Sue Jinks-Robertson

Sue Jinks-Robertson is an American professor of genetics and microbiology.[1] She is currently a professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at the Duke University School of Medicine. In May 2019, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.[2][3] She has published over 100 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals.[4]

Education and academic appointments

Jinks-Robertson grew up in the Florida panhandle.[5] She graduated from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia in 1977. In 1983, she obtained a Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied ribosome biosynthesis in E. coli with Masayasu Nomura. She was a postdoctoral researcher with Tom Petes at the University of Chicago. From 1986 to 2006 she was a faculty member in the Biology Department at Emory University. In 2006, she moved to Duke University.[5]

Research

Jinks-Robertson studies topics in DNA repair, homologous recombination, and transcription-associated mutagenesis, using the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model organism.[1]

Major awards and honors

Jinks-Robertson was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in 2010,[5] and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2011.[6] She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2019.[2][3]

Academic service

Jinks-Robertson was Treasurer of the Genetics Society of America from 2014–2016.[7] She is currently an Associate Editor for the journal DNA Repair.[8] She is also a member of the Editorial Board of PLoS Genetics.[9]

References
  1. "MGM Sue Jinks-Robertson, PhD". mgm.duke.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  2. "Two Duke Faculty Elected to National Academy of Sciences". today.duke.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  3. "School of Medicine Scientist Sue Jinks-Robertson Elected to the National Academy of Sciences | Duke School of Medicine". medschool.duke.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  4. "Sue Jinks-Robertson - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  5. "MGM Sue Jinks-Robertson, PhD – Biography". mgm.duke.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  6. "Elected Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  7. "Past and Present GSA Officers | Genetics Society of America". www.genetics-gsa.org. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  8. DNA Repair Editorial Board.
  9. "PLOS Genetics: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal". journals.plos.org. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
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