Research Overview
Dr. Brown is a Lecturer in the Department of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut and a certified clinical specialist in human cytogenetics and molecular biology. She serves as Chair of the National Credentialing Agency’s Molecular Biology Examination. Her current research involves evaluation of genetic instability in eutherian hybrid models, specifically the role of methylation and retroviruses as causes of hybrid dysgenesis. Dr. Brown’s research interests also include comparative cytogenetics, evaluating chromosomes in a variety of model organisms including the mouse, marsupials, chickens, fish and others. Dr. Brown’s research is collaborative with faculty in Genetics and Genomics in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Connecticut. 

Education
Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2007 (Genetics and Genomics)  
M.S., University of Connecticut, 1998 (Allied Health)  
B.S., State University of NY College at Oswego, 1991 (Biology)

Featured Publications
Brown J.D., Golden D, O’Neill, R. J. Methylation perturbations in retroelements within the genome of a Mus hybrid correlate with double minute chromosome formation. (2008) Genomics. 91(3):267-73.
Smilowitz HM, Weissenberger J, Weis J, Brown JD, O'Neill RJ, Laissue JA. Orthotopic transplantation of v-src-expressing glioma cell lines into immunocompetent mice: establishment of a new transplantable in vivo model for malignant glioma. (2007) J. Neurosurg. 106(4):652-9. 
Brown J.D. , Drieghe E, Gordon J (2008) Molecular Biology Techniques Review CD.  Association of Genetic Technologists . Association of Genetic Technologists, Lenexa KS. 
Denise R. Carvalho-Silva, Rachel J.W. O’Neill, Judith D. Brown, Kim Huynh, Paul D. Waters, Andrew J. Pask, Margaret L. Delbridge and Jennifer A. Marshall Graves.  Molecular characterization and evolution of X and Y-borne ATRX homologues in American marsupials.(2004).Chromosome Research (12) 795-804.
Brown, J.D., Strubuncelj, M., Giardina, C. & O'Neill, R.J. Interspecific hybridization induced amplification of Mdm2 on double minutes in a Mus hybrid. Cytogenetics and Genome Research (98) 184-188.
Brown, J.D. (2001).  Spatial ability as a predictor of karyotyping ability.  The Journal of the Association of Genetic Technologists,27(4), 135-139.