{"id":11,"date":"2018-06-06T08:05:51","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T15:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-03-31T12:43:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T19:43:30","slug":"smerdon-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/smerdon-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Smerdon Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1528297504846\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<header>\n<h2>Michael J. Smerdon<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/2018\/06\/smerdon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/>Regents Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics<br \/>\nWashington State University<br \/>\nSchool of Molecular Biosciences<br \/>\nBiotechnology Life Sciences Building<br \/>\n1770 Stadium Way<br \/>\nPullman, WA 99164-7520<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/M. Smerdon-CV.2018\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for a pdf copy of CV<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Education:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>B.A., Physics and Mathematics, St. Cloud State University, 1970<\/li>\n<li>M.S., Physics, Oregon State University, 1972<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D., Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, 1976<\/li>\n<li>Postdoctoral Fellow, Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, 1976-78<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Major Research Interests:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>DNA damage and repair in eukaryotes<\/li>\n<li>Chromatin structure and function<\/li>\n<li>Carcinogenesis, cancer prevention and treatment<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Awards and Fellowships:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Establishment of Smerdon\/Reeves Lectureship on \u201cChromatin and DNA Repair\u201d in the School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University (2016)<\/li>\n<li>Special Issue of\u00a0<em>DNA Repair<\/em>, entitled\u00a0<em>DNA Repair in Chromatin:\u00a0a\u00a0Tribute to Michael Smerdon<\/em>\u00a0[Conconi, A. ed.,\u00a0<em>DNA Repair<\/em>\u00a0<strong>36<\/strong>: 1-162 (2015)]<\/li>\n<li>Special Symposium honoring the careers of Drs. Michael Smerdon and Raymond Reeves on \u201cDNA Repair in Chromatin: The First 40 years (and Beyond)\u201d, Washington State University (2015)<\/li>\n<li>Washington State Academy of Sciences (2013)<\/li>\n<li>Eminent Faculty Award, Washington State University (2012)<\/li>\n<li>Fellow of the AAAS (2010)<\/li>\n<li>Regents Professor, Washington State University (2006)<\/li>\n<li>Science and Engineering Alumni Leadership Award, St. Cloud State University (2003)<\/li>\n<li>NIH MERIT Award (2001-present)<\/li>\n<li>Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics (2001-2004)<\/li>\n<li>Distinguished Faculty Address, Washington State University (2000)<\/li>\n<li>Distinguished Faculty Award, Division of Sciences, Washington State University (1999)<\/li>\n<li>Elected to the Editorial Board of The Journal Biological Chemistry (1998)<\/li>\n<li>Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award, Washington State University (1997)<\/li>\n<li>Guest Professor, Institute fur Zellbiologie, Eidgenossishe Technishe Hochschule (ETH) (1986 and 1995)<\/li>\n<li>Chairman of 1995 Gordon Research Conference on Mammalian DNA Repair Mechanisms<\/li>\n<li>NIH Research Career Development Award (1982-1987)<\/li>\n<li>NIH-NIEHS Young Environmental Scientist Grant Award (1978-1981)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> <\/p>\n<h2>Michael J. Smerdon<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/2018\/06\/smerdon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/>Regents Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics<br \/> Washington State University<br \/> School of Molecular Biosciences<br \/> Biotechnology Life Sciences Building<br \/> 1770 Stadium Way<br \/> Pullman, WA 99164-7520<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/M. Smerdon-CV.2018\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for a pdf copy of CV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Education:<\/p>\n<p>B.A., Physics and Mathematics, St. Cloud State University, 1970<br \/> M.S., Physics, Oregon State University, 1972<br \/> Ph.D., Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, 1976<br \/> Postdoctoral Fellow, Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, 1976-78<\/p>\n<p>Major Research Interests:<\/p>\n<p>DNA damage and repair in eukaryotes<br \/> Chromatin structure and function<br \/> &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/smerdon-bio\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-default\">&raquo; More &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4447,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":[]},"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4447"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/smerdon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}