Susan Gurney, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor
Office: PISB 220
Phone: (215) 895-5802
Email: smg366@drexel.edu
Education
- BSc (Hons), Cell Biology and Pathology, University of St Andrews (UK)
- MSc, Forensic Science, Anglia Ruskin University (UK)
- MSc, Stem Cell Biology, University of Cambridge (UK)
- PhD, Genetics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Germany)
Research Interests
- Evolutionary genetics (humans and equids)
- Stem cell biology
- Forensic science
Publications
- Gurney SMR, Forster P, Just U, Schwanbeck R. Suppression of the PI3K subunit p85α delays embryoid body development and inhibits cell adhesion. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry (2011) 112:3573-3581
- Gurney SMR. Revisiting ancient mtDNA equid sequences from Pompeii. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry (2010) 111:1080-1.
- Gurney SMR, Schneider S, Pflugradt R, Barrett E, Forster AC, Brinkmann B, Jansen T, Forster P. Developing equine mtDNA profiling for forensic application. International Journal of Legal Medicine (2010) 124:617-22.
- Forster L, Forster P, Gurney SMR, Spencer M, Röhl A, Brinkmann B. Evaluating length heteroplasmy in human mitochondrial DNA. International Journal of Legal Medicine (2010) 124:133-42.
- Matthews JR, Watson (Gurney) SMR, Tevendale MCL, Watson CJ, Clarke AR. Caspase-dependent proteolytic cleavage of STAT3 alpha in ES cells, in mammary glands undergoing forced involution and in breast cancer cell lines. BMC Cancer 7:29 (2007)