User:Susan C. Roberts

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• Susan C. Roberts
• University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 159 Goessmann Lab
• 686 N. Pleasant St.
• Amherst, MA, 01003 USA
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I am the PI for the Roberts Lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. I learned about OpenWetWare from faculty colleague, and I've joined because I would like to use OpenWeyWare to host my lab's website.

Education

• 1998, PhD, Cornell University
• 1992, BS, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Research interests

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Publications

• Publications since 2005 are listed below:

1. Stoppel WL, White JC, Horava SD, Bhatia SR, and Roberts SC. Transport of biological molecules in surfactant-alginate composite hydrogels. Acta Biomater. 2011 Nov;7(11):3988-98. DOI:10.1016/j.actbio.2011.07.009 |
2. Kolewe ME, Henson MA, and Roberts SC. Analysis of aggregate size as a process variable affecting paclitaxel accumulation in Taxus suspension cultures. Biotechnol Prog. 2011 Sep-Oct;27(5):1365-72. DOI:10.1002/btpr.655 |
3. Gaurav V and Roberts SC. Statistical optimization of single-cell production from Taxus cuspidata plant cell aggregates. Prep Biochem Biotechnol. 2011;41(3):219-35. DOI:10.1080/10826068.2011.575261 |
4. Gaurav V, Kolewe ME, and Roberts SC. Flow cytometric methods to investigate culture heterogeneities for plant metabolic engineering. Methods Mol Biol. 2010;643:243-62. DOI:10.1007/978-1-60761-723-5_17 |
5. Kolewe ME, Henson MA, and Roberts SC. Characterization of aggregate size in Taxus suspension cell culture. Plant Cell Rep. 2010 May;29(5):485-94. DOI:10.1007/s00299-010-0837-5 |
6. Kolewe ME, Gaurav V, and Roberts SC. Pharmaceutically active natural product synthesis and supply via plant cell culture technology. Mol Pharm. 2008 Mar-Apr;5(2):243-56. DOI:10.1021/mp7001494 |
7. Chin K, Khattak SF, Bhatia SR, and Roberts SC. Hydrogel-perfluorocarbon composite scaffold promotes oxygen transport to immobilized cells. Biotechnol Prog. 2008 Mar-Apr;24(2):358-66. DOI:10.1021/bp070160f |
8. Vongpaseuth K, Nims E, St Amand M, Walker EL, and Roberts SC. Development of a particle bombardment-mediated transient transformation system for Taxus spp. cells in culture. Biotechnol Prog. 2007 Sep-Oct;23(5):1180-5. DOI:10.1021/bp0700307 |
9. Vongpaseuth K and Roberts SC. Advancements in the understanding of Paclitaxel metabolism in tissue culture. Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2007 Aug;8(4):219-36. DOI:10.2174/138920107781387393 |
10. Roberts SC. Production and engineering of terpenoids in plant cell culture. Nat Chem Biol. 2007 Jul;3(7):387-95. DOI:10.1038/nchembio.2007.8 |
11. Khattak SF, Chin KS, Bhatia SR, and Roberts SC. Enhancing oxygen tension and cellular function in alginate cell encapsulation devices through the use of perfluorocarbons. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2007 Jan 1;96(1):156-66. DOI:10.1002/bit.21151 |
12. Khattak SF, Spatara M, Roberts L, and Roberts SC. Application of colorimetric assays to assess viability, growth and metabolism of hydrogel-encapsulated cells. Biotechnol Lett. 2006 Sep;28(17):1361-70. DOI:10.1007/s10529-006-9104-9 |
13. Nims E, Dubois CP, Roberts SC, and Walker EL. Expression profiling of genes involved in paclitaxel biosynthesis for targeted metabolic engineering. Metab Eng. 2006 Sep;8(5):385-94. DOI:10.1016/j.ymben.2006.04.001 |
14. Naill MC and Roberts SC. Culture of isolated single cells from Taxus suspensions for the propagation of superior cell populations. Biotechnol Lett. 2005 Nov;27(21):1725-30. DOI:10.1007/s10529-005-2738-1 |
15. Khattak SF, Bhatia SR, and Roberts SC. Pluronic F127 as a cell encapsulation material: utilization of membrane-stabilizing agents. Tissue Eng. 2005 May-Jun;11(5-6):974-83. DOI:10.1089/ten.2005.11.974 |
16. Naill MC and Roberts SC. Flow cytometric identification of Paclitaxel-accumulating subpopulations. Biotechnol Prog. 2005 May-Jun;21(3):978-83. DOI:10.1021/bp049544l |
17. Naill MC and Roberts SC. Cell cycle analysis of Taxus suspension cultures at the single cell level as an indicator of culture heterogeneity. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2005 May 20;90(4):491-500. DOI:10.1002/bit.20446 |
18. Naill MC and Roberts SC. Flow cytometric analysis of protein content in Taxus protoplasts and single cells as compared to aggregated suspension cultures. Plant Cell Rep. 2005 Jan;23(8):528-33. DOI:10.1007/s00299-004-0875-y |

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