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Michelle Lynskey
Graduate Student Researcher
2.7 Hillman Cancer Center
mll82@pitt.edu
Education
BS in Biology, University of Virginia
Advisor
Roderick J. O'Sullivan, PhD
Research Details
Publications
Awards, Honors, and Sponsored Research
Labs
O'Sullivan Lab
Journal Articles
Longarini EJ, Dauben H, Locatelli C, Wondisford AR, Smith R, Muench C, Kolvenbach A,
Lynskey ML
, Pope A, Bonfiglio JJ, Jurado EP, Fajka-Boja R, Colby T, Schuller M, Ahel I, Timinszky G, O'Sullivan RJ, Huet S, Matic I. Modular antibodies reveal DNA damage-induced mono-ADP-ribosylation as a second wave of PARP1 signaling. Mol Cell. 2023 May 18;83(10):1743-1760.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.03.027. Epub 2023 Apr 27. PMID: 37116497; PMCID: PMC10205078.
Bhargava R,
Lynskey ML
, O'Sullivan RJ. New twists to the ALTernative endings at telomeres. DNA Repair (Amst). 2022 Jul;115:103342. doi: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2022.103342. Epub 2022 May 13. PMID: 35588569; PMCID: PMC9675980.
Barroso-González J, García-Expósito L, Galaviz P,
Lynskey ML
, Allen JAM, Hoang S, Watkins SC, Pickett HA, O'Sullivan RJ. Anti-recombination function of MutSα restricts telomere extension by ALT-associated homology-directed repair. Cell Rep. 2021 Dec 7;37(10):110088. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110088. PMID: 34879271; PMCID: PMC8724847
Hoang SM, Kaminski N, Bhargava R, Barroso-González J,
Lynskey ML
, García-Expósito L, Roncaioli JL, Wondisford AR, Wallace CT, Watkins SC, James DI, Waddell ID, Ogilvie D, Smith KM, da Veiga Leprevost F, Mellacharevu D, Nesvizhskii AI, Li J, Ray-Gallet D, Sobol RW, Almouzni G, O'Sullivan RJ. Regulation of ALT-associated homology-directed repair by polyADP-ribosylation. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2020 Dec;27(12):1152-1164. doi: 10.1038/s41594-020-0512-7. Epub 2020 Oct 12. PMID: 33046907 PMCID: PMC7809635
Barroso-González J, García-Expósito L, Hoang SM, Lynskey ML, Roncaioli JL, Ghosh A, Wallace CT, Modesti M, Bernstein KA, Sarkar SN, Watkins SC, O'Sullivan RJ. RAD51AP1 Is an Essential Mediator of Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres. Mol Cell. 2019 Oct 3;76(1):217. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.08.009. Erratum for: Mol Cell. 2019 Oct 3;76(1):11-26.e7. PMID: 31585101; PMCID: PMC6823839
Barroso-González J, García-Expósito L, Hoang SM, Lynskey ML, Roncaioli JL, Ghosh A, Wallace CT, de Vitis M, Modesti M, Bernstein KA, Sarkar SN, Watkins SC, O'Sullivan RJ. RAD51AP1 Is an Essential Mediator of Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres. Mol Cell. 2020 Jul 16;79(2):359. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.06.026. Erratum for: Mol Cell. 2019 Oct 3;76(1):11-26.e7. PMID: 32679078; PMCID: PMC7439233.
Barroso-González J, García-Expósito L, Hoang SM,
Lynskey ML
, Roncaioli JL, Ghosh A, Wallace CT, de Vitis M, Modesti M, Bernstein KA, Sarkar SN, Watkins SC, O'Sullivan RJ. RAD51AP1 Is an Essential Mediator of Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres. Mol Cell. 2019 Oct 3;76(1):11-26.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.06.043. Epub 2019 Aug 7. PMID: 31400850 PMCID: PMC6778027
Kaminski N, Wondisford AR, Kwon Y,
Lynskey ML
, Bhargava R, Barroso-González J, García-Expósito L, He B, Xu M, Mellacheruvu D, Watkins SC, Modesti M, Miller KM, Nesvizhskii AI, Zhang H, Sung P, O'Sullivan RJ. RAD51AP1 regulates ALT-HDR through chromatin-directed homeostasis of TERRA. Mol Cell. 2022 Nov 3;82(21):4001-4017.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.09.025. Epub 2022 Oct 19. PMID: 36265488; PMCID: PMC9713952.
Awards and Honors
John S. Lazo Cancer Pharmacology Departmental Fellowship September 1, 2021 - August 32. 2022
John S. Lazo Cancer Pharmacology Departmental Fellowship September 1, 2020 - August 32. 2021