Education Background

Doctorate of Philosophy, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Fall 2007 - Present

Bachelor of Art, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 2006

Contact Information

galen.w.miller@gmail.com

Research Interest/Focus

The molecular function of vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol), with specific focus on vertebrate development.

Publications

Miller GW, Labut EM, Ulatowski L, Lebold KM, Manor D, Atkinson J, Barton CL, Tanguay RL and Traber MG. The alpha-tocopherol transfer protein is required for vertebrate embryogenesis. PLoS ONE. Submitted.

Ho E, Dukovcic S, Hobson B, Wong CP, Miller G, Hardin K, Traber MG, Tanguay RL. Zinc transporter expression in zebrafish (Danio rerio) during development. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 2012 Jan; 155 (1) :26-32. PubMed PMID:21596156; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3196795.

Kirkwood JS, Lebold KM, Miranda CL, Wright CL, Miller GW, Tanguay RL, Barton CL, Traber MG, Stevens JF. Vitamin C deficiency activates the purine nucleotide cycle in zebrafish. J Biol Chem. 2011 Dec 13; PubMed PMID:22170049.

Lebold KM, Jump DB, Miller GW, Wright CL, Labut EM, Barton CL, Tanguay RL, Traber MG. Vitamin E deficiency decreases long-chain PUFA in zebrafish (Danio rerio). J Nutr. 2011 Dec; 141 (12) :2113-8. PubMed PMID:22013196; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3223870.

Miller GW, Labut EM, Lebold KM, Floeter A, Tanguay RL, Traber MG. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) fed vitamin E-deficient diets produce embryos with increased morphologic abnormalities and mortality. J Nutr Biochem. 2011 Jun 16; PubMed PMID:21684137; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3179832.

Lebold KM, Grant KA, Freeman WM, Wiren KM, Miller GW, Kiley C, Leonard SW, Traber MG. Individual differences in hyperlipidemia and vitamin E status in response to chronic alcohol self-administration in cynomolgus monkeys. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011 Mar; 35 (3) :474-83. PubMed PMID:21118275; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3116096.

Awards and Honors

Young Investigator Award from the Oxygen Club of California at the Diet and Optimum Health conference, September 2011; Corvallis OR

Lipid Membrane Metabolism Theme Best Poster from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) at the Experimental Biology conference, April 2011; Washington, D.C.

Travel Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) to attend Experimental Biology, April 2011; Washington D.C.

First Place Graduate Student Poster Presentation, 5th Aquatic Animal Models for Human Disease, September 2010; Corvallis, OR

Thayer Raymond Fellowship, 2010-2012

Helen Charley Fellowship, 2010-2012

Vitamin and Mineral Research Interest Section Student Award Competition Participant Experimental Biology, April 2010; Anaheim, CA

First Place Graduate Student Poster Award, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Research Day, January 2010; Corvallis, OR

Finalist for the Linus Pauling Institute's Young Investigator Award, Diet and Optimum Health Conference, May 2009; Portland, OR

Professional Affiliations

American Society for Nutrition – Student Member                                                   2009 - Present
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – Student Member          2010 - Present
American Association of Anatomists – Student Member                                           2011 – Present