Amy S.Y. Lee

Assistant Professor of Biology
Life Sciences
Brandeis University
United States of America

Academician Genetics
Biography

"Amy S.Y. Lee presently working as Assistant Professor of Biology at Brandeis university. She completed her S.B at Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D at Virology, Harvard University Postdoc, University of California - Berkeley" Expertise Gene regulation during development and cancer; mRNA translation mechanisms Awards and Honors Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Sloan Research Fellowship (2017) Charles H. Hood Foundation Child Health Research Award (2017) Searle Scholars Program, Searle Scholar (2017) American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship (2014)

Research Intrest

mRNA translation

List of Publications
Kranzusch PJ, Wilson SC, Lee AS, Berger JM, Doudna JA, Vance RE. Ancient origin of cGAS-STING reveals mechanism of universal 2′, 3′ cGAMP signaling. Molecular cell. 2015 Sep 17;59(6):891-903.
Lee AS, Kranzusch PJ, Doudna JA, Cate JH. eIF3d is an mRNA cap-binding protein that is required for specialized translation initiation. Nature. 2016 Aug 4;536(7614):96-9.
Lee AS, Kranzusch PJ, Cate JH. eIF3 targets cell proliferation mRNAs for translational activation or repression. Nature. 2015 Jun 4;522(7554):111.