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Susanne Rafelski

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Susanne Marie Rafelski
Born (1980-03-17) March 17, 1980 (age 44)
Frankfurt, Germany
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University
Scientific career
FieldsQuantitative biology
InstitutionsAllen Institute for Cell Science
ThesisIntegrating bacterial polarity with host-cytoskeletal dynamics: initiation of listeria monocytogenes actin-based motility (2005)
Doctoral advisorJulie Theriot

Susanne Marie Rafelski is an American biochemist. Rafelski studied biochemistry at the University of Arizona with David Galbraith.[1] She obtained her PhD in 2005 from Stanford University, under supervision of Julie Theriot.[2][3]

Career

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Rafelski continued her research holding postdoc positions at Center for Cell Dynamics, University of Washington[4][5] and at the University of California, San Francisco.[6][7] In 2011 she became Assistant Professor at the University of California, Irvine.[8][9][10] As of 2016 Rafelski is a senior scientist at the Allen Institute for Cell Science in Seattle, and since 2020 she is Deputy Director for the Cell Science scientific programs.[11][12]

At the Allen Institute, Rafelski is leading a team using a deep-learning algorithm on unlabelled cells showing DNA and substructures in the nucleus, plus cell membranes and mitochondria.[13]

Personal life

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Susanne Rafelski is daughter of Johann and Helga Rafelski and adoptive daughter of Victoria Grossack. She lives in Seattle, WA.

References

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  1. ^ Chytilova, Eva; Macas, Jiri; Sliwinska, Elwira; Rafelski, Susanne M.; Lambert, Georgina M.; Galbraith, David W. (2000). Lippincott-Schwartz, Jennifer (ed.). "Nuclear Dynamics in Arabidopsis thaliana". Molecular Biology of the Cell. 11 (8): 2733–2741. doi:10.1091/mbc.11.8.2733. ISSN 1059-1524. PMC 14952. PMID 10930466.
  2. ^ Rafelski, Susanne Marie (2005). Integrating bacterial polarity with host-cytoskeletal dynamics: initiation of listeria monocytogenes actin-based motility (Thesis).
  3. ^ Rafelski, Susanne M.; Theriot, Julie A. (2006). "Mechanism of polarization of Listeria monocytogenes surface protein ActA". Molecular Microbiology. 59 (4): 1262–1279. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05025.x. ISSN 0950-382X. PMC 1413586. PMID 16430699.
  4. ^ Rafelski, Susanne M.; Alberts, Jonathan B.; Odell, Garrett M. (2009-07-10). Goodson, Holly (ed.). "An Experimental and Computational Study of the Effect of ActA Polarity on the Speed of Listeria monocytogenes Actin-based Motility". PLOS Computational Biology. 5 (7): e1000434. Bibcode:2009PLSCB...5E0434R. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000434. ISSN 1553-7358. PMC 2699634. PMID 19593363.
  5. ^ "Center for Cell Dynamics Friday Harbor Washington". celldynamics.org. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  6. ^ Rafelski, Susanne M.; Marshall, Wallace F. (2008). "Building the cell: design principles of cellular architecture". Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 9 (8): 593–602. doi:10.1038/nrm2460. ISSN 1471-0072. PMID 18648373. S2CID 211532.
  7. ^ Rafelski, S. M.; Viana, M. P.; Zhang, Y.; Chan, Y.-H. M.; Thorn, K. S.; Yam, P.; Fung, J. C.; Li, H.; Costa, L. d. F.; Marshall, W. F. (2012). "Mitochondrial Network Size Scaling in Budding Yeast". Science. 338 (6108): 822–824. Bibcode:2012Sci...338..822R. doi:10.1126/science.1225720. ISSN 0036-8075. PMC 3602416. PMID 23139336.
  8. ^ "UC Irvine - Faculty Profile System". www.faculty.uci.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  9. ^ "Prime suspect—Susanne Rafelski will explore latest evidence linking mitochondria and cancer biology at ASCB 2015". www.newswise.com. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  10. ^ "Allen Institute For Cell Science Announces Leadership Changes". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  11. ^ "Susanne Rafelski". alleninstitute.org. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  12. ^ "Allen Institute for Cell Science announces leadership changes". Allen Institute. 2020-12-11. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  13. ^ Dance, Amber (2021). "AI spots cell structures that humans can't". Nature. 592 (7852): 154–155. Bibcode:2021Natur.592..154D. doi:10.1038/d41586-021-00812-7. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 33782599.