Susan J Baserga MD, PhD

Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, of Genetics and of Therapeutic Radiology

Departments & Organizations

Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Microbiology: Molecular Genetics | Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology: RNA Catalysis and Ribonucleoprotein Machines

Center for RNA Science and Medicine, Yale

Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry: RNA Biology

Therapeutic Radiology: Radiobiology

Genetics

Gene Regulation and Functional Genomics

Radiobiology and Radiotherapy

Research Interests

Ribosome biogenesis; rRNA processing; U3 RNP structure and function; RNA helicases; Polymerase I transcription and processing

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Education

M.D., Yale University , 1988
Ph.D., Yale University , 1988

Selected Publication

Champion EA, Kundrat L, Regan L, Baserga SJ. A structural model for the HAT domain of Utp6 incorporating bioinformatics and genetics. Protein Eng Des Sel. 2009 Jul22(7):431-9. Epub 2009 Jun 10.

Articles

Nov/Dec 2009

Images help scientists think outside the box

Cell structures known as box C/D guide ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) help to maintain the integrity of ribosomes, which...