Susan T. Lovett
Professor of Biology
Life Sciences
Brandeis University
United States of America
Biography
"Susan T. Lovett presently working as Professor of Biology at Brandeis university. She completed her B.A. at Cornell University, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley. Expertise Recombination, genetic rearrangements, DNA repair and mutagenesis. Genome evolution. Bacterial cell cycle. Awards and Honors Chair, Division H Molecular Biology and Genetics, American Society for Microbiology (2015 - 2016) Division Chair-Elect, American Society for Microbiology, Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology (2014 - 2015) Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2013) Board of Directors, Genetics Society of America (2008 - 2011) Davis Fellowship for Experiential Teaching (2006 - 2007) Fellow, American Society for Microbiology (2006) American Cancer Society Massachusetts Fellowship (1986 - 1988) National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Training Grant (1983 - 1985) Cornell University National Scholar (1973 - 1977)
Research Interest
Mechanisms of DNA repair and mutation avoidance
Publications
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Brown LT, Sutera Jr VA, Zhou S, Weitzel CS, Cheng Y, Lovett ST. Connecting Replication and repair: YoaA, a helicase-related protein, promotes azidothymidine tolerance through association with Chi, an accessory clamp loader protein. PLoS genetics. 2015 Nov 6;11(11):e1005651.
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Cooper DL, Boyle DC, Lovett ST. Genetic analysis of Escherichia coli RadA: functional motifs and genetic interactions. Molecular microbiology. 2015 Mar 1;95(5):769-79.
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Cooper DL, Lovett ST. Recombinational branch migration by the RadA/Sms paralog of RecA in Escherichia coli. Elife. 2016 Feb 4;5:e10807.
