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Susan Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Molecular Pathogenesis Program & Department of Pathology
Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
540 First Avenue
New York, New York 10016
Phone: 212-263-2540
Fax: 212-263-5711
email: smithsu@saturn.med.nyu.edu

Education:
  1978  BA Hofstra University, Uniondale NY  
  1990  PhD State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY
Laboratory of Dr. Bruce Stillman, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 
Postdoctoral Appointments:
  1990-1995  Laboratory of Dr. Gunter Blobel, The Rockefeller University, NY
  1995-1999 Laboratory of Dr. Titia de Lange, The Rockefeller University, NY
Professional Appointments:
  1979-1982 Staff Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA
  1982-1984 Senior Research Associate, Molecular Genetics Inc., Minnetonka, MN
  1999-
Present
Assistant Professor, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine
NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Major Administrative Responsibilities:
  2002- Present Graduate Advisor Molecular Oncology & Immunology
Publications:
 

1. Goodman, H.M., Denoto, F., Fiddes, J.C., Hallewell, R.A., Page, G.S., Smith, S., and Ticher, E. (1980) Structure and evolution of growth hormone related genes. Miami Winter Symposium 16:155-179.

2. Page, G.S., Smith, S., and Goodman, H.M. (1981) DNA sequence of the rat growth hormone gene: location of the 5' terminus of the growth hormone mRNA and identification of an internal transposon-like element. Nucleic Acids Research 9:2087-2104.

3. Cordell, B., Diamond, D., Smith, S. Punter, J., Schone, H.H., and Goodman, H.M. (1982) Disproportionate expression of the two nonallelic rat insulin genes in a pancreatic tumor is due to translational control. Cell 31:531-542.

4. Smith, S. and Halling, S.M. (1984) Expression of canine parvovirus B-galactosidase fusion proteins in Escherichia-coli. Gene 29:263-269.

5. Halling, S.M. and Smith, S. (1985) Expression in Escherichia coli of multiple products from a chimaeric gene fusion: evidence for the presence of procaryotic translational control regions within eucaryotic genes. Bio/technology 3:715-720.

6. Smith, S. and Stillman, B. (1989) Purification and characterization of CAF-I, a human cell factor required for chromatin assembly during DNA replication in vitro. Cell 58:15-25.

7. Smith, S. and Stillman, B. (1991) Stepwise assembly of chromatin during DNA replication in vitro. EMBO J. 10: 971-980.

8. Smith, S. and Stillman, B. (1991) Immunological characterization of chromatin assembly factor I, a human cell factor required for chromatin assembly during DNA replication in vitro. J. Biol. Chem. 266:12041-12047.

9. Smith, S. and Blobel, G. (1993) The first membrane spanning region of the lamin B receptor is sufficient for sorting to the inner nuclear membrane. J. Cell Biology 120:631-637.

10. Smith, S. and Blobel, G. (1994) Colocalizaton of lamin B and lamin B receptor (LBR) in nuclear envelopes and in LBR-induced membrane stacks of the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 91:10124-10128.

11. Smith, S. (1995) Cloning and DNA sequence analysis of an ERG24 homolog from Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Gene 155:139-140.

12. Smith, S. and de Lange, T. (1997) TRF1, a mammalian telomeric protein. Trends in Genetics 13:21-26.

13. Bianchi, A., Smith, S., Chong, L., Elias, P. and de Lange, T. (1997) TRF1 is a dimer and bends telomeric DNA. EMBO J. 16:1785-1794.

14. Smith, S., Giriat, I., Schmitt, A. and de Lange, T. (1998) Tankyrase, a poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase at human telomeres. Science 282:1484-1487.

15. Zhu, L., Smith, S., de Lange, T. and Seldin, M. (1999) Chromosomal mapping of the tankyrase gene in human and mouse. Genomics 57:320-321.

16. Smith, S. and de Lange, T. (1999) Cell cycle dependent localization of the telomeric PARP, tankyrase, to nuclear pore complexes and centrosomes. J. Cell Science 112:3649-3556.

17. Smith, S. and de Lange, T. (2000) Tankyrase promotes telomere elongation in human cells. Current Biology 10:1299-1302.

18. Scherthan, H., Jerratsch, M., Li, B., Smith, S., Hulten, M., Lock, T., and de Lange, T. (2000) Mammalian meiotic telomeres: protein composition and their redistribution in relation to nuclear pores. Molecular Biology of the Cell 11:4189-4203.

19. Smith, S. (2000) Recombination: a means to an end in human cells. Nature Genetics 26:388-389.

20. Smith, S. (2001) The world according to PARP. Trends in Biochemical Sciences 26:174-179.

21. Smith, S. (2001) Book review: Life and death at the hand of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation. Cell 105:319-321.

22. Cook, B., Dynek, J. N. Chang, W., Shostak, G., and Smith, S. (2002) Role for the related poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases tankyrase1 and 2 at human telomeres. Mol. Cell. Biol. 22:332-342.

23. Seimiya, H. and Smith, S. (2002) The telomeric PARP, tankyrase1, contains multiple binding sites for TRF1 and a novel acceptor, TAB182. J. Biol. Chem. 277:14116-14126.

24. Chang, W., Dynek, J. N., and Smith, S. (2003) TRF1 is degraded by ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis after release from telomeres. Genes & Development, 17:1328-1333.

25. Seimya, H., Murimatsu, Y., Smith S., and Tsuruo, T. (2004) A functional subdomain in the ankyrin domain of tankyrase 1 required for poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of TRF1 and telomere elongation. Mol. Cell. Biol. 24:1944-55.

26. Dynek, J.N. and Smith, S. (2004) Resolution of sister telomere association is required for mitotic progression in human cells. Science 304:97-100.

27. Houghtaling, B.R., Cuttonaro, L., Chang, W., and Smith S. (2004) A Dynamic Molecular Link between the Telomere Length Regulator TRF1 and the Chromosome End Protector TRF2. Current Biology 14: 1621-1631

28. Chang, W., Dynek, J.N., and Smith S. (2005) NuMA is a major acceptor of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation by tankyrase 1 in mitosis. Biochem J. 391: 177-184

29. Hsiao, S.J., Poitras, M.F., Cook, B.D., Liu, Y., and Smith S. (2006) Tankyrase 2 poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase domain-deleted mice exhibit growth defects but have normal telomere length and capping. Mol. Cell. Biol. 26: 2044-2054.

30. Canudas, S., Houghtaling, B.R., Kim, J.Y., Dynek, J.N., Chang, W.G., and Smith, S. (2007) Protein requirements for sister telomere association in human cells. EMBO J. 26(23): 4867-4878.

31. Hsiao, S.J. and Smith, S. (2008) Tankyrase function at telomeres, spindle poles, and beyond. Biochimie 90(1): 83-92.