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Susan Bernstein
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University of California, Berkeley
Department of Integrative Biology

Office: 4095 Valley Life Sciences Building
slbernstein[at] berkeley [dot] edu

Appointments and Education

BA, Biochemistry and Cell Biology                                                                                     
Minor, Art History
University of California, San Diego  

Research Interests

Research
Insect evolution
Self-assembling proteins
Autoimmune disorders
Other interests
Fanatical color-coding
Good gluten-free cakes
My dogs​

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Publications

Karageorgi, M., S.C. Groen, K.I. Verster, J.M. Aguilar, F. Sumbul, A.P. Hastings, J.N. Pelaez, S.L. Bernstein, T. Matsunaga, M. Astourian, G. Guerra, F. Rico, S. Dobler, A.A. Agrawal & N.K. Whiteman (2019). Genome editing retraces the evolution of toxin resistance in the monarch butterfly. Nature 574: 409-412

Cai F, Bernstein SL, Wilson SC, Kerfeld CA. Production and Characterization of
Synthetic Carboxysome Shells with Incorporated Luminal Proteins. Plant Physiology January 20, 2016 pp.01822.2015. http:/​/​dx.​doi.​org/​10.​1104/​pp.​15.​01822

Cai F, Sutter M, Bernstein SL, Kinney JN, Kerfeld CA.  Engineering Bacterial Microcompartment Shells: Chimeric Shell Proteins and Chimeric Carboxysome Shells.  ACS Synth Biol. 2014 Aug 12. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/sb500226j 

Lassila JK, Bernstein SL, Kinney JN, Axen SD, Kerfeld CA. Assembly of Robust Bacterial Microcompartment Shells Using Building Blocks from an Organelle of Unknown Function. J Mol Biol. 2014 May 29; 426(11):2217-2228 doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2014.02.025

Cameron JC, Wilson SC, Bernstein SL, Kerfeld CA. Biogenesis of a Bacterial Organelle: The Carboxysome Assembly Pathway. Cell. 2013 Nov 21;155:1131-1140.

Bourne Y, Watson MH, Arvai AS, Bernstein SL, Reed SI, Tainer JA. Crystal structure and mutational analysis of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell cycle regulatory protein Cks1: implications for domain swapping, anion binding and protein interactions. Structure. 2000 Aug 15;8(8):841-50

Watson MH, Bourne Y, Arvai AS, Hickey MJ, Santiago A, Bernstein SL, Tainer JA, Reed SI. A mutation in the human cyclin-dependent kinase interacting protein, CksHs2, interferes with cyclin-dependent kinase binding and biological function, but preserves protein structure and assembly. J Mol Biol. 1996 Sep 6;261(5):646-57.

Forest KT, Bernstein SL, Getzoff ED, So M, Tribbick G, Geysen HM, Deal CD, Tainer JA. Assembly and antigenicity of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilus mapped with antibodies. Infect Immun. 1996 Feb;64(2):644-52. 

Bourne Y, Arvai AS, Bernstein SL, Watson MH, Reed SI, Endicott JE, Noble ME, Johnson LN, Tainer JA. Crystal structure of the cell cycle-regulatory protein suc1 reveals a beta-hinge conformational switch.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Oct 24;92(22):10232-6.
 
McTigue MA, Bernstein SL, Williams DR, Tainer JA. Purification and crystallization of a schistosomal glutathione S-transferase. Proteins. 1995 May;22(1):55-7.

​Parge HE, Bernstein SL, Deal CD, McRee DE, Christensen D, Capozza MA, Kays BW, Fieser TM, Draper D, So M, Getzoff ED, Tainer JA. Biochemical purification and crystallization of the fiber-forming protein pilin from Neisseria gonorrhoeae. JBC. 1990 Feb 4;265(4)2278-2285.
 
Parge HE, McRee DE, Capozza MA, Bernstein SL, Getzoff ED, Tainer JA.
Three dimensional structure of bacterial pili. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 1987;53(6):447-53.


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  • Home
  • Group Members
    • Principal Investigator, Dr. Noah Whiteman
    • Research Specialist Susan Bernstein
    • Postdoctoral Researchers and Research Associates >
      • Dr. Samridhi Chaturvedi
      • Dr. Moe Bakhtiari
      • Dr. Benjamin Goldman-Huertas
      • Dr. Carolina Reisenman
    • Graduate Students >
      • Jessica Aguilar
      • Nicolas Alexandre
      • Diler Haji
      • Julianne Pelaez
      • Hiromu Suzuki
      • Rebecca Tarnopol
      • Kirsten Isabel Verster
    • Undergraduate Students >
      • Saron Akalu
      • Jaden Ha
      • Selah-Marie Grogan
      • Gillian Oaks
      • Ashleigh Takemoto
      • Jossie Tamsil
    • Former members >
      • Eric Rogers
      • Ted Chor
      • Dr. Teruyuki Matsanaga
      • Anna Pham
      • Anna Leipertz
      • Michael Astourian
      • Ashley Bendl
      • Elizabeth Ordeman
      • Bridget Cheng
      • Irene Liang
      • Gillian Montross
      • Esteban Rodas
      • Giovani Pimentel-Solorio
      • Faye Romero
      • Marissa Sandoval
      • Shivani Sundaram
      • Kannagi Yashroy
      • Derrick Yip
      • Haarini Sridhar
      • Sneha Agrawal
      • Dr. Marianna Karageorgi
      • Kevin Miao
      • Dr. Rebecca Duncan
      • Kelly D'Ambrogia
      • Jiarui Wang
      • Tim O'Connor
      • Judith Okoro
      • William Farley
      • Dr. Cathy Rushworth
      • Andy Gloss
      • Alana Augur
      • Hoon Pyon
      • Julianne Ray
      • Dr. Simon "Niels" Groen
      • Dr. David Hembry (PERT Postdoctoral Fellow)
      • Dr. Jennifer Koop (PERT Postdoctoral Fellow)
      • Dr. Anna Nelson Dittrich (PERT Postdoctoral Fellow)
      • Dr. Rick Lapoint (PERT Postdoctoral Fellow)
      • Dr. Paul Nabity (USDA-NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow)
      • Christina Meyer
      • Parris Humphrey
      • Lea Flechon
      • Research Specialist, Tim Rast
      • Amir Abidov
      • Allan Castillo
      • Matt Cravens
      • Mitchell Feldmann
      • Jason Giles
      • Lauren Johnston
      • Noel Kitchen
      • Erika LaPlante
      • Matthew J. Velasquez
    • Internal page >
      • Protocols
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  • Research
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  • DEI
    • #leadership
    • #participation
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  • "Monarch Fly"