Susan Ferro-Novick

Susan Ferro-Novick is an American scientist who is a Distinguished Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of California, San Diego. Her research interests focus on the biology of cell membranes and their responses to cell stress, particularly related to membrane trafficking in the secretory and autophagy pathways, as well as a quality control pathway known as ER-phagy in the endoplasmic reticulum.[1][2]

Education and academic career

Ferro-Novick was a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, where she was an early graduate student of the future Nobel Prize winner Randy Schekman. Schekman later remembered her as ambitious and as a standout among the women in his research group.[3] She began her faculty career at Yale University and later moved to the University of California, San Diego.[4]

Ferro-Novick was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator from 1994 to 2016.[5] She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012, recognized for her work in characterizing the transport protein particle (TRAPP) complex.[6]

Personal life

Ferro-Novick is married to fellow scientist and UCSD professor Peter Novick.[4]

References

1. "About Us". Ferro-Novick Lab. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
2. "Susan Ferro-Novick". UC San Diego. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
3. Schekman, Randy W. "Randy W. Schekman". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
4. Farquhar, Marilyn G. (10 November 2012). "A Man for All Seasons: Reflections on the Life and Legacy of George Palade". Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 28 (1): 1–28. doi:10.1146/annurev-cellbio-101011-155813.
5. "Susan Ferro-Novick". Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
6. "Susan Ferro-Novick". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 17 June 2019.