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Susan S. Wallace Curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY B.S. 1959 Chemistry & Mathematics
University of California, Berkeley 1959-1961
Advanced to Candidacy for the Ph.D. in Biophysics 1960
M.S. 1961 Bioradiology
Cornell University, Graduate School of Medical
Sciences, Sloan Kettering Division Ph.D. 1965 Biophysics
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons Post-Doctoral 1965-1967 Immunochemistry
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Professor & Chair, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont 1988-present
Graduate Faculty, University of Vermont 1988-present
Member, Vermont Cancer Center 1988-present
Director, Vermont Cancer Center Genome Stability and Expression Program 1993-2010
Director, Cancer Biology Graduate Training Program 2004-2009
Director, Department of Energy Vermont EPSCoR Program 2000-2007
Professor, Department of Microbiology, New York Medical College 1979-1988
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, New York Medical College 1976-1979
Graduate Program Director, Department of Microbiology, New York Medical College 1977-1987
Sabbatical Leave, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Laboratory of Dr. Jerard Hurwitz 1974-1975
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of NY 1973-1976
Doctoral Faculty, City University of New York 1970-1988
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of NY 1967-1973
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
Hubert W. Vogelmann Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship, University of Vermont
2013
Environmental Mutagen Society Award for Fundamental Studies on Repair of DNA Damage
Caused by Environmental Agents, and for her Exemplary Leadership in Science 2012
University of Vermont, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Commencement Speaker 2012
Keynote Lecturer to Scholars in Training Symposium Honoring Women in
Radiation Research, International Congress of Radiation Research, Warsaw 2011 University Distinguished Professor, University of Vermont 2011-present
Keynote Address, FEBS Genome Instability and DNA Repair Conference
2011
Keynote Address, International Conference on DNA Repair and Mutagenesis 2009
Keynote Address, International Meeting on Radiation Damage to DNA 2006
John B. Little Award for Outstanding Contributions to Molecular Radiobiology,
Harvard School of Public Health 2005
Phi Beta Kappa, Honorary 2005
University of Vermont Scholar 1997
Keynote Speaker, Sealy Center for Molecular Sciences, San Antonio, Texas 1997
Failla Awardee and Memorial Lecturer, Radiation Research Society 1996
Member and Treasurer, Vermont Academy of Sciences and Engineering 1995-present
Gordon Mutagenesis Conference, Vice Chair, Chair (elected) 1996, 1998
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NIH Merit Award 1995-2003
Leonard J. Tolmach Memorial Lecturer, Washington University, St. Louis 1995
Herbert M. Parker Memorial Lecturer for Outstanding Achievement in Radiation Protection 1995
Plenary Lecturer, Environmental Mutagen Society 1993
President, Radiation Research Society (elected) 1991-1992
Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust Award to establish a Center for Molecular Genetics
at the University of Vermont 1990
NIH Merit Award 1986-1994
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer, Aaron Bendich Award for Distinguished Achievement in
Biomedical Research 1984
Mary Ann Swetland Visiting Professor and Memorial Lecturer, Case Western Reserve University 1982
American Cancer Society Scholar 1974-1975
NIH Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Microbiology, College of Physicians & Surgeons,
Columbia University 1965-1967
NIH Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biophysics, Cornell University Graduate
School of Medical Sciences, Sloan Kettering Division 1962-1965
Atomic Energy Commission Fellow, Department of Biophysics, University of California, 1959-1961
Berkeley
Woodrow Wilson Honorary National Fellow 1959-1960
GOVERNMENT SERVICE AND ADVISORY COMMITTEES
Member, NCI Outstanding Investigator Award Review Committee 2015
Member, International Scientific Committee, 13th International Workshop
“Radiation Damage to DNA” 2014
Member, NIEHS Conference Review Committee 2012
Member, International Scientific Committee, 12th International Workshop
“Radiation Damage to DNA” 2012
Member, International Scientific Committee, 11th International Workshop
“Radiation Damage to DNA” 2010
Member, NCI Review Group, Manpower and Training 2008
Member, International Scientific Committee, 10th International Workshop
“Radiation Damage to DNA” 2008
Member, Program Committee, 13th International Congress of Radiation Research,
San Francisco, California 2007
Member, NIH Special Emphasis Panel/Biophysics 2006
Member, International Scientific Committee, 9th International Workshop
“Radiation Damage to DNA” 2006
Member, International Advisory Committee to “Great South West”
Canceropôle, City of Toulouse, France 2005-2010
Member, Program Committee, US/EU Workshop, “Systems Level Understanding
of DNA Damage Responses 2005
Member, NASA Review Panel for Radiation Research 2004
Member, Advisory Board, Structural Biology of DNA Repair,
University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 2003-present
Member, External Review Committee, Department of Microbiology
and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School 2002
Member, Board of Directors, FASEB 2000-2003
Member, NCI Study Section Boundary Team 2001
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Member, NASA Radiobiology External Review Panel 2001
Member, FASEB Federal Funding Consensus Conference 2000, 2001
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, VIIth International Workshop on Radiation Damage to DNA 2001
Working Group Leader, National Research Council Workshop:
Biologically-Based Risk Model for Low Dose/Low Dose Rate High LET Radiation 1996
Member, Board of Scientific Counselors of the Division of Cancer Etiology, NCI 1995
Member, Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee, Department of Energy 1994-1999
Member, National Academy of Sciences Board on Radiation Effects Research, 1994-1998
National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences
Member, External Review Committee, Department of Microbiology, 1994
Medical University of South Carolina
Member, Vermont Technology Council Subcommittee on Vermont EPSCoR 1994-present
Member, External Advisory Board, NIEHS Institutional NRSA Training Grant,
Harvard School of Public Health 1994-2012
Program Committee, International Congress of Radiation Research, Wurtzburg, Germany 1992-1995
Member, NASA Space Radiation Health Discipline Working Group 1992-1996
Member, Scientific Committee, 18th L.H. Gray Conference, Bath, UK 1992-1994
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Fanconi Anemia Research Fund 1992-2000
Organizing Committee, Genomics Technology and Mutational Analysis, Department of Energy 1992
Member, External Review Panel, Laboratory of Toxicology, Harvard School of Public Health 1991
Member, External Advisory Committee, Harvard School of Public Health, NIEHS Center 1991-2008
Consultant, Bio-Tek Instruments, Winooski, Vermont 1991-1993
Member, New England Land-Grant Colleges, Biotechnology Council 1990-1995
Member, New England Governors Council Biotechnology Advisory Panel 1990-1995
Member, Joint University of Vermont/City of Burlington Task Force
on Biotechnology 1990
Consultant, DuPont-Merck 1988-1996
Department of Energy HERAC Subcommittee, Radiation Biology 1985-1987
Member, External Review Panel, Chair of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University,
School of Medicine 1984
Invited Participant, President's Cancer Panel 1983
Member, Congressional Committee for Determining Strategy
for Assessing Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation 1979-1980
Panel Member, Review Life Sciences Program, Department of Energy 1978-1979
Member NIH Radiation Study Section 1977-1981
Ad Hoc Reviewer, NIH, DOE, National Science Foundation, American Cancer Society 1977-present
EDITORIAL BOARD SERVICE
Journal of Cellular Physiology 2010 - present
Journal of Biological Chemistry (Editorial Board) 2005 - 2010
DNA Repair (Associate Editor) 2004 - present
Molecular Cancer Research (Associate Editor) 2003 - present
Radiation Research (Senior Editor) 2001 - 2010
Environmental Health Perspectives (Associate Editor) 2000 - 2008
Mutation Research/DNA Repair (Editorial Board) 2000 - 2004
Chemical Research in Toxicology (Associate Editor) 1999 - 2002
Cell Biology and Toxicology (Associate Editor) 1984 - 1994
Mutation Research (Associate Editor) 1990 - 2000
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Radiation Research (Associate Editor) 1980 - 1983
SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES ORGANIZED
Organizer, AACR Special Conference: Radiation Biology and Cancer:
From Molecular Responses to the Clinic 2004
Co-Organizer, ASM Conference on DNA Repair and Mutagenesis 2004
Chair, NCI Workshop on Radiation Sensitivity, Cancer Susceptibility
and Common DNA Repair Polymorphisms 2001
Co-Organizer, ASM Conference on DNA Repair and Mutagenesis 1999
NIH/DOE Workshop, Cellular Responses to Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation 1999
Conference Vice-Chair, Chair, Gordon Mutagenesis Conference 1996, 1998
Chair, NCI Workshop: “Molecular Biology to Radiation Oncology” 1997
Fanconi Anemia Research Fund, Symposium Chair: “Hematopoiesis, Oncogenesis,
DNA Damage and Repair” 1995
Chair, NCI Workshop: “Mechanisms of Transmissible Genomic Instability from
the Exposure of Mammalian Cells to Ionizing Radiation” 1995
Conference Co-Organizer, New York Academy of Sciences Conference:
"DNA Damage: Effects on DNA Structure and Protein Recognition" 1993
Organizer, UCLA Winter Symposium"Ionizing Radiation Damage to DNA: Molecular Aspects". 1990
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Society for Biological Chemistry and Molecular Biology 1967-present
Radiation Research Society 1971-present
Past-President, Council Member 1993-1998
President 1991-1992
President-elect 1990-1991
Founder, Committee on Women’s Issues in the Radiation Research Society 1991
Councilor, Radiation Research Society 1988-1990
Editor and Founder, Radiation Research Newsletter 1984-1987
Member Program Committee
Member Site-Selection Committee
American Society for Microbiology 1973-present
Environmental Mutagen Society 1993-present
Council Member 2012-2016
American Association for Cancer Research 2002-present
Co-Chair, Carcinogenesis Subcommittee, 2002 AACR Program Committee 2002
American Association for the Advancement of Science 1965-present
American Women in Science 1972-present
Sigma Xi 1976-present
CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT
NIH P01 CA098993/6-10 (Wallace, S.S., P.I.) 09/01/2010-08/31/15 $9,417,271
Structure and Function of DNA Repair Enzymes
NIH P01 CA098993/6-10 (Wallace, S.S., P.I.) 12/01/2011-11/30/15 $1,409,041
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Structure and Function of DNA Repair Enzymes - Project 5
NIH R01 CA52040 (Wallace, S. S. and Doublié, S., Co-P.I.) 01/01/13-12/31/17 $1,993,947
Processing of Free Radical Radiation Damage by Human DNA Polymerases
Completed
NIH R01 CA52040 (Wallace, S. S. and Doublié, S., Co-P.I.) 08/29/07-04/30/12 $1,645,700
Processing of Damage by Translesion DNA Synthesis
NIH R01 CA33657/23-27 (Wallace, S.S., P.I.) 08/20/2004-07/31/11 $2,269,086
Repair of DNA Damage by Ionizing Radiation
NIH P01 CA098993/1-5 (Wallace, S.S., P.I.) 09/03/2004-08/31/10 $7,523,280
Structure, Function, and Evolution of DNA Repair Enzymes
DOE DE-FG02-00ER45828(Wallace, S.S., P.I.) 07/01/00 – 04/30/07 $2,250,000
DOE EPSCoR Initiative in Structural Biology and Computational Biology Bioinformatics
NIH 5P30 CA22435 (Yandell, D., P.I.) 12/01/00-11/30/06
Cancer Center Support Grant, Director, Genome Stability and Expression Program
DOE DE-FG02-01ER63210 (Wallace, S.S., P.I.) 09/01/00-08/31/05 $175,842
Damage Recognition, Protein Signaling, and Fidelity in Base Excision Repair
NIH/NCI R37 CA 33657(Wallace, S.S., P.I.) 02/21/95-11/30/04 $2,672,126
Repair of DNA Damage Induced by Ionizing Radiation
DOE DE-FG02-99ER62861 (Wallace, S.S., P.I.) 09/01/99-08/31/03 $872,000
Free Radical DNA Damage Produced Endogenously and by Low Dose Radiation in Human Cells:
Quantitation, Consequences and Repair
NIH R01 AG17101-01 (Wallace, S.S., P.I.) 09/01/99-08/31/02 $339,746
Oxidative DNA Damage, Transcription, Repair and Aging
DOE DE-FG02-98ER45723 (Wallace, S.S., P.I.) 09/15/98-09/14/02 $150,000
Structure/Function Analysis of DNA-glycosylases that Repair Oxidized Purines and Pyrimidines and
the Influence of Surrounding DNA Sequence on their Interactions
Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust 10/15/90-11/14/95 $2,300,000
Development of a Program in Molecular Genetics.
DOE-DE-FG05-90ER75578 09/18/90-09/17/93 $123,186
Modeling/Imaging Facility for the Study of DNA Damage and Repair
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Fifteen graduate students have completed their dissertations in the Wallace laboratory; one is currently in
training. Over 30 postdoctoral research associates, fellows and visiting senior scientists have participated
in the Wallace research program.
Courses Taught
Cell and Molecular Biology (Medical) 2003-present
Cancer Biology, University of Vermont (Graduate) 2001-present
Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions, University of Vermont (Graduate) 1991-2001
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Prokaryotic Genetics, University of Vermont (Undergraduate) 1989-2009
Medical Microbiology, New York Medical College 1976-1988
Virology, New York Medical College (Graduate) 1983
DNA Repair, New York Medical College (Graduate) 1979
Virology, Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York
& New York Medical College (Graduate) 1967-1976
Molecular Biology, Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York
& New York Medical College (Graduate) 1967-1976
Molecular Biology, Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY (Undergraduate) 1967-1976
Principles of Biology, Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY (Undergraduate) 1965-1976
PH.D. STUDENTS TRAINED
Robert J. Melamede, year degree conferred: 1980, Thesis title: "DNA Synthesis in the Non-lethal
Recombination Repair Deficient x and y Mutants of Bacteriophage T4"
Former Position: Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, University of Colorado, Colorado
Springs, Retired
Paul R. Armel, year degree conferred: 1982, Thesis title: "Purification and Properties of Apurinic
Endonucleases from Saccharomyces cerevisiae"
Present Position: Senior Information Scientist, Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc. Nutley, New Jersey
Elizabeth Moran, year degree conferred: 1983, Thesis title: "Role of Specific DNA base Damages in the
Biological Inactivation of X-irradiated Bacteriophage PM2"
Present Position: Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Fred F. Buechel Professor for
Orthopedic Research, Orthopedics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Bradley Zerler, year degree conferred: 1983, Thesis title: "Isolation and Characterization of Repair
Deficient Mutants of Alteromonas espejiana"
Present Position: Vice President for Research, Collagenix Pharmaceuticals, Newton, Pennsylvania
Harold Katcher, year degree conferred: 1984, Thesis title: "Purification and Characterization of the
Escherichia coli X-ray Endonuclease"
Present Position: Research Scientist, Myriad Diagnostics, Salt Lake City, Utah
Michael Laspia, year degree conferred: 1987, Thesis title: "Cellular Repair of Unique DNA Base Damages
in Escherichia coli".
Present Position: Associate Professor, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire
Margaret Maccabee, year degree conferred: 1992, Thesis title: "The Mutagenic Consequences of
Fragmentation Products of DNA Thymine".
Present Position: Associate Director of Nursing, Sarah Neuman Nursing Home Health Care, Charge of
Infection, Westchester County, New York.
Dongyan Jiang, year degree conferred: 1996, Thesis title: “Biological Function of Escherichia coli
Endonuclease VIII”.
Present Position: Senior Scientist at Biosource International, Boston, Massachusetts.
Christine Gifford: year degree conferred: 2000, Thesis title: “Regulation of Base Excision Repair Enzymes
in Escherichia coli”.
Ning Yang: year degree conferred: 2005, Thesis title: “Processing of Multiply Damaged Sites in Human
Cells”.
Present Position: Research Associate at the University of Wisconsin
Matthew Hogg: year degree conferred: 2005, Thesis title: “Error Detection by the Replicative DNA
Polymerase from Bacteriophage RB69”.
Present Position: President, Green Mountain Editing Services, Burlington, Vermont
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Yin Guo: year degree conferred: 2010, Thesis title: “Characterization of Three Fpg/Nei Family Members
in Mycobacterium tuberculosis”.
Present Position: Research Associate, Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Dept
of Pediatrics, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland.
Ian Odell: year degree conferred: 2011, Thesis title: “Recognition of Oxidized Pyrimidines in Nucleosomes
by Human DNA Glycosylases
Present Position: Resident, Yale University College of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Minmin Liu: year degree conferred: 2012, Thesis title: “Functional and Structural Studies of DNA Repair
Glycosylase Neil3.”
Present Position: Research Associate, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Andrew Dunn: year degree conferred: 2012, Thesis title: “Single Molecule Observations of DNA Repair
Glycosylases”.
Present Position: Physicians Choice Laboratory Services, Boston, Massachusetts
Jia Zhou: year degree conferred: 2015, Thesis title: DNA Glycosylases Remove Oxidized Base Damages
from G-Quadruplex DNA Structures
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATES
Sheila Jacobs, Ph.D., Columbia University, Microbiology; 1973 - 1982.
Former Position: Director, Molecular Genetics, Schering Corp., Bloomfield, NJ, Retired
Gary Strniste, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, Biophysics; 1974 - 1976.
Former Position: Group Leader, Molecular Radiobiology, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Retired
Joanne DeVries, Ph.D., Columbia University, Biological Sciences; 1978 - 1982.
Former Position: Director, Microbiology, Schering Corp., Bloomfield, NJ, Retired
Yoke Wah Kow, Ph.D., Brandeis University, Biochemistry; 1983 - 1986.
Former position: Professor, Division of Cancer Biology, Radiation Oncology, Emory University,
Atlanta, GA, Retired
Haimei Huang, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Genetics; 1983 - 1986.
Present Position: Professor, National Tsing University, Hua, Taiwan
Hiroshi Ide, Ph.D., Kyoto University, Chemistry; 1983 - 1988
Present Position: Professor, Graduate Dept. of Gene Science, Hiroshima University, Japan
Lynn Petrullo, Ph.D., New York Medical College, Microbiology; 1985 - 1987
Present Position: Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, College of New Rochelle, New
Rochelle, NY
Karen Hubbard, Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology, Biology; 1986 - 1988
Present Position: Professor, City College, CUNY
Seyma Ogut, Ph.D., University of Ankara, Biochemistry; 1987 - 1988
Kihei Kubo, Ph.D., Hokkaido University, Radiation Biology; 1987 - 1989
Present Position: Professor, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Janet Evans, Ph.D., University of Wales, Microbiology; 1989 - 1992
Present Position: Research Scientist, Division of Bacteriology, NIBSC, Hertfordshire, England
Zafer Hatahet, Ph.D., McGill University, Biochemistry; 1990 - 1995
Present Position: Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, Northwestern State University of
Louisiana
Mary Glackin, Ph.D., Wesleyan University, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; 1990 – 1995
Present Position: Computational Biologist, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
Andrei Purmal, Ph.D., Moscow State University, Chemistry; 1990 - 1997
Present Position: Director of Chemistry, Cleveland Biolabs
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Lynn Harrison, Ph.D., University of Manchester, Oncology; 1995 - 1997
Present Position: Professor, Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center,
Shreveport, LA
Robert Hoepfner, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, Molecular Genetics; 1993 - 1998
Present Position: Research Associate, Ohio State University
Cindy Harrington, Ph.D., Wake Forest University, Biochemistry; 1995 - 1998
Ivan Bespalov, Ph.D., Belarussian State University, Bioorganic Chemistry; 1993 – 2003
Present Position: Associate Research Scientist, New York University Medical Center, New York
Viswanath Bandaru, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University; 1998 – 2003
Present Position: Senior Scientist/Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Morgantown, West Virginia
Scott Kathe, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; 1998 – 2005
Present Position: Research/Analyst, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont
Masaaki Inoue, M.D., Ph.D., University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan; 2000 – 2002
Present Position: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shu-Kokura Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan
Satoshi Matsuyama, Ph.D., Osaka Prefecture University, Japan; 2001 – 2002
Present Position: Associate Professor, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan.
Alan Chant, Ph.D., University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom; 2001-2005
Present Position: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Clarion University, Pennsylvania
Muhammad Ahmad Chaudhry, Ph.D., University of Manchester, United Kingdom; 2002 – 2004
Present Position: Associate Professor, Medical Laboratory and Radiation Science, University of
Vermont
Takashi Watanabe, Ph.D., Tohoku University, Japan; 2002 – 2005
Present Position: Research Scientist, RIKEN Institute, Yokohama, Japan
Stephanie Duclos, Ph.D., University of Orleans, France; 2005 – 2011
Present Position: Senior Scientist, Structural Biology Group, Abingdon, United Kingdom.
Andrea Lee, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 2011 - present
Carolyn Marsden, Ph.D., Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2012 - present
ACADEMIC SERVICE
University of Vermont:
Member Search Committee, Dean, Rubenstein School of Environment and
Natural Resources 2013-2014
Member, FTARS Finance Management, College of Medicine 2013-2014
Member of University of Vermont Scholars and Distinguished Professors’
Strategic Initiative Project Committee 2012-present
Member, LCME Self-Study Committee on Medical Education 2012-2013
Chair, Search Committee, Department of Biochemistry 2010-2011
Chair, Review Committee, Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences Chair 2009
Member, Committee on Research Directions for the College of Medicine 2008
Chair, Review Committee, Department of Plant Biology Chair 2007
Member, Vermont Cancer Center Transition Steering Committee 2006-2012
Member, Instructional Improvement Committee, College of Medicine 2005-2007
Member, LCME Self Study Subcommittee V on Educational Resources 2004-2005
Member, University of Vermont Biology Restructure Task Force 2002-2004
Member, Vermont Integrated Curriculum Implementation Team 2001-2003
Member, Vermont Integrated Curriculum Board of Directors 2003-2005
Member, Provost’s Task Force on the Biological Sciences 2001-2003
Member, Space Allocation Committee, College of Medicine 2000-2001
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Member, Search Committee, Program Leader, Human Genetics Program 2000-2001
Member, Review Committee, Department of Community Development and
Applied Economics Chair 2000
Member, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Workshop on Genetically Modified Organisms 1998
Member, Vermont Cancer Center Institutional Advisory Board 1995-present
Member, College of Medicine, Hughes Initiative Advisory Board 1995-2000
Member, Structural Biology Initiative, College of Medicine and
DOE Vermont EPSCOR 1995-2007
Member, Review Committee, Dean, College of Engineering and Mathematics 1994-1995
Member, Provost's Task Force on Environmental Initiatives 1993-1994
Member, VCC Executive Committee 1993-present
Director, Genome Stability and Expression Scientific Program,
Vermont Cancer Center 1993-2012
Chairperson, Search Committee for Cancer Center Director 1992-1993
Director, DNA Damage and Repair Scientific Core, Proposed
Environmental Health Sciences Center 1993
Member, University Planning Council 1990-1991
Member, Review Committee, Department of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Sciences Chair 1991
Member, Division of Health Sciences Organizational Review Committee 1990
Search Committee, Director of Sponsored Programs 1990
College of Medicine Advisory Council 1988-present
Dean's Council, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 1988-present
New York Medical College:
Graduate Program Director, Department of Microbiology
Graduate Faculty Council
Financial Aid Committee
Faculty Research Committee
Chairman, Student Research Awards Committee
Master Plan Committee
Member, Center for Aging and Adult Development
Search Committee, Dean
Chairman, Committee to Develop Molecular Biology Degree Program
Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY:
Curriculum Committee
Graduate Committee
Molecular Biology Doctoral Exam Committee, Chair 1974 - 1976
City University of New York Faculty Research Awards Committee
PUBLICATIONS
Wallace, S.S., Erlanger, B.F. and Beiser, S.M. (1969). Antibodies to ribosides: Effect on in vitro priming
ability of DNA. Journal of Molecular Biology 43:41-49.
Wallace, S.S. and Van Dyke, J.G. (1970). The effect on X-irradiation on gene function in bacteriophage
T4. Radiation Research 43:379-392.
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Wallace, S.S., Erlanger, B.F. and Beiser, S.M. (1971). Immunochemical studies on dinucleoside
phosphate-protein conjugates. Biochemistry 10:679-683.
Wallace, S.S. and Melamede, R.J. (1972). Host- and phage-mediated repair of radiation damage in
bacteriophage T4. Journal of Virology 10:1159-1169. PMCID: PMC356597
Strniste, G. and Wallace, S.S. (1974). Excision of X-irradiated DNA; a possible first step in the repair of
X-ray induced damages. Radiation Research 59:98.
Strniste, G. and Wallace, S.S. (1975). "An Escherichia coli endonuclease which acts on X-irradiated
DNA", Basic Life Science 5A:201-204.
Strniste, G. and Wallace, S.S. (1975). Endonucleolytic incision of X-irradiated deoxyribonucleic acid by
extracts of Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 72:1997-2001. PMCID:
PMC432679
Katcher, H.L. and Wallace, S.S. (1976). Partial purification of the X-ray endonuclease of Escherichia coli.
Radiation Research 67:573.
Strniste, G. Armel, P.R. and Wallace, S.S. (1977). Rate of formation of X-ray induced sites in
deoxyribonucleic acid sensitive to incision by extracts of Escherichia coli. Radiation Research 62:573.
Armel, P.R., Strniste, G. and Wallace, S.S. (1977). Studies on Escherichia coli X-ray endonuclease
specificity: Roles of hydroxyl and reducing radicals in the production of DNA lesions. Radiation Research
69:328-338.
Melamede, R.J. and Wallace, S.S. (1977). Properties of the nonlethal recombinational repair x and y
mutants of bacteriophage T4. II DNA synthesis. Journal of Virology 24:28-40. PMCID: PMC515907
Vicuna, R., Hurwitz, J. Wicker, S., Wallace, S.S. and Girard, M. (1977). In vitro DNA synthesis dependent
on ØX-174 compared with fd DNA. I: Protein requirements for selective inhibition. Journal of Biological
Chemistry 252:2524-2533.
Katcher, H.L. and Wallace, S.S. (1978). The production of alkali-labile sites in X-irradiated DNA.
International Journal of Radiation Biology 34:497-500.
Melamede, R.J. and Wallace, S.S. (1978). The effect of exogenous deoxyribnucleosides on thymidine
incorporation in T4-infected cells. FEBS Letters 87:12-16.
Wallace, S.S., Armel, P.R. and Katcher, H.L. (1978). "Enzymatic recognition of DNA damages induced
by ionizing radiation", in DNA Repair Mechanisms, P. Hanawalt and E. Friedberg eds., Academic Press,
p. 23.
Armel, P.R. and Wallace, S.S. (1978). Apurinic endonucleases from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic
Acids Research 5:3347-3356. PMCID: PMC342254
Zerler, B.R. and Wallace, S.S. (1979). Repair of psoralen plus near ultraviolet light damage in
bacteriophage T4. Photochemistry and Photobiology 30:413-416.
Melamede, R.J. and Wallace, S.S. (1980). Studies on the non-lethal recombination repair deficient mutants
of bacteriophage T4. III DNA replicative intermediates and T4w. Molecular and General Genetics
177:501-509.
Margulies, L. and Wallace, S.S. (1980). Drosophila melanogaster endonuclease activity which recognizes
damaged DNA substrates. Radiation Research 83:424.
Moran, E., Zerler, B.R. and Wallace, S.S. (1980). Correlation of thymine ring saturation products with
biological activity in bacteriophage PM2 DNA. Radiation Research 83:412.
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Melamede, R.J. and Wallace, S.S. (1980). Phenotypic differences among the alleles of the T4
recombination defective mutants. Molecular and General Genetics 179:327-330.
Wallace, S.S., Katcher, H.L. and Armel, P.R. (1981). "The measurement of X-ray damage in supercoiled
DNA by means of enzyme probes". Chapter 11 in DNA Repair, A Laboratory Manual of Research
Procedures, E. Friedberg and P. Hanawalt, eds., p. 113.
Zerler, B.R., Moran, E. and Wallace, S.S. (1981). Isolation and characterization of UV-sensitive mutants
of Alteromonas espejiana, the host for PM2 bacteriophage. Radiation Research 87:485.
DeVries, J. and Wallace, S.S. (1982). Reversion of bacteriophage T4rII mutants by high levels of
pyrimidine deoxyribonucleosides. Molecular and General Genetics 186:101-105.
Katcher, H.L. and Wallace, S.S. (1982). Properties of purified preparations of the Escherichia coli X-ray
endonuclease. Radiation Research 81:86.
Melamede, R.J. and Wallace, S.S. (1983). Incorporation of thymine-containing DNA precursors in wild-
type and mutant T4-infected plasmolysed cells. Molecular and General Genetics 191:382-388.
Melamede, R.J. and Wallace, S.S. (1983). Incorporation of thymine-containing DNA precursors in
plasmolysed cells infected by the T4 non-lethal recombination defective mutants. Molecular and General
Genetics 191:389-392.
Bernstein, C. and Wallace, S.S. (1983). "DNA Repair", Chapter 14 in The Bacteriophage T4, C.K.
Mathews, E.M. Kutter, G. Mosig, and P.B. Berget, eds., ASM Press, Washington, p. 138-151.
Wallace, S.S. (1983). Detection and repair of DNA base damages produced by ionizing radiation.
Environmental Mutagenesis 5:769-788.
DeVries, J.K. and Wallace, S.S. (1983). Expression of cloned bacteriophage T4 uvsw and uvsy genes in
rec+ and rec- Echerichia coli. Journal of Virology 47:406-412. PMCID: PMC255281
Erlanger, B.F., Miller, O.J., Rajagopalan, R. and Wallace, S.S. (1983). "Immunological approaches for
detection of DNA modified by environmental agents", in Application of Biological Markers to Carcinogen
Testing, Vol. 29, Environmental Science Research, H.A. Milman and S. Sell, eds., Plenum Press, N.Y. p.
325.
DeVries, J.K., Laspia, M.F. and Wallace, S.S. (1983). "Expression of cloned bacteriophage T4 uvsw and
uvsy recombination repair genes", in Cellular Responses to DNA Damage, E.C. Friedberg and B.A.
Bridges, eds., Alan R. Liss, N.Y. p.429.
Katcher, H.L. and Wallace, S.S. (1983). Characterization of the Escherichia coli X-ray endonuclease,
endonuclease III. Biochemistry 22:4071-4081.
Rajagopalan, R., Melamede, R.J., Laspia, M.F., Wallace, S.S. and Erlanger, B.F. (1984). Properties of
antibodies to thymine glycol, a product of the radiolysis of DNA. Radiation Research 97:499-510.
Zerler, B.R. and Wallace, S.S. (1984). Repair-defective mutants of Alteromonas espejiana, the host for
bacteriophage PM2. Journal of Bacteriology 157:465-474. PMCID: PMC215271
Margulies, L. and Wallace, S.S. (1984). Developmental pattern and properties of apurinic activity in
Drosophila melanogaster. Cell Biology and Toxicology 1:127-143.
Armel, P.R. and Wallace, S.S. (1984). DNA repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Purification and
characterization of apurinic endonuclease activities. Journal of Bacteriology 160:895-902. PMCID:
PMC215794
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Melamede, R.J. and Wallace, S.S. (1985). "A possible secondary role for thymine-containing DNA
precursors", in The Genetic Consequences of Nucleotide Pool Imbalance, F. de Serres, ed., Basic Life
Science Series, Plenum Press, N.Y. p.67-102.
Moran, E., and Wallace, S.S. (1985). The role of specific DNA base damage in the X-ray-induced
inactivation of PM2 bacteriophage. DNA Repair Reports, Mutation Research 146:229-241.
Kow, Y.W. and Wallace, S.S. (1985). Exonuclease III recognizes urea residues in oxidized DNA.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 82:8354-8358. PMCID: PMC390914
Ide, H., Kow, Y.W. and Wallace, S.S. (1985). Thymine glycols and urea residues in M13 DNA constitute
replicative blocks in vitro. Nucleic Acids Research 13:8035-8052. PMCID: PMC322108
Margulies, L., Briscoe, D.I. and Wallace, S.S. (1986). The relationship between radiation-induced and
transposon-induced genetic damage during Drosophila oogenesis. Mutation Research 162:55-68.
Ide, H., Melamede, R.J. and Wallace, S.S. (1987). Synthesis of dihydrothymidine and thymine glycol
triphosphates and their ability to serve as substrates for Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I. Biochemistry
26:964-969.
Chang, C.C., Kow, Y.W. and Wallace, S.S. (1987). Apurinic endonucleases from Saccharomyces
cerevisiae also recognize urea residues in oxidized DNA. Journal of Bacteriology 169:180-183. PMCID:
PMC211750
Wallace, S.S. (1987). Biological consequences of oxidative DNA damage. British Journal of Cancer 55,
Suppl. VIII:118-128. PMCID: PMC2149446
Margulies, L., Briscoe, D. and Wallace, S.S. (1987). The relationship between radiation-induced and
transposon-induced genetic damage during Drosophila spermatogenesis. Mutation Research 179:183-195.
Jorgensen, T.J., Kow, Y.W., Wallace, S.S. and Henner, W.D. (1987). Mechanism of action of Micrococcus
luteus gamma endonuclease. Biochemistry 26:6436-6443.
Kow, Y.W. and Wallace,S.S. (1987). Mechanism of action of Escherichia coli endonuclease III.
Biochemistry 26:8200-8206.
Ide, H., Melamede, R.J., Kow, Y.W. and Wallace, S.S. (1987). "Incorporation of dihydrothymidine
triphosphate during DNA replication: An implication for the biological consequence of thymine C5 - C6
bond saturation", in Anticaricinogenesis and Radiation Protection, P. Cerutti, O. Nygaard and M. Simic,
eds., Plenum Press, New York, p.145-150.
Melamede, R.J., Kow, Y.W. and Wallace, S.S. (1987). "The isolation and preliminary characterization of
endonuclease VIII from Escherichia coli", in Anticarcinogenesis and Radiation Protection, P. Cerutti, O.
Nygaard and M. Simic, eds., Plenum Press, New York, p.139-144.
Kow, Y.W., Ide, H. and Wallace, S.S. (1987). "Mechanism of action of exonuclease III of Escherichia
coli", in Anticarcinogenesis and Radiation Protection, P. Cerutti, O. Nygaard and M. Simic, eds., Plenum
Press, New York, p.135-138.
Hayes, R. H., Petrullo, L. A. Huang, H. Wallace, S. S. LeClerc, J. E. (1988). Oxidative damage in DNA:
Lack of mutagenicity by thymine glycol lesions. Journal of Molecular Biology 201:239-246.
Laspia, M.F. and Wallace, S.S. (1988). Excision repair of thymine glycols, urea residues and apurinic sides
in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology 170:3359-3366. PMCID: PMC211302
Wallace, S.S., Ide, H., Kow, Y.W., Laspia, M.F., Melamede, R.J., Petrullo, L.A. and LeClerc, J.E. (1988).
"Processing of oxidative DNA base damage in Escherichia coli", in Mechanisms and Consequences of
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DNA Damage Processing, E.C. Friedberg and P. Hannawalt, eds.. Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, p.151-
157.
Maw, H., Wallace, S.S., and Margulies, L. (1988). Radiation-induced and transposon-induced
chromosome damage in Drosophila: Translocations and transmission distortion. Radiation Research
115:503-514.
Wallace, S. S. (1988). Apurinic endonucleases and DNA glycosylases that recognize oxidative DNA
damage. Molecular Environmental Mutagenesis 12:431-477.
Ide, H. and Wallace, S.S. (1988). Dihydrothymidine and thymidine glycol triphosphates as substrates for
DNA polymerases: Differential recognition of thymine C5 - C6 double bond. Nucleic Acids Research
16:11339-11354. PMCID: PMC339014
Margulies, L., Griffith, C.S., Dooley, J.C. and Wallace, S.S. (1989). The interaction between X-rays and
transposon mobility in Drosophila: Hybrid sterility and chromosome loss. Mutation Research 215:1-14.
Hubbard, K., Huang, H., Laspia, M.F., Ide, H. Erlanger, B.F. and Wallace, S.S. (1989). Immunochemical
quantitation of thymine glycols in oxidized and X-irradiated DNA. Radiation Research 118:257-268.
Laspia, M.F. and Wallace, S.S. (1989). SOS processing of unique oxidative DNA damage in Escherichia
coli. Journal of Molecular Biology 207:53-60.
Hubbard, K., Ide, H., Erlanger, B.F. and Wallace, S.S. (1989). Characterization of antibodies to
dihydrothymine, a radiolysis product of DNA. Biochemistry 28:4382-4387.
Laspia, M.F. and Wallace, S.S. (1989). "Processing of thymine glycols, urea residues and AP sites in
Escherichia coli", in DNA Damage and Repair, A. Castellani, ed., Plenum Press, New York, pp. 299-304.
Wallace, S.S. (1989). Processing of ring saturation and fragmentation products of DNA thymine in
Escherichia coli. Annali dell'Istituto superiore di sanità 25:191-202.
Kow, Y.W., Wallace, S.S. and Van Houten, B. (1990). UvrABC nuclease complex repairs thymine glycol,
an oxidative DNA base damage. Mutation Research 235:147-156.
Wallace, S.S. and Ide, H. (1990). "Structure/function relationships involved in the biological consequences
of pyrimidine ring saturation and fragmentation products", in Ionizing Radiation Damage to DNA:
Molecular Aspects, S.S. Wallace and R. Painter, eds., Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, pp.1-15.
Chen, B.X., Hubbard, K., Ide, H., Wallace, S.S. and Erlanger, B.F. (1990). Characterization of a
monoclonal antibody to thymidine glycol monophosphate. Radiation Research 124:131-136.
Elkind, M.M., Bedford, J.S., Benjamin, S.A., Hoover, E.A., Sinclair, W.K., Wallace, S.S. and Zimbrick,
J.D. (1991) Oncogenic mechanisms in radiation-induced cancer. Cancer Research 51: 2740-2747.
Ide, H., Petrullo, L., Z. Hatahet, and Wallace, S.S. (1991). Processing of DNA base damage by DNA
polymerases: Dihydrothymine and -ureidoisobutyric acid as models for instructive and non-instructive
lesions. Journal of Biological Chemistry 266:1469-1477.
Kow, Y.W., Faundez, G., Melamede, R.J. and Wallace, S.S. (1991). Processing of model single-strand
breaks in ØX-174 RF transfecting DNA by Escherichia coli. Radiation Research 126:357-366.
Ide, H., Kimura, Y., Murakami, A., Wallace, S.S. and Makino, K. (1991). Effects of base damages on DNA
replication. Nucleic Acids Research Symposium Series, 25:161-162.
Chen, B.X., Kubo, K., Ide, H., Erlanger, B.F., Wallace, S.S. and Kow, Y.W.(1992). Properties of a
monoclonal antibody for the detection of abasic sites, a common DNA lesion. Mutation Research, 273:253-
261.
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Wallace, S.S., Melamede, R.J., and Kow, Y.W. (1991). “Base excision repair of radiation damage in
Escherichia coli”, in Radiation Research. A Twentieth-Century Perspective, Vol. 2, (Dewey, W.C.,
Edington, M., Fry, R.J.M., Hall, E.J., and Whitmore, G.F., eds.), Academic Press, pp. 263-267.
Kubo, K., Ide, H., Wallace, S.S. and Kow, Y.W. (1992). A novel, sensitive and specific assay for abasic
sites, the most commonly produced DNA lesion. Biochemistry, 31:3703-3708.
Kow, Y.W., Faundez, G., Hayes, S., Bonner, C., Goodman, M.F. and Wallace, S.S. (1993). Absence of a
role for DNA polymerase II in SOS-induced translesion bypass in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology
175:561-564. PMCID: PMC196174
Hatahet, Z., Purmal, A., and Wallace, S.S. (1993). A novel method for site specific introduction of single
model oxidative DNA lesions into oligodeoxyribonucleotides. Nucleic Acids Research 21:1563-1568.
PMCID: PMC309363
Evans, J., Maccabee, M., Hatahet, Z., Courcelle, J., Bockrath, R., Ide, H., and Wallace, S.S. (1993).
Thymine ring saturation and fragmentation products: Lesion bypass, misinsertion and implications for
mutagenesis. Mutation Research 299:147-156.
Bockrath, R., Kow, Y.W., and Wallace, S.S. (1993). Chemically modified apurinic sites in single-stranded
ØX 174 DNA increase mutagenesis in SOS-induced Escherichia coli. Mutation Research 288:207-214.
Purmal, A.A., Kow, Y.W., and Wallace, S.S. (1994) Major oxidative products of cytosine, 5-
hydroxycytosine and 5-hydroxyuracil, exhibit sequence context-dependent mispairing in vitro. Nucleic
Acids Research, 22:72-78. PMCID: PMC307748
Purmal, A.A., Lampman, G.W., Kow, Y.W., Wallace, S.S. (1994) The sequence context-dependent
mispairing of 5-hydroxycytosine and 5-hydroxyuridine in vitro. Annals of The New York Academy of
Sciences 726:361-363.
Maccabee, M., Evans, J., Glackin, M., Hatahet, Z., and Wallace, S.S. (1994). Pyrimidine ring fragmentation
products: Effects of lesion structure and sequence context on mutagenesis. Journal of Molecular Biology
236:514-530.
Melamede, R.J., Hatahet, Z., Kow, Y.W., Ide, H., and Wallace, S.S. (1994). Isolation and characterization
of endonuclease VIII from Escherichia coli. Biochemistry, 33:1255-1264.
Ide, H., Tedzuka, K., Shimzu, H., Kimura, Y., Purmal, A., Wallace, S.S., and Kow, Y.W. (1994). a-
Deoxyadenosine, a major anoxic radiolysis product of adenosine in DNA, is a substrate for Escherichia
coli endonuclease IV. Biochemistry, 33:7842-7847.
Glackin, M., Maccabee, M., Evans, J., and Wallace, S.S. (1994) "Sequence context effects on the mutagenic
outcome of pyrimidine ring fragmentation products: Computational analysis", in Structural Biology: The
State of the Art Volume 2, (Sarma, R.H. and Sarma, M.H., eds.), Adenine Press, New York, pp. 335-347.
Hatahet, Z., Kow, Y.W., Purmal, A.A., Cunningham, R.P., and Wallace, S.S. (1994) New substrates for old
enzymes: 5-Hydroxy-2'-deoxycytidine and 5-hydroxy-2'-deoxyuridine are substrates for Escherichia coli
endonuclease III and formamidopyrimidine DNA N-glycosylase while 5-hydroxy-2'-deoxyuridine is a
substrate for uracil DNA N-glycosylase. Journal of Biological Chemistry 269:18814-18821.
Purmal, A.A., Kow, Y.W., and Wallace, S.S. (1994) 5-Hydroxypyrimidine deoxynucleoside triphosphates
are more efficiently incorporated into DNA by exonuclease-free Klenow fragment than 8-oxopurine
deoxynucleoside triphosphates. Nucleic Acids Research 22:3930-3935. PMCID: PMC308392
Hatahet, Z., Purmal, A.A., and Wallace, S.S. (1994) Oxidative DNA lesions as blocks to in vitro
transcription by phage T7 RNA polymerase, Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, 726:346-348.
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Purmal, A.A., Lampman, G.W., Pourmal, E.I., Melamede, R.J., Wallace, S.S., and Kow, Y.W. (1994)
Uracil DNA-glycosylase distributively removes uracil from uracil-containing DNA. Journal of Biological
Chemistry 269:22046-22053.
Wallace, S.S. (1994). DNA damages processed by base excision repair: Biological consequences.
International Journal of Radiation Biology 66:579-589.
Ide, H., Shimizu, H., Himura, Y., Sakamoto, S., Makino, K., Glackin, M., Wallace, S.S., Nakamuta, H.,
Sasaki, M., and Sugimoto, N. (1995). Influence of a-deoxyadenosine on the stability and structure of DNA.
Thermodynamic and molecular mechanics studies. Biochemistry, 34:6947-6955.
Milligan, J.R., Hg, J.Y., Wu, C.C., Aguilera, J.A., Ward, J.F., Kow, Y.W., Wallace, S.S., and Cunningham,
R.P. (1996). Methylperoxyl radicals as intermediates in the damage to DNA irradiated in aqueous dimethyl
sulfoxide with gamma rays. Radiation Research 146:436-443.
Bespalov, I., Purmal, A., Glackin, M., Wallace, S.S., and Melamede, R.J. (1996). Recombinant Phabs
reactive with 7,8 dihydro-8-oxoguanine, a major oxidative DNA lesion. Biochemistry 35:2067-2078.
Melamede, R.J., Kow, Y.W., and Wallace, S.S. (1996). Detection of oxidative DNA base damages:
Immunochemical and electrochemical approaches. Technologies for Detection of DNA Damage and
Mutations. Gerd P. Pfeifer, Ed. Plenum Press, pp. 103-115.
Purmal, A.A., Wallace, S.S., and Kow, Y.W. (1996). The phosphodiester bond 3' to a deoxyuridine residue
is crucial for substrate binding for uracil DNA N-glycosylase. Biochemistry 35:16630-16637.
Bespalov, I., Purmal, A., Bond, J, Wallace, S.S., and Melamede, R.J. (1996). Altering the specificity of
hapten binding Fabs that recognize DNA base modifications. In Antibody Engineering: New Technology,
Application & Commercialization, (Hori, W., ed.), International Business Communications, pp. 181-198.
Wallace, S.S. (1997). “Oxidative damage to DNA and its repair” in Oxidative Stress and the Molecular
Biology of Antioxidant Defenses, (Scandalios, J., ed.), Cold Spring Harbor Press, pp. 49-90.
Jiang, D., Hatahet, Z., Blaisdell, J.O., Melamede, R.J., and Wallace, S.S. (1997). Escherichia coli
endonuclease VIII: Cloning, sequencing and overexpression of the nei structural gene and characterization
of nei and nei nth mutants. Journal of Bacteriology 179: 3773-3782. PMCID: PMC179177
Ide, H., Kow, Y.W., Chen, B-X, Erlanger, B.F., and Wallace, S.S. (1997). Antibodies to oxidative DNA
damage: Characterization of antibodies to 8-oxopurines. Cell Biology and Toxicology. 13: 405-417.
Hatahet, Z. and Wallace, S.S. (1997). “Translesion synthesis”, in DNA Damage and Repair, Vol 1: DNA
Repair in Prokaryotes and Lower Eukaryotes, (Nickoloff, J.A. and Hoekstra, M.F., eds.), Humana Press,
Inc., Totowa, NJ, pp. 229-262.
Purmal, A.A., Bond, J., Lyons, B.A., Kow, Y.W., and Wallace, S.S. (1998) Uracil glycol deoxynucleoside
triphosphate is a better substrate for DNA polymerase I Klenow fragment than thymine glycol
deoxynucleoside triphosphate. Biochemistry, 37: 330-338.
Jiang, D., Hatahet, Z., Melamede, R.J., and Wallace, S.S. (1998) Characterization of Escherichia coli
endonuclease VIII. Journal of Biological Chemistry 272: 32230-32239.
Harrison, L., Hatahet, Z., Purmal, A.A., and Wallace, S.S. (1998) Multiply damaged sites in DNA:
Interactions with Escherichia coli endonucleases III and VIII. Nucleic Acids Research 26: 932-941.
PMCID: PMC147348
Hatahet, Z., Zhou, M., Reha-Krantz, L.J., Morrical, S.W., and Wallace, S.S. (1998) In search of a mutational
hotspot. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 95: 8556-8561. PMCID: PMC21114
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Purmal, A.A., Lampman, G.W., Bond, J.P., Hatahet, Z, and Wallace, S.S. (1998) Enzymatic processing of
uracil glycol, a major oxidative product of DNA cytosine. Journal of Biological Chemistry 16: 10026-
10035.
Stone, H.B., Dewey, W.C., Wallace, S.S., Coleman, C.N. (1998) Molecular biology to radiation oncology:
a model for translational research? Opportunities in basic and translational research. Radiation Research
150: 134-147.
Wallace, S.S. Enzymatic processing of radiation-induced free radical damage in DNA. (1998) Radiation
Research 150: pp. S60-79.
Wallace, S.S., Harrison, L., Jiang, D., Blaisdell, J.O., Purmal, A.A., and Hatahet, Z. (1999) “Processing
and consequences of oxidative DNA base lesions” in DNA Damage and Repair: Oxygen Radical Effects,
Cellular Protection, and Biological Consequences, (Dizdaroglu, M., ed.), Plenum Publishing Corp., pp.
419-430.
Hatahet, Z., Zhou, M., Ide, H., Morrical, S.W., Reha-Krantz, L.J., and Wallace, S.S. (1999) In vitro
selection of sequence contexts for good and poor bypass of abasic sites and tetrahydrofuran by T4 DNA
polymerase holoenzyme. Journal of Molecular Biology 286: 1045-1057.
Banáth, J.P., Wallace, S.S., Thompson, J., and Olive, P.L. (1999) Radiation-induced DNA base damage
detected in individual aerobic and hypoxic cells with endonuclease III and formamidopyrimidine-
glycosylase. Radiation Research 151: 550-558.
You, H.J., Swanson, R.L., Harrington, C., Corbett, A.H., Jinks-Robertson, S., Sentürker, S., Wallace, S.S.,
Boiteux, S., Dizdaroglu, M., and Doetsch, P.W. (1999) Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ntg1p and Ntg2p: Broad
specificity N-glycosylases for the repair of oxidative DNA damage in the nucleus and mitochondria.
Biochemistry 38:11298-11306.
Gifford, C.M., and Wallace, S.S. (1999) The genes encoding formamidopyrimidine and MutY DNA
glycosylases in Escherichia coli are transcribed as part of complex operons. Journal of Bacteriology
181:4223-4236. PMCID: PMC93923
Harrison, L., Hatahet, Z., and Wallace, S.S. (1999) In vitro repair of synthetic ionizing radiation-induced
multiply damaged DNA sites. Journal of Molecular Biology 290:667-684.
Blaisdell, J.O., Hatahet, Z., and Wallace, S.S. (1999) A novel role for Escherichia coli endonuclease VIII
in the prevention of spontaneous GT transversions. Journal of Bacteriology 181:6396-6402. PMCID:
PMC103775
Bespalov, I., Bond, J., Purmal, A., Wallace S.S., and Melamede, R.J. (1999) Fabs specific for 8-oxoguanine:
Control of DNA binding. Journal of Molecular Biology 293:1085-1095.
Gifford, C.M., and Wallace, S.S. (2000) The genes encoding endonuclease VIII and endonuclease III in
Escherichia coli are transcribed as the terminal genes in operons. Nucleic Acids Research 28:762-769.
PMCID: PMC102543
Harrison, L., Blaisdell, J.O., Hatahet, Z., and Wallace, S.S. (2000) “Base excision repair processing of X-
ray-induced free radical DNA damage” in Radiation Research Volume 2: Proceedings of the Eleventh
International congress of Radiation Research, Dublin, Ireland, July 18-23, 1999, (Moriarty, M., Mothersill,
C., Seymour, C, Edington, M., Ward, J.F., and Fry, R.J.M., eds.) Allen Press, Inc., pp. 382-385.
Soultanakis, R.P., Melamede, R.J., Bespalov, I.A., Wallace, S.S., Beckman, K.B., Ames, B.N., Taatjes,
D.J., and Janssen-Heininger, Y.M.W. (2000) Fluorescence detection of 8-oxoguanine in nuclear and
mitochondrial DNA of cultured cells using a recombinant Fab and confocal scanning laser microscopy.
Free Radcial Biology and Medicine 28: 987-998.
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Gifford, C.M., Blaisdell, J.O., and Wallace, S.S. (2000) Multiprobe RNase protection assay analysis of
mRNA levels for the Escherichia coli oxidative DNA glycosylase genes under conditions of oxidative
stress. Journal of Bacteriology 182:5416-5424. PMCID: PMC110984
Buchko, G.W., Hess, N.J., Bandaru, V., Wallace, S.S., and Kennedy, M.A. (2000) Spectroscopic studies of
zinc (II)- and cobalt (II)-associated Escherichia coli formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase: extended X-
ray absorption fine structure evidence for a metal-binding domain. Biochemistry, 39:12441-12449.
Potts, R.J., Bespalov, I.A., Wallace, S.S., Melamede, R.J., and Hart, B.A. (2001) Inhibition of oxidative
DNA repair in cadmium-adapted alveolar epithelial cells. Toxicology, 161:25-38.
Blaisdell, J.O., and Wallace, S.S. (2001) Abortive base excision repair of radiation-induced clustered DNA
lesions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 98:7426-7430. PMCID: PMC34685
Blaisdell, J. O., Harrison, L., and Wallace, S. S. (2001) Base excision repair processing of radiation-induced
clustered DNA lesions. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 97: 25-31.
Buchko, G.W., Wallace, S.S., and Kennedy, M.A. (2002) Base excision repair: NMR backbone
assignments of Escherichia coli formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase. Journal of Biomolecular NMR,
22: 301-302.
Bandaru, V., Sunkara, S., Wallace, S.S., and Bond, J.P. (2002) A novel human DNA glycosylase that
removes oxidative DNA damage and is homologous to Escherichia coli endonuclease VIII. DNA Repair,
1: 517-529.
Wallace, S. S. (2002) Biological consequences of free radical-damaged DNA bases. Free Radical Biology
and Medicine. 33: 1-14.
Fischhaber, P.L., Gerlach, V.L., Feaver, W.J., Hatahet, Z., Wallace, S.S., and Friedberg, E.C. (2002)
Human DNA polymerase bypasses thymine glycols during translesion synthesis in vitro and preferentially
incorporates adenine. Journal of Biological Chemistry 277:37604-37611.
Harper, M.E., Antoniou, A., Villalobos-Menuey, E., Russo, A., Trauger, R., Vendemelio, M., George, A.,
Bartholomew, R., Carlo, D., Shaikh, A., Kupperman, J., Newell, E.W., Bespalov, I.A., Wallace, S.S., Liu,
Y., Rogers, J.R., Gibbs, G.L., Leahy, J.L., Camley, R.E., Melamede, R., Newell, M.K. (2002)
Characterization of a novel metabolic strategy used by drug-resistant tumor cells. FASEB Journal 16:1550-
1557.
Wallace, S.S., Bandaru, V., Kathe, S., Bond, J.P. (2003) The enigma of endonuclease VIII. DNA Repair
2:441-453.
Shen, G.-P., Galick, H., Inoue, M. and Wallace, S.S. (2003) Decline of nuclear and mitochondrial oxidative
base excision repair activity in late passage human diploid fibroblasts. DNA Repair 2:673-693.
Kathe, S.D., Shen, G.-P., and Wallace, S.S. (2004) Single-strand breaks in DNA but not oxidative DNA
base damages block transcriptional elongation by RNA polymerase II in HeLa cell nuclear extracts. Journal
of Biological Chemistry 279:18511-18520.
Inoue, M., Shen, G.-P., Chaudhry, M.A., Galick, H., Blaisdell, J.O. and Wallace, S.S. (2004) Expression of
the oxidative base excision repair enzymes is not induced in TK6 human lymphoblastoid cells after low
doses of ionizing radiation. Radiation Research 161(4):409-417.
Bandaru, V., Cooper, W., Wallace, S.S. and Doublié, S. (2004) Overproduction, crystallization, and
preliminary crystallographic analysis of a novel human DNA repair enzyme that recognizes oxidative DNA
damage. Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography 60:1142-1144.
Hogg, M., Wallace, S.S., and Doublié, S. (2004) Crystalographic snapshots of a replicative DNA
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polymerase encountering an abasic site. EMBO J. 23:1483-1493. PMCID: PMC391061
Doublié, S., Bandaru, V., Bond, J.P., and Wallace, S.S. (2004) The crystal structure of human
endonuclease VIII-like 1 (NEIL1) reveals a zincless finger motif required for glycosylase activity.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 101(28):10284-10289. PMCID: PMC478564
(selected by Faculty of 1000)
Yang, N., Galick, H., and Wallace, S.S. (2004) Attempted base excision repair of ionizing radiation damage
in human lymphoblastoid cells produces lethal and mutagenic double strand breaks. DNA Repair
3(10):1323-1334. (Top 10 most cited papers in DNA Repair)
Buchko, G.W., McAteer, K., Wallace, S.S., and Kennedy, M.A. (2005) Solution-state NMR investigation
of DNA binding interactions in Escherichia coli formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase (Fpg): a dynamic
description of the DNA/protein interface. DNA Repair 4(3):327-339.
Hogg, M., Wallace, S.S., Doublié, S. (2005) Bumps in the road: how replicative DNA polymerases see
DNA damage. Current Opinion in Structural Biology 15(1):86-93.
Nakae, Y., Stoward, P.J., Bespalov, I.A., Melamede, R.J., and Wallace, S.S. (2005) A new technique for
the quantitative assessment of 8-oxoguanine in nuclear DNA as a marker of oxidative stress. Application
to dystrophin-deficient DMD skeletal muscles. Histochemistry and Cell Biology 124(3-4):335-345.
Watanabe, T., Blasidell, J.O., Wallace, S.S., and Bond, J.P. (2005) Engineering functional changes in
Escherichia coli endonuclease III based on phylogenetic and structural analysis. Journal of Biological
Chemistry 280(40):34378-34384.
Yang, N., Chaudhry, M.A., and Wallace, S.S. (2006) Base excision repair by hNTH1 and hOGG1: A two
edged sword in the processing of DNA damage in -irradiated human cells. DNA Repair. 5(1):43-51.
Hogg, M., Cooper, W., Reha-Krantz, L., and Wallace, S.S. (2006) Kinetics of error generation in
homologous B-family DNA polymerases. Nucleic Acids Research 34(9):2528-2535. PMCID:
PMC1459414
Bandaru, V., Blaisdell, J.O., and Wallace, S.S. (2006) Oxidative DNA glycosylases: Recipes from cloning
to characterization. Methods in Enzymology. 408A:15-33.
Hogg, M., Aller, P., Konigsberg, W., Wallace, S.S. and Doublié, S. (2007) Structural and biochemical
investigation of the role in proofreading of a beta hairpin loop found in the exonuclease domain of a
replicative DNA polymerase of the B family. Journal of Biological Chemistry 282:1432-1444.
Aller, P., Rould, M.A., Hogg, M., Wallace, S.S. and Doublié, S. (2007) A structural rationale for stalling
of a replicative DNA polymerase at the most common oxidative thymine lesion, thymine glycol.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104:814-818. PMCID: PMC1783396 (selected by
Faculty of 1000)
Blaisdell, J. and Wallace, S.S. (2007) Rapid determination of the active fraction of DNA repair
glycosylases: A novel fluorescence assay for trapped intermediates. Nucleic Acids Research 35(5):1601-
1611. PMCID: PMC1865064
Bandaru, V., Zhao, X., Newton, M.R., Burrows, C.J., Wallace, S.S. (2007) Human endonuclease VIII-like
(NEIL) proteins in the giant DNA Mimivirus. DNA Repair 6:1629-1641. PMCID: PMC2096709
Zhang, W., Bouffard, G.G., Wallace, S.S., NISC Comparative Sequencing Program, and Bond, J.P. (2007)
Estimation of DNA sequence context-dependent mutation rates using primate genomic sequences. Journal
of Molecular Evolution 65(3):207-14.
Zahn, K., Belrhali, H., Wallace, S.S. and Doublié, S. (2007) Caught bending the A-rule: crystal structures
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of translesion DNA synthesis with a non natural nucleotide. Biochemistry. 46:10551-10561.
Prasad, A., Wallace, S.S. and Pederson, D.S. (2007) Initiation of base excision repair of oxidative lesions
in nucleosomes by the human, bifunctional glycosylase NTH1. Molecular and Cellular Biology 24:8442-
8453. PMCID: PMC2169407
Robey-Bond, S.M., Barrantes-Reynolds, R., Bond, J.P., Wallace, S.S. and Bandaru, V. (2008) Clostridium
acetobutylicum 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (Ogg) differs from eukaryotic Oggs with respect to
opposite base discrimination. Biochemistry. 47(29):7626-36. PMCID: PMC2574669
Guo, Y., Wallace, S.S. and Bandaru, V. (2009) A Novel bicistronic vectors for overexpressing
Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteins in Escherichia coli. Protein Expression and Purification 65(2):230-
237. PMCID: PMC2747733
Faucher, F., Robey-Bond, S.M., Wallace, S.S. and Doublié, S. (2009) Structural characterization of
Clostridium acetobutylicum 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase in its apo-form and in complex with 8-
oxoguanosine. Journal of Molecular Biology 387(3):669-679. PMCID: PMC2678946
Kathe, S.D., Barrantes-Reynolds, R., Bandaru, V., Bond, J.P. and Wallace, S.S. (2009) Plant and fungal
Fpg homologs are formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylases but not 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylases. DNA
Repair 8(5):643-53. PMCID: PMC2730897
Faucher, F., Duclos, S., Bandaru, V., Wallace, S.S. and Doublié, S. (2009) Crystal structures of two archaeal
8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylases of the Ogg2 family provide structural insight into guanine/8-oxoguanine
distinction. Structure 17(5):703-12. PMCID: PMC2758660
Imamura, K., Wallace, S.S., and Doublié, S. (2009) Structural characterization of a viral NEIL1 ortholog
unliganded and bound to abasic site-containing DNA. Journal of Biological Chemistry 284(38):26174-83.
PMCID: 2758016
Faucher, F., Wallace, S.S. and Doublié, S. (2009) Structural basis for the lack of opposite base specificity
by the Clostridium acetobutylicum 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase. DNA Repair 8(11):1283-9. PMCID:
PMC2779579
Guo, Y., Bandaru, V., Jaruga, P., Zhao, X., Burrows, C.J., Iwai, S., Dizdaroglu, M., Bond, J.P. and Wallace,
S.S. (2009) The oxidative DNA glycosylases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis exhibit different substrate
preferences from their Escherichia coli counterparts. DNA Repair 9(2):177-190. PMCID: PMC2836239
Pumo, D.E., Barrantes-Reynolds, R., Kathe, S., Wallace, S.S., and Bond, J.P. (2010) Evolution of the
Fpg/Nei family of DNA glycosylases in: I. Kovalchuk and O. Kovalchuk (Eds.), Genome Instability and
Transgenerational Effects, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, pp. 71-88.
Odell, I.D., Newick, K., Heintz, N., Wallace, S.S. and Pederson, D.S. (2010) Non-specific DNA binding
interferes with the efficient excision of oxidative lesions from chromatin by the human DNA glycosylase,
NEIL1. DNA Repair. 9(2):134-43. PMCID: PMC2829949
Faucher, F., Wallace, S.S. and Doublié, S. (2010) The C-terminal lysine of Ogg2 DNA glycosylases is a
major molecular determinant for guanine/8-oxoguanine distinction. Journal of Molecular Biology.
397(1):46-56. PMCID: PMC3085930
Liu, M., Bandaru, V., Bond, J.P., Jaruga, P., Zhao, X., Christov, P.O., Burrows, C.J, Rizzo, C.J.,
Dizdaroglu, M., and Wallace, S.S. (2010) The mouse ortholog of NEIL3 if a functional DNA glycosylase
in vitro and in vivo. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences USA. 107(11):4925-30. PMCID:
PMC2841873
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Hogg, M., Rudnicki, J., Midkiff, J., Reha-Krantz, L., Doublié, S. and Wallace, S.S. (2010) The kinetics of
mismatch formation opposite lesions by the replicative DNA polymerase from bacteriophage RB69.
Biochemistry. 49(11):2317-25. PMCID: PMC2849760
Aller, P., Ye, Y., Wallace, S.S., Burrows, C. and Doublié, S. (2010) Crystal structure of a replicative DNA
polymerase bound to the oxidized guanine lesion guanidinohydantoin. Biochemistry, 49(11):2502-9.
PMCID: PMC2840191
Nemec, A.A., Wallace, S.S. and Sweasy, J.B. (2010) Variant base excision repair proteins: Contributors to
genomic instability. Seminars in Cancer Biology. 20(5):320-8. PMCID: PMC3254599.
Hogg, M., Seki, M., Wood, R.D., Doublié, S. and Wallace, S.S. (2011) Lesion bypass activity of DNA
polymerase (POLQ) is an intrinsic property of the pol domain and depends on unique sequence inserts.
Journal of Molecular Biology. 405(3):642-52. PMCID: PMC3025778.
Zhan, K.E., Wallace, S.S. and Doublié, S. (2011) DNA polymerases provide a canon of strategies for
translesion synthesis past oxidatively generated lesions. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 21(3):358-
69. PMCID: PMC3112272
Dunn, A.R., Kad, N.M., Nelson, S.R., Warshaw, D.M. and Wallace, S.S. (2011) Single Qdot-labeled
glycosylase molecules use a wedge amino acid to probe for lesions while scanning along DNA. Nucleic
Acids Research 39(17):7487-98. PMCID: PMC3177204
Aller, P.,Duclos,S., Wallace, S.S. and Doublié, S. (2011) A crystallographic study of the role of sequence
context on thymine glycol bypass by a replicative DNA polymerase serendipitously sheds light on the
exonuclease complex. Journal of Molecular Biology. 412(1):22-34. PMCID: PMC3167065
Barrantes-Reynolds, R., Wallace, S.S. and Bond, J.P. (2011) Use of shifts in amino acid frequency and
substitution rate to identify latent structural characters in base-excision repair enzymes. PloS One.
6(10):e25246. PMCID: PMC3188539
Odell, I.D., Barbour, J.-E., Murphy, D., Della Maria, J.A., Sweasy, J.B., Tomkinson, A.E., Wallace, S.S.
and Pederson, D.S. (2011) Nucleosome Disruption by DNA Ligase III-XRCC1 Promotes Efficient Base
Excision Repair. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 31(22):4623-32. PMCID: PMC3209256
Zahn, K.E., Wallace, S.S., Doublié, S. (2011) The miscoding potential of 5-hydroxy-cytosine arises due to
template instability in the replicative polymerase active site. Biochemistry. 29;50(47):10350-8. PMCID:
PMC3280588
Imamura, K., Averill, A., Wallace, S.S. and Doublié, S. (2011) Structural characterization of a viral
ortholog of the human DNA glycosylase NEIL1 bound to thymine glycol or 5-hydroxyuracil-containing
DNA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(6):4288-98. PMCID: PMC3281731
Duclos, S., Doublié, S. and Wallace, S.S. (2012) “Consequences and repair of oxidative DNA damage,” in
The Cellular Response to the Genotoxic Insult: The Question of Threshold for Genotoxic Carcinogens. (H.
Greim and R. J. Albertini, Eds.)The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, United Kingdom, pp. 115-
159.
Prakash, A., Doublié, S. and Wallace, S.S. (2012) The Fpg/Nei family of DNA glycosylases: Substrates,
structures and search for damage. Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci. 110:71-91. PMCID: PMC4101889
Liu, M., Bandaru, V., Holmes, A., Averill, A.M., Cannan, W. and Wallace, S. S. (2012) Expression and
purification of active mouse and human NEIL3 proteins. Protein Expression and Purification. 84(1):130-
9. PMCID: PMC3378769
Duclos, S., Aller, P., Jaruga,P., Didzaroglu, M., Wallace, S.S. and Doublié, S. (2012) Structural and
biochemical studies of a plant formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase reveal why eukaryotic Fpg
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glycosylases do not excise 8-oxoguanine. DNA Repair (Amst). 11(9):714-25. PMCID: PMC3419285
Wallace, S.S., Murphy, D.L. and Sweasy, J.B. (2012) Base excision repair and cancer. Cancer Letters
327(1-2):73-89. PMCID: PMC3361536
Liu, M., Doublié, S. and Wallace, S.S. (2013) Neil3, the final frontier for the DNA glycosylases that
recognize oxidative damage. Mutation Research. 743-744:4-11. PMCID: PMC3657305
Odell, I.D., Wallace, S.S. and Pederson, D. (2013) Rules of engagement for base excision repair in
chromatin. Journal of Cell Physiology 228(2): 258-266. PMCID: PMC3468691
Liu, M., Imamura, K., Averill, A.M., Wallace, S.S. and Doublié, S. (2013) Structural characterization of a
mouse ortholog of human NEIL3 with a marked preference for single-stranded DNA. Structure.
21(2):247-56. PMCID: PMC3856655
Wallace, S.S. (2013) Personal reflections of a woman scientist growing up in a man’s world. DNA Repair.
21(2):247-256.
Zhou, J., Liu, M., Fleming, A.M., Burrows, C.J. and Wallace S.S. (2013) Neil3 and NEIL1 DNA
glycosylases remove oxidative damages from quadruplex DNA and exhibit preferences for lesions in the
telomeric sequence context. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(38):27263-72. PMCID: PMC3779722
Galick, H. Kathe, S., Liu, M., Robey-Bond, S., Kidane, D., Wallace, S.S. and Sweasy, J.B. (2013) A
germline variant of human NTH1 DNA glycosylase induces genomic instability and cellular
transformation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 110(35):14314-9. PMCID:
PMC3761600
Wallace, S.S. (2013) DNA glycosylases search for and remove oxidized DNA bases. Environmental and
Molecular Mutagenesis. 54(9):691-704. PMCID: PMC3997179
Prakash, A., Eckenroth, B.E., Averill, A.M., Imamura, K., Wallace, S.S. and Doublié, S. (2013) Structural
investigation of a viral ortholog of human NEIL2/3 DNA glycosylases. DNA Repair. 12(12):1062-71.
PMCID: PMC3856876
Maher, R.L., Prasad, A. Rizvanova, O., Wallace, S.S. and Pederson, D.S. (2013) Contribution of DNA
unwrapping from histone octamers to the repair of oxidatively damaged DNA in nucleosomes. (2013) DNA
Repair. 12(11):964-71. PMCID: PMC3877670
Prakash, A., Carroll, B., Sweasy, J.B., Wallace, S.S. and Doublié, S. (2014) Genome and cancer single
nucleotide polymorphisms of the human NEIL1 DNA glycosylase: activity, structure, and the effect of
editing. DNA Repair. 14:17-26. PMCID: PMC3926126
Nelson, S.R., Dunn, A.R., Kathe, S.D., Warshaw, D.M. and Wallace, S.S. (2014) Two glycosylase families
diffusively scan DNA using a wedge residue to probe for and identify oxidatively damaged bases.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(20):E2091-9. PMCID: PMC4034194
Wallace, S.S. (2014) Base excision repair: A critical player in many games. DNA Repair. 19:14-26.
PMCID: PMC4100245
Lee, A.J., Warshaw, D.M. and Wallace, S.S. (2014) Insights into the glycosylase search for damage from
single molecule fluorescence microscopy. DNA Repair.20:23-31 PMCID: PMC4112009
Cannan, W.J., Tsang, B.P., Wallace, S.S. and Pederson, D.S. (2014) Nucleosomes suppress the formation
of double-strand DNA Breaks during attempted base excision repair of clustered oxidative damages.
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(29):19881-93. PMCID: PMC4106309
Zhou, J., Fleming, A.M., Averill, A.M., Burrows, C.J. and Wallace, S.S. (2015) The NEIL glycosylases
remove oxidized guanine lesions from telomeric and promoter quadruplex DNA structures. Nucleic Acids
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Research. 43(8):4039-4054. PMCID: PMC4417164
Fleming, A.M., Zhou, J., Wallace, S.S. and Burrows, C.J. (2015) A role for the fifth G track in
G-quadruplex forming oncogene 2 promoter sequences during oxidative stress: Do these “spare tires” have
an evolved function? American Chemical Society Journal. In press.
Lee, A.J., Hilzinger, T.S., Nelson, S.R., Warshaw, D.M. and Wallace, S.S. (2014) The MUTYH colon
cancer-predisposing variant, Y165C, has a mutation in the wedge residue responsible for the DNA damage
search. In preparation.
Chan J., Zhou, J. Clayton, J.E., Lambelé, M., Wallace, S.S., and Thali, M. DNA glycosylase NEIL3 protects
telomere integrity during G2 to prevent chromosomal instability at mitosis. Submitted.
Zhou, J. Chan J., Clayton, J.E., Lambelé, M., Opresko, P., Thali, M. and Wallace S.S. The intrinsically
disordered C-terminal domain of NEIL3 secures chromosome segregation at mitosis by coupling long patch
BER at telomeres with activation of the ATM-mediated G2/M checkpoint. Submitted.
Massaad, M.J.*, Zhou, J.*, Tsuchimoto, D.*, Chou, J., Ohsumi, T., Jabara, H., Kane, J., Schmitz, K.,
Kyriacos, M., Torisu, K., Nakabeppu, Y., Kang, P., Choueiry, E., Megarbane, A., Mizui, M., Tsokos, G.,
El-Herz, W., Notarangelo, L., Wallace, S.S., Geha, R.S. The human Nei endonuclease VIII-like 3 (NEIL3)
is a novel gene associated with the development of auto-antibodies. Manuscript in preparation.
Lee, A.J., Warshaw, D.M. and Wallace, S.S. (2014) Visualizing the interaction between human DNA
glycosylase OGG1 and a site-specific 8-oxoguanine in plasmid DNA using single molecule approaches. In
preparation.
Robey-Bond, S.M., Benson, M.A., Barrantes-Reynolds, R., Bond, J.P. and Wallace, S.S. (2014)
Comparative single-turnover kinetics and Escherichia coli endonuclease III (hNTH1): Effects of single
point mutations on glycosylase activity. In preparation.
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August 1990 Invited Speaker, 15th International Cancer Congress, Hamburg
October 1990 Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiation Medicine
January 1991 Invited Speaker, General Motors Cancer Research Symposium:
"Oncogenic Mechanisms in Radiation-Induced Cancer", Fort Collins,
Colorado.
February 1991 Dartmouth Medical School, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
August 1991 Invited Speaker, International Congress of Radiation Research, Toronto
September 1991 W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center, Lake Placid, New York.
November 1991 Symposium Speaker, American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
February 1992 Universite de Montreal, Department of Biochemistry
February 1992 University of Pittsburgh, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
March 1992 Invited Speaker, Radiation Research Society, Salt Lake City, Utah.
April 1992 Invited Speaker, International Symposium: "The Structure, Biology and Pharmacology
of Abasic and Related DNA Sites", Paris, France.
April 1992 Invited Speaker, International Symposium: "Defined Damages in DNA and their
Biological Consequences", Bavaria
October 1992 Universite de Sherbrooke, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiobiology
November 1992 Michigan State, Cancer Center
December 1992 University of Illinois, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
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February 1993 Invited Speaker, Keystone Symposium: "Nucleases: Structure, Function and
Biological Roles", Tamarron, Colorado.
March 1993 Invited Speaker, Radiation Research Society, Dallas, Texas.
April 1993 Plenary Lecturer, Environmental Mutagen Society, Norfolk, Virginia.
March 1993 University of North Carolina, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
April 1993 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Symposium: "The Contribution of Physics
to Medicine", New York, New York.
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June 1993 Symposium Speaker, "Structural Biology: State of the Art 1993", Eighth Conversation:
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September 1993 Lehman College, City University of New York, Department of Biological Sciences.
February 1994 Invited Speaker, Gordon Oxygen Radical Conference, Ventura, California
March 1994 University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
July 1994 Invited Speaker, Gordon Mutagenesis Conference, Plymouth, New Hampshire
September 1994 Symposium Speaker, International Congress of Biochemistry, New Dehli
October 1994 Symposium Speaker, Workshop on Radiation Damage in DNA: Structure/Function
Relationships at Early Times, Gleneden, Oregon
May 1995 University of Massachusetts, College of Medicine, Worcester
June 1995 Invited Speaker, Gordon Toxicology Conference, Colby-Sawyer College, New
Hampshire
September 1995 Symposium Speaker, 10th International Conference on Radiation Research, Würzburg,
Germany.
September 1995 Symposium Speaker, Mechanisms of DNA Repair, Giens, France
October 1995 Parker Memorial Lecturer, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Richland, WA
November 1995 Tolmach Memorial Lecturer, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
December 1995 Department of Pharmacology, SUNY Stony Brook
February 1995 Department of Biophysics, University of Rochester
April 1996 Invited Speaker, Banbury Conference: DNA Base “Flipping”: How and Why
April 1996 Workshop Co-Chair, Radiation Research Society
June 1996 Symposium Speaker, ASBMB Satellite Meeting on DNA Repair
February 1997 Invited Speaker, Gordon DNA Mammalian Repair Conference, Ventura, California
February 1997 Invited Speaker, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
February 1997 Symposium Speaker, 7th Fisher Winternational Symposium, Quebec
April 1997 Symposium Speaker, AACR
May 1997 Keynote Speaker, Sealy Center for Molecular Science, University of Texas Medical
Branch
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March 1998 American Health Foundation, New York
April 1998 Symposium Speaker, Radiation Research Society, Louisville, Kentucky
August 1998 Symposium Speaker, American Chemical Society, DNA Damage and Repair, Boston
November 1998 Symposium Speaker, American Association for Cancer Research, Sanibel Island,
Florida, DNA Repair
February 1999 Invited Speaker, Gordon DNA Mammalian Repair Conference, Ventura, California
February 1999 Invited Speaker, Gordon Radiation Oncology Conference, Ventura, California
March 1999 Speaker VT Cancer Center 15th Regional Research Symposium, Burlington, VT
April 1999 Symposium Speaker, Radiation Damage to DNA, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC
July 1999 Symposium Speaker, 11th International Congress of Radiation Research, Dublin,
Ireland
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November 1999 Co-chair and Symposium Speaker, International Conference on DNA Repair and
Mutagenesis: Mechanism, Control and Biological Consequences, Hilton Head,
South Carolina
March 2000 Invited Speaker, Molecular Biology of Oxidative Stress, Banbury Center, Cold Spring
Harbor, NY
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August 2000 Invited Speaker, Gordon Conference on Mutagenesis, Oxford, United Kingdom
January 2001 Invited Speaker, Gordon Mammalian DNA Repair Conference, Ventura, California
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Arlington, Virginia
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France
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University, Washington, D.C.
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Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
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Conference Center,Virginia
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California
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Alberta, Canada
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University, Boston
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Research, International Congress of Radiation Research, Warsaw
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Medical School
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Boston, Massachusetts
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Florida
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Susan S. Wallace, Ph.D.
Distinguished University Professor and Chair
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
The Markey Center for Molecular Genetics
University of Vermont
95 Carrigan Drive, Stafford Hall
Burlington, Vermont 05405-0084
Phone: 802-656-2164
Fax: 802-656-8749
E-mail: [email protected]