Susana Godinho, PhD

Research Interest

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2005–present	Postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of David Pellman, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
2006	PhD, Instituto Superior Technico, Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Portugal
1999	Licenciature (Biology, Microbiology, Genetics) Faculdade de Ciencias, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Ganem NJ, Godinho SA, Pellman D. A Mechanism Linking Extra Centrosomes to Chromosomal Instability. Nature (2009) July 9;460:278-82
Godinho SA*, Kwon M*, Pellman D. Centrosomes and cancer: how cancer cells divide with too many centrosomes.Cancer Metastasis Rev. (2009)
Kwon M*,Godinho SA*, Chandhok NS, Ganem NJ, Azioune A, Thery M, Pellman D.Mechanisms to suppress multipolar divisions in cancer cells with extra centrosomes.Genes Dev (2008) Aug 15;22(16):2189-203
Godinho S and Tavares A. A role for Drosophila Polo protein in chromosome resolution and segregation during mitosis. Cell Cycle (2008)7: 2529-34.
Schuller U*, Zhao Q*, Godinho SA, Heine VM, Medema RH, Pellman D and Rowitch DH Function of forkhead transcription factor FoxM1 is required to regulate mitotic entry in cerebellar granule neuron percursors. Molecular and Cellular Biology (2007) 27: 8259-70
Alves P*, Godinho SA* and Tavares A. The Drosophila dPlkk is not essential for Polo activation but is necessary for proper contractile ring formation. Experimental Cell Research (2006) 312: 308-21.
Pearson J, Godinho SA, Tavares A and Glover DM Heterologous expression of mammalian Plk1 in Drosophila reveals divergence from Polo during late mitosis. Experimental Cell Research (2006) 312: 770-81.