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56
Citations
9974
World Ranking
3518
National Ranking
1524

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Susan T. Lovett is affiliated with Brandeis University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions across related subfields including Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics, General Health Professions, and Ecology.

Their scholarly work emphasizes a range of topics, particularly the mechanisms of DNA repair, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, public health policies and education, ethics in clinical research, zoonotic diseases and public health, as well as CRISPR and genetic engineering. RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms also feature among their main research interests.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Corrella S. Detweiler
  • Patrick D. Schloss
  • César A. Arias
  • Andreas J. Bäumler
  • Arturo Casadevall

Susan T. Lovett's work has appeared repeatedly in a number of scientific journals, with notable frequent publication venues being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
  • mBio
  • Genetics
  • Journal of Bacteriology

Among recent publications, key papers include:

  • The ASM Journals Committee Values the Contributions of Black Microbiologists, 2020, mSphere
  • The ASM Journals Committee Values the Contributions of Black Microbiologists, 2020, Clinical Microbiology Reviews
  • Generation and Repair of Postreplication Gaps in Escherichia coli, 2023, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
  • The DNA damage response of Escherichia coli, revisited: Differential gene expression after replication inhibition, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Role of Replication Clamp-Loader Protein HolC of Escherichia coli in Overcoming Replication/Transcription Conflicts, 2021, mBio

The scientist has been recognized with fellowships from major scientific organizations, including being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Phenotypic Landscape of a Bacterial Cell

    Robert J. Nichols;Saunak Sen;Yoe Jin Choo;Pedro Beltrao

  • Instability of repetitive DNA sequences: The role of replication in multiple mechanisms

    Malgorzata Bzymek;Susan T. Lovett

  • Identification and purification of a single-stranded-DNA-specific exonuclease encoded by the recJ gene of Escherichia coli

    Susan T. Lovett;Richard D. Kolodner

  • Two related recombinases are required for site-specific recombination at dif and cer in E. coli K12.

    Garry Blakely;Gerhard May;Richard McCulloch;Lidia K. Arciszewska

  • Encoded errors: mutations and rearrangements mediated by misalignment at repetitive DNA sequences.

    Susan T. Lovett

  • In vivo requirement for RecJ, ExoVII, ExoI, and ExoX in methyl-directed mismatch repair.

    Vickers Burdett;Celia Baitinger;Mohan Viswanathan;Susan T. Lovett

  • Break-Induced DNA Replication

    Ranjith P. Anand;Susan T. Lovett;James E. Haber

  • Crossing Over Between Regions of Limited Homology in Escherichia coli : RecA-Dependent and RecA-Independent Pathways

    Susan T Lovett;Rebecca L Hurley;Vincent A Sutera;Rachel H Aubuchon

  • The Genetic Dependence of Recombination in Recd Mutants of Escherichia Coli

    S T Lovett;C Luisi-DeLuca;R D Kolodner

  • Genetic analysis of the recJ gene of Escherichia coli K-12.

    S T Lovett;A J Clark

  • RecJ exonuclease: substrates, products and interaction with SSB

    Eugene S. Han;Deani L. Cooper;Nicole S. Persky;Vincent A. Sutera

  • Single-Strand DNA-Specific Exonucleases in Escherichia coli: Roles in Repair and Mutation Avoidance

    Mohan Viswanathan;Susan T. Lovett

  • A Sister-Strand Exchange Mechanism for Reca-Independent Deletion of Repeated DNA Sequences in Escherichia Coli

    S T Lovett;P T Drapkin;V A Sutera;T J Gluckman-Peskind

  • The Stringent Response and Cell Cycle Arrest in Escherichia coli

    Daniel J. Ferullo;Susan T. Lovett

  • Crystal Structures of Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium 3-Isopropylmalate Dehydrogenase and Comparison with their Thermophilic Counterpart from Thermus thermophilus

    Gerlind Wallon;Gitay Kryger;Susan T Lovett;Tairo Oshima

  • Regulation of RAD54- and RAD52-lacZ gene fusions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in response to DNA damage.

    G M Cole;D Schild;S T Lovett;R K Mortimer

  • Redundant Exonuclease Involvement in Escherichia coli Methyl-directed Mismatch Repair

    Mohan Viswanathan;Vickers Burdett;Vickers Burdett;Celia Baitinger;Celia Baitinger;Paul Modrich;Paul Modrich

  • Reconstitution of initial steps of dsDNA break repair by the RecF pathway of E. coli.

    Naofumi Handa;Katsumi Morimatsu;Susan T. Lovett;Stephen C. Kowalczykowski

  • RecA-independent recombination is efficient but limited by exonucleases.

    Bethany E. Dutra;Vincent A. Sutera;Susan T. Lovett

  • Sequence of the RAD55 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: similarity of RAD55 to prokaryotic RecA and other RecA-like proteins.

    Susan T. Lovett

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick D. Schloss
Patrick D. Schloss University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Harold L. Drake
Harold L. Drake University of Bayreuth
Jack A. Gilbert
Jack A. Gilbert University of California, San Diego
Peter Tontonoz
Peter Tontonoz University of California, Los Angeles
Thomas J. Silhavy
Thomas J. Silhavy Princeton University
Andreas J. Bäumler
Andreas J. Bäumler University of California, Davis
Cesar A. Arias
Cesar A. Arias The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Arturo Casadevall
Arturo Casadevall Johns Hopkins University
Michael J. Sadowsky
Michael J. Sadowsky University of Minnesota
Craig E. Cameron
Craig E. Cameron University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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