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4103
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Susan L. Forsburg publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Susan L. Forsburg sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 141 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Susan L. Forsburg D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Susan L. Forsburg sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology Molecular, Cellular and General Biology of Eukaryotes
  • 2011 - ASM Alice C. Evans Award for Advancement of Women, American Society for Microbiology
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Susan L. Forsburg is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their work predominantly falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a specialization in Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, as well as contributions to Plant Science, Genetics, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including DNA Repair Mechanisms, Fungal and yeast genetics research, Microtubule and mitosis dynamics, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, RNA Research and Splicing, and Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms.

Frequent publication venues for their work include G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Genetics, PubMed, and Biology Open.

Frequent collaborators in Forsburg's research are Seong Min Kim, Joshua M Park, Tingting Li, Ruben C. Petreaca, and Vishnu P. Tripathi.

Selected recent papers authored by or involving Susan L. Forsburg are:

  • Monitoring Schizosaccharomyces pombe genome stress by visualizing end-binding protein Ku (2021), Biology Open
  • Revised fission yeast gene and allele nomenclature guidelines for machine readability (2023), Genetics
  • Active Replication Checkpoint Drives Genome Instability in Fission Yeast mcm4 Mutant (2020), Molecular and Cellular Biology
  • Analysis of transcriptional response in haploid and diploid Schizosaccharomyces pombe under genotoxic stress (2024), G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Impact of 1,6-hexanediol on Schizosaccharomyces pombe genome stability (2023), G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Awards received include the Fellowship of the American Academy of Microbiology in 2016 for contributions to Molecular, Cellular and General Biology of Eukaryotes, the ASM Alice C. Evans Award for Advancement of Women from the American Society for Microbiology in 2011, and a Fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 2004.

Best Publications

  • The genome sequence of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    V. Wood;R. Gwilliam;M.A. Rajandream;M. Lyne

  • Eukaryotic MCM Proteins: Beyond Replication Initiation

    Susan L. Forsburg

  • Basic methods for fission yeast.

    Susan L Forsburg;Nicholas Rhind

  • The fission yeast cdc18+ gene product couples S phase to START and mitosis

    Thomas J. Kelly;Thomas J. Kelly;G.Steven Martin;G.Steven Martin;Susan L. Forsburg;Robert J. Stephen

  • Comparison of Schizosaccharomyces pombe expression systems

    Susan L. Forsburg

  • Identification and characterization of HAP4: a third component of the CCAAT-bound HAP2/HAP3 heteromer.

    Susan L. Forsburg;Leonard Guarente

  • Cell Cycle Regulation in the Yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Susan L. Forsburg;Paul Nurse

  • The art and design of genetic screens: yeast

    Susan L. Forsburg

  • Communication between mitochondria and the nucleus in regulation of cytochrome genes in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Susan L. Forsburg;Leonard Guarente

  • General purpose tagging vectors for fission yeast

    Susan L Forsburg;Daniel A Sherman;Daniel A Sherman

  • Cancer stem cells persist in many cancer cell lines.

    Takao Setoguchi;Tetsuya Taga;Toru Kondo

  • Molecular Genetics of Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Sarah A Sabatinos;Susan L Forsburg

  • Identification of a second myosin-II in Schizosaccharomyces pombe : Myp2p is conditionally required for cytokinesis

    Magdalena Bezanilla;Susan L. Forsburg;Thomas D. Pollard

  • Fission yeast pak1+ encodes a protein kinase that interacts with Cdc42p and is involved in the control of cell polarity and mating.

    S. Ottilie;P. J. Miller;D. I. Johnson;C. L. Creasy

  • MCM proteins: DNA damage, mutagenesis and repair.

    Julie M Bailis;Susan L Forsburg

  • Mutational analysis of upstream activation sequence 2 of the CYC1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a HAP2-HAP3-responsive site.

    S L Forsburg;L Guarente

  • Hsk1–Dfp1 is required for heterochromatin-mediated cohesion at centromeres

    Julie M. Bailis;Pascal Bernard;Pascal Bernard;Richard Antonelli;Richard Antonelli;Robin C. Allshire;Robin C. Allshire

  • Identification of a Gl-type cyclin puc1 + in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Susan L. Forsburg;Paul Nurse

  • The Schizosaccharomyces pombe aurora-related kinase Ark1 interacts with the inner centromere protein Pic1 and mediates chromosome segregation and cytokinesis.

    Joel D. Leverson;Han-kuei Huang;Susan L. Forsburg;Tony Hunter

  • Reduced dosage of a single fission yeast MCM protein causes genetic instability and S phase delay

    Debbie T. Liang;Jeffrey A. Hodson;Susan L. Forsburg

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Nurse
Paul Nurse The Francis Crick Institute
Chun-Nan Hsu
Chun-Nan Hsu University of California, San Diego
Tony Hunter
Tony Hunter Salk Institute for Biological Studies
David W. Ussery
David W. Ussery University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Claude Gaillardin
Claude Gaillardin Agro ParisTech
Karen Mungall
Karen Mungall BC Cancer Agency
Sarah Hunt
Sarah Hunt European Bioinformatics Institute
Bart Barrell
Bart Barrell Wellcome Sanger Institute
Michael A. Quail
Michael A. Quail Wellcome Sanger Institute
Hans Lehrach
Hans Lehrach Max Planck Society

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