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Susan Strome

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Susan Strome
Alma materUniversity of Washington
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship, 1998
Scientific career
FieldsDevelopmental genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of California Santa Cruz
ThesisTranslational control of bacteriophage T7 gene expression (1979)
Websitebio.research.ucsc.edu/people/strome/Site1/Home.html

Susan Strome is a Distinguished Professor of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology at the University of California Santa Cruz.[1] Strome received a B.A. degree in chemistry from University of New Mexico and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Washington, as well as post-graduate work at the University of Colorado Boulder. Strome is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.[2]

Strome received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1998.[3]

Research

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Strome's work in developmental genetics investigates how germ cells are established and maintain identity, immortality, and potency from parent to offspring. Her research uses Caenorhabditis elegans, a worm, as a model system.

Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ "Faculty Directory: Susan Strome". Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, UC Santa Cruz.
  2. ^ "Member Directory: Susan Strome". National Academy of Sciences.
  3. ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Susan Strome". Retrieved Dec 14, 2019.