Paul N. McMillan, Ph.D. Research Interests

Paul McMillan, Ph.D., is director of the Core Research Laboratories at Rhode Island Hospital as well as an associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Brown. He earned his doctorate in microbiology and immunology. His extensive publication record spans the fields of cell biology, ultrastructural analysis, immunology, and cytochemistry. Dr. McMillan has substantial experience with transmission and scanning electron microscopy, multi-parameter flow cytometric analysis, and image analysis, including stereo morphometry.

Dr. McMillan’s research examines the biosynthetic pathways of cell surface and cytoplasmic glycoconjugates. Recently, he has been correlating changes in glycoconjugate expression with developmental stages in the choroid plexus of normal versus hydrocephalic rats. In addition, he has been characterizing the morphology and biochemistry of choroid plexus “dark cells.”