Email [email protected] URL Watch video of my work at INSERM Mentor Dr. Maria Jasin Current Position: Research Director INSERM, Institut Imagine, Paris, France Publications DNA ligase III promotes alternative nonhomologous end-joining during chromosomal translocation formation. Simsek D, Brunet E, Wong SY, Katyal S, Gao Y, McKinnon PJ, Lou J, Zhang L, Li J, Rebar EJ, Gregory PD, Holmes MC, Jasin M. PLoS Genet. 2011 Jun;7(6):e1002080. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002080. Crucial role for DNA ligase III in mitochondria but not in Xrcc1-dependent repair. Simsek D, Furda A, Gao Y, Artus J, Brunet E, Hadjantonakis AK, Van Houten B, Shuman S, McKinnon PJ, Jasin M. Nature. 2011 Mar 10;471(7337):245-8. doi: 10.1038/nature09794. Chromosomal translocations induced at specified loci in human stem cells. Brunet E, Simsek D, Tomishima M, DeKelver R, Choi VM, Gregory P, Urnov F, Weinstock DM, JasinM.