Lorraine S. Symington FRS is a British-American geneticist. As the Harold S. Ginsberg Professor and Director of Graduate Studies of Microbiology & Immunology at Columbia University, her laboratory uses genetic, biochemical and molecular approaches to understand mechanisms of homology-directed double-strand break repair using the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as an experimental system.
Lorraine S. Symington | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | BSc, Biology, University of Sussex PhD, Genetics, University of Glasgow |
| Thesis | Transposon-encoded site-specific recombination |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Website | www |
Early life and education
editSymington completed her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Sussex and her PhD in genetics from the University of Glasgow. Following her graduating, she moved to North America and completed her postdoctoral training in DNA biochemistry with Richard Kolodner at Harvard Medical School and in yeast genetics with Tom Petes at the University of Chicago.[1]
Career
editSymington joined the faculty at Columbia University in 1988.[1] Throughout her tenure at Columbia, her laboratory uses genetic, biochemical and molecular approaches to understand mechanisms of homology-directed double-strand break repair using the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as an experimental system.[2] In 2018, Symington was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for her "major, lasting contributions toward our understanding of mechanisms of DNA-damage induced break repair."[3] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Symington was elected to the National Academy of Sciences for her genetics research.[4] She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2024.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Mechanisms of Homologous Recombination". mendellectures.muni.cz. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ Lee, Andrew H.; Symington, Lorraine S.; Fidock, David A. (September 7, 2014). "DNA Repair Mechanisms and Their Biological Roles in the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum". Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 78 (3): 469–486. doi:10.1128/MMBR.00059-13. PMC 4187680. PMID 25184562.
- ^ "Lorraine Symington Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". cuimc.columbia.edu. April 23, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ "Five Columbia Faculty Join the Ranks of the National Academy of Sciences". news.columbia.edu. March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ "Professor Lorraine Symington FRS". Royal Society. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
External links
edit- Lorraine S. Symington publications indexed by Google Scholar