Karl-Uwe Reusswig
karl-uwej_reusswig@dfci.harvard.edu 

EDUCATION

PhD in Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich, Germany
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Diploma in Biochemistry, University of Tuebingen, Germany

AWARDS & HONORS

Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD Fellowship (2014-2016)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Chacin E, Reusswig KU, Furtmeier J, Bansal P, Karl LA, Pfander B, Straub T, Korber P, Kurat CF. (2023) Establishment and function of chromatin organization at replication origins. Nature. 2023 Apr 5. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-05926-8.

Reusswig KU, Bittmann J, Peritore M, Courtes M, Pardo B, Wierer M, Mann M, Pfander B (2022). Unscheduled DNA replication in G1 causes genome instability and damage signatures indicative of replication collisions. Nature Communications. 13(7014):1-20. 


Peritore M, Reusswig KU, Bantele SCS, Straub T & Pfander B (2021). Strand-specific ChIP-seq at DNA breaks distinguishes ssDNA versus dsDNA binding and refutes single-stranded nucleosomes. Molecular Cell. 81(8):1841-1853.  
Chacin E, Bansal P, Reusswig KU, Diaz-Santin LM, Ortega P, Vizjak P, […] & Kurat CF (2021). A CDK-regulated chromatin segregase promoting chromosome replication. Nature Communications. 12(1):1-12.  

Ferreira P, Hoefer V, Kronshage N, Marko A, Reusswig KU, Tetik B, […] & Boos D (2021). MTBP phosphorylation controls DNA replication origin firing. Scientific Reports. 11(1):1-14.  

Di Cicco G, Bantele SCS, Reusswig KU & Pfander B (2017). A cell cycle-independent mode of the Rad9-Dpb11 interaction is induced by DNA damage. Scientific Reports. 7(1):11650.  

Reusswig KU, Zimmermann F, Galanti L & Pfander B (2016). Robust replication control is generated by temporal gaps between licensing and firing phases and depends on degradation of firing factor Sld2. Cell Reports. 17(2):556-569.