Janet McDonough

Janet McDonough joined the Wellesley faculty in 2003 and currently teaches the laboratories for human biology, environmental horticulture, and cell and organismal biology. Ms. McDonough is continuing and expanding her longstanding interest and experience in outreach science education programs and welcomes interested students. Her interest in the Wellesley College Arboretum and Botanical Gardens led her to volunteer as a docent for the Friends of Horticulture.

Publications:

• Dannies, P. S., J. McDonough, A. Knaian, and A. H. Tashjian, Jr. 1976. Cholera toxin as a probe for the action of Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH). V. International Congress of Endocrinology. Hamburg, July 18-24.

• Goetzel, E. J., R. H. Rubin, J. McDonough, A. H. Tashjian, Jr. 1976. Production of eosinophilotactic peptides by bronchogenic carcinoma in situ and in vitro. Clin. Res. 24. 447A.

• McDonough, J. and M. H. Zimmermann. 1979. Effect of Lethal Yellowing on xylem pressure in coconut palms. Principes. 23(3). 132-137.

• Tashjian, A. H., Jr., E. F. Voelkel, J. McDonough, and L. Levine. 1975. Hydrocortisone inhibits prostaglandin production by mouse fibrosarcoma cells. Nature: 258: 739-741.

• Zimmermann, M. H. and J. McDonough. 1978. Dysfunction in the flow of food. Chapter V. Vol III. Plant Disease: An Advanced Treatise. Ed. James G. Horsfall and Ellis B. Cowling.

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