Sue Jinks-Robertson

Sue Jinks-Robertson is a geneticist recognized for her work on mechanisms that contribute to genetic stability and instability of eukaryotic genomes. She is particularly known for her studies of transcription-associated mutagenesis and the regulation of recombination fidelity in yeast. Jinks-Robertson was born and grew up on the Gulf Coast in Panama City, Florida. She attended Agnes Scott College, a liberal arts women’s college in Decatur, Georgia, and graduated in 1977 with a degree in Biology. She obtained a PhD in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1983 where her research focused on the regulation of ribosome biosynthesis in bacteria. Postdoctoral research was done at The University of Chicago from 1983 to1986 and focused on recombination between dispersed, repeated sequences in yeast. Jinks-Robertson joined the faculty of Emory University in 1987 and moved to Duke University in 2006. She has been active in the Genetics Society of America as a Board member and as Treasurer.