Susanne Rafelski

Susanne Marie Rafelski
Born	(1980-03-17) March 17, 1980 (age 45) Frankfurt, Germany
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Stanford University
Scientific career
Fields	Quantitative biology
Institutions	Allen Institute for Cell Science
Thesis	Integrating bacterial polarity with host-cytoskeletal dynamics: initiation of listeria monocytogenes actin-based motility  (2005)
Doctoral advisor	Julie 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

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

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

References

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.