Susan E. Celniker

Biochemist Senior Scientist

Biological Systems and Engineering

BioEngineering & BioMedical Sciences

Secondary Affiliation: Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology

Comparative and Functional Genomics

Building: Potter Street (977), Room 160
Mail Stop: 977
Phone: (510) 486-6258
Fax: (510) 486-6798
SECelniker@lbl.gov

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Trio of Recent Studies Underscore Harms of Exposure to Thirdhand Smoke

August 13, 2021

The thirdhand smoke (THS) research group in Biosciences’ Biological Systems and Engineering (BSE) Division contributed to three recently-published studies that further underscore the harms of exposure to the lingering toxic residues from tobacco smoke.

Scientists Explore Links Between Genetics, Gut Microbiome, and Memory

April 29, 2020

A team of researchers from two U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories has found new evidence of tangible connections between the gut and the brain. The team, led by Antoine Snijders at Berkeley Lab and Janet Jansson at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), identified lactate—a molecule produced by all species of one gut microbe—as a key memory-boosting molecular messenger. The work was published in the journal BMC Microbiome.

KDM5 Deficiency Alters Gut Microbiome, Social Behavior in Flies

March 28, 2019

Genome-wide association (GWAS) and familial studies have found mutations that disrupt the function of KDM5 proteins in patients with autism spectrum disorders and related intellectual disabilities. Biological Systems and Engineering (BSE) Division researchers Jian-Hua Mao, Antoine Snijders, and Susan Celniker, in collaboration with a team of scientists led by Xingyin Liu at Nanjing Medical University (NMU) in China, used genetic tools in Drosophila to delineate how KDM5 contributes to autism and intellectual disability.