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Susan Lees-Miller obtained her BSc and PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Wales. She completed post-doctoral training in the Biochemistry Department at the University of Alberta and at Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York. In 1992, she joined the University of Calgary as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and transitioned to the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology within the Cumming School of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Lees-Miller has published extensively, with over 150 publications cited 25,000 times, achieving an h-index of 89. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Her research focuses on the mechanisms of DNA double strand break repair, particularly the roles of DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) and Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated (ATM) in the cellular response to DNA damage. She studies how cells detect and repair DNA damage induced by ionizing radiation and chemotherapeutic drugs. Her recent work includes exploring the use of poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors in targeting ATM deficient cancers and understanding resistance to cisplatin. Dr. Lees-Miller's lab has made significant contributions to the understanding of non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) as a primary DNA repair mechanism and has collaborated on high-impact studies published in prestigious journals.
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