiency of yellow perch larvae. ACS Omega, 2.8, 4870-4877
Arini A., Head J.A., Murphy C.A., Carvan M.J., Goetz R., Klingler R.H., Nam D.H., Basu N. 2016. Neuroendocrine biochemical effects in methylmercury-exposed yellow perch, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 187, 10-18.
Mora-Zamorano F.X., Klingler R., Murphy C.A., Basu N., Head J.A., Carvan M.J. 2016. Parental whole life cycle exposure to dietary methylmercury in zebrafish (Danio rerio) affects the behavior of offspring. Environmental Science & Technology, 50 (9), 4808-4816.
Head J.A., Jeffrey R.W.P., Farmahin R, Kennedy S.W., 2015. The potency of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) for induction of ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity in hepatocyte cultures from chicken, Pekin duck, and greater scaup, Environmental Science and Technology, Published online Feb. 2015 pdf
Head J.A. 2014. Patterns of DNA methylation in animals: an ecotoxicological perspective, Integrative Comparative Biology, Invited Review, published online Apr 2014
Head J.A., Mittal K. 2014. Application of the LUMA assay to Ecological Species; Tissue Quality Requirements and a Survey of DNA Methylation Levels in Animals, Molecular Ecology Resources, published online Apr 2014
Basu N., Goodrich J., Head J.A. 2014. Ecogenetics of mercury: From genetic polymorphisms and epigenetics to risk assessment and decision-making. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, published online Apr 2014.
Basu N., Head J.A., Nam D.-H., Pilsner J.R., Carvan M.J., Chan H.M., Goetz F.W., Murphy C.A., Rouvinen-Watt K., Scheuhammer A.M. 2013. Effects of methylmercury on epigenetic markers in three model species: mink, chicken, and yellow perch. Comp Biochem Physiol Pt C Toxicology. 157C: 322-327.
Kwon S.Y., Blum J.D., Carvan M.J., Basu N., Head J.A., Madenjian C.P., David S.R., 2012. Absence of Fractionation of Mercury Isotopes during Trophic Transfer of Methylmercury to Freshwater Fish in Captivity, Environmental Science and Technology, 46 (14), 7527–7534.
Head J.A., Dolinoy D.C., Basu N., 2012. Epigenetics for Ecotoxicologists, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 31(2): 221. (cover article; invited).
Head J.A., Debofsky A., Hinshaw J., Basu N., 2011. Retrospective Analysis of Mercury Content in Feathers of Birds Collected From the State of Michigan (1895-2007), Ecotoxicology, 20 (7): 1636-1643.
Head J.A., Farmahin R., Kehoe A.S., O’Brien J.M, Shutt J.L., Kennedy S.W. 2010. Characterization of the avian aryl hydrocarbon receptor 1 from blood using non-lethal sampling methods, Ecotoxicology, 19 (8): 1560-1566.
Basu N., Head J.A., 2010. Mammalian wildlife as complementary models in neurotoxicology, Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 32: 114-119.
Head J.A., Kennedy S.W., 2010. Correlation between an in vitro and an in vivo measure of dioxin sensitivity in birds, Ecotoxicology, 19 (2): 377-382.
Basu N., Head J.A., Scheuhammer A.M., Bursian S.J., Rouvinen-Watt K., Chan H.M., 2009. The mink is still a reliable sentinel species in environmental health, Environmental Research, 109 (7): 940-941.
Head J.A., Hahn M.E., Kennedy S.W. 2008. Key amino acids in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor predict dioxin sensitivity in avian species, Environmental Science & Technology, 42: 7535-7541.
Head J.A., Kennedy S.W., 2007. Differential expression, induction, and stability of CYP1A4 and CYP1A5 mRNA in chicken and herring gull embryo hepatocytes. Comp. Biochem. And Physiol. – Part C: Toxicol. Pharmacol. 145: 617-624.
Head J.A., Kennedy S.W., 2007. Same-sample analysis of ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase activity and cytochrome P4501A mRNA abundance in chicken embryo hepatocytes. Anal. Biochem. 360: 294-302.
Head J.A., O’Brien J., Kennedy S.W., 2006. Exposure to 3,3’,4,4’,5-pentachlorobiphenyl during embryonic development has a minimal effect on the cytochrome P4501A response to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in cultured chicken embryo hepatocytes. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 25: 2981-2989.
