Susan J. Fisher, PhD

Professor, Departments of Oral Biology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and Anatomy; Faculty Director, Biomolecular Resource Center, UCSF

sfisher@cgl.ucsf.edu

Phone: (415) 476-5297, 476-2943 (voice)
Box 0512, UCSF

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Additional Websites

• Fisher Lab

Education

Hope College, Holland, Michigan, A.B., 1972, Biology, Chemistry
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1973, Anatomy
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, Ph.D., 1977, Anatomy
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Postdoc, 1977-1982, Mass Spectrometry

Professional Experience

• 1982-1988
  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Stomatology, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), CA
• 1988-1994
  Associate Professor, Dept. of Stomatology, UCSF, CA
• 1994-present
  Professor, Dept. of Cell and Tissue Biology, UCSF, CA

Honors & Awards

• 1971-72
  NSF Undergraduate Research Program
• 1972-73
  NIH Training Grant
• 1978-81
  NIH National Research Service Award HD05687
• 1987
  UCSF Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award
• 1988
  Pew Foundation Faculty Development Award
• ad hoc reviewer for National Institutes of Health (Oral Biology and Medicine, HED)
• Wellcome Research Foundation and Medical Research Council of Canada and UK
• 1994
  Achievement Award in Women's Health (Warner-Lambert Co., National Health Council, Journal of Women's Health)
• 2000
  Co-Chair, Gordon Conference (Reproductive Tract Biology)
• 1997-2002
  Member of Reproductive Biology Study Section (NIH), Chair (2000-2002)
• 2000
  Sadler Award from NICHD
• 2000
  NIH MERIT Award (DE07244)
• 2001
  Faculty Director, UCSF Biomolecular Resource Center
• 2001
  Scientific Advisory Board, Society for Women's Health
• 2002
  UCSF Graduate Association Outstanding Mentor Award
• 2003
  Anita Payne Lectureship (U of Mich.)
• 2004
  UCSF School of Dentistry Faculty Research Award
• 2006
  Dean's Distinguished Lecturer (U of Colorado)
• 2006
  Jerry Elliott Memorial Lecture (New England Perinatal Research Society)
• 2006
  Jerry Elliott Memorial Lecture (New England Perinatal Research Society)

Selected Publications

1. Genbacev O, Lamb JD, Prakobphol A, Donne M, McMaster MT, Fisher SJ. Human trophoblast progenitors: where do they reside? Semin Reprod Med. 2013 Jan; 31(1):56-61.
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2. Drake P, Schilling B, Gibson B, Fisher S. Elucidation of N-glycosites within human plasma glycoproteins for cancer biomarker discovery. Methods Mol Biol. 2013; 951:307-22.
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3. Hromatka BS, Drake PM, Kapidzic M, Stolp H, Goldfien GA, Shih IeM, Fisher SJ. Polysialic acid enhances the migration and invasion of human cytotrophoblasts. Glycobiology. 2013 May; 23(5):593-602.
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4. Walian PJ, Allen S, Shatsky M, Zeng L, Szakal ED, Liu H, Hall SC, Fisher SJ, Lam BR, Singer ME, Geller JT, Brenner SE, Chandonia JM, Hazen TC, Witkowska HE, Biggin MD, Jap BK. High-throughput Isolation and Characterization of Untagged Membrane Protein Complexes: Outer Membrane Complexes of Desulfovibrio vulgaris. J Proteome Res. 2012 Dec 7; 11(12):5720-35.
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5. Drake PM, Schilling B, Niles RK, Prakobphol A, Li B, Jung K, Cho W, Braten M, Inerowicz HD, Williams K, Albertolle M, Held JM, Iacovides D, Sorensen DJ, Griffith OL, Johansen E, Zawadzka AM, Cusack MP, Allen S, Gormley M, Hall SC, Witkowska HE, Gray JW, Regnier F, Gibson BW, Fisher SJ. Lectin chromatography/mass spectrometry discovery workflow identifies putative biomarkers of aggressive breast cancers. J Proteome Res. 2012 Apr 6; 11(4):2508-20.
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6. Aghajanova L, Shen S, Rojas AM, Fisher SJ, Irwin JC, Giudice LC. Comparative transcriptome analysis of human trophectoderm and embryonic stem cell-derived trophoblasts reveal key participants in early implantation. Biol Reprod. 2012 Jan; 86(1):1-21.
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7. Witkowska HE, Hall SC, Fisher SJ. Breaking the bottleneck in the protein biomarker pipeline. Clin Chem. 2012 Feb; 58(2):321-3.
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8. Fisher SJ, Giudice LC. SGK1: a fine balancing act for human pregnancy. Nat Med. 2011; 17(11):1348-9.
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9. Bárcena A, Muench MO, Kapidzic M, Gormley M, Goldfien GA, Fisher SJ. Human placenta and chorion: potential additional sources of hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation. Transfusion. 2011 Nov; 51 Suppl 4:94S-105S.
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10. Genbacev O, Donne M, Kapidzic M, Gormley M, Lamb J, Gilmore J, Larocque N, Goldfien G, Zdravkovic T, McMaster MT, Fisher SJ. Establishment of human trophoblast progenitor cell lines from the chorion. Stem Cells. 2011 Sep; 29(9):1427-36.
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11. Liu H, Yang L, Khainovski N, Dong M, Hall SC, Fisher SJ, Biggin MD, Jin J, Witkowska HE. Automated iterative MS/MS acquisition: a tool for improving efficiency of protein identification using a LC-MALDI MS workflow. Anal Chem. 2011 Aug 15; 83(16):6286-93.
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12. Hunkapiller NM, Gasperowicz M, Kapidzic M, Plaks V, Maltepe E, Kitajewski J, Cross JC, Fisher SJ. A role for Notch signaling in trophoblast endovascular invasion and in the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia. Development. 2011 Jul; 138(14):2987-98.
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13. Schanz A, Winn VD, Fisher SJ, Blumenstein M, Heiss C, Hess AP, Kruessel JS, Mcmaster M, North RA. Pre-eclampsia is associated with elevated CXCL12 levels in placental syncytiotrophoblasts and maternal blood. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2011 Jul; 157(1):32-7.
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14. Krtolica A, Larocque N, Genbacev O, Ilic D, Coppe JP, Patil CK, Zdravkovic T, McMaster M, Campisi J, Fisher SJ. GROa regulates human embryonic stem cell self-renewal or adoption of a neuronal fate. Differentiation. 2011 Apr; 81(4):222-32.
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15. Marchand M, Horcajadas JA, Esteban FJ, McElroy SL, Fisher SJ, Giudice LC. Transcriptomic signature of trophoblast differentiation in a human embryonic stem cell model. Biol Reprod. 2011 Jun; 84(6):1258-71.
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16. Winn VD, Gormley M, Fisher SJ. The Impact of Preeclampsia on Gene Expression at the Maternal-Fetal Interface. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2011 Jan 1; 1(1):100-108.
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17. Roberts RM, Fisher SJ. Trophoblast stem cells. Biol Reprod. 2011 Mar; 84(3):412-21.
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18. Drake PM, Schilling B, Niles RK, Braten M, Johansen E, Liu H, Lerch M, Sorensen DJ, Li B, Allen S, Hall SC, Witkowska HE, Regnier FE, Gibson BW, Fisher SJ. A lectin affinity workflow targeting glycosite-specific, cancer-related carbohydrate structures in trypsin-digested human plasma. Anal Biochem. 2011 Jan 1; 408(1):71-85.
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19. Maltepe E, Bakardjiev AI, Fisher SJ. The placenta: transcriptional, epigenetic, and physiological integration during development. J Clin Invest. 2010 Apr; 120(4):1016-25.
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20. Lo B, Parham L, Cedars M, Fisher S, Gates E, Giudice L, Halme DG, Hershon W, Kriegstein A, Rao R, Roberts C, Wagner R. Research ethics. NIH guidelines for stem cell research and gamete donors. Science. 2010 Feb 19; 327(5968):962-3.
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