VIP Biography for
Robert Schiestl

	Robert Schiestl
Industry	Education
Title	Professor of Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Radiation Oncology, Environmental Health Sciences
Expertise	Molecular basis of cancer; Causes of Cancer and Cancer Prevention
Current Organization	UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Type of Organization	University
Major Product	Higher education, research
Area of Distribution	International
University/Degree	B.S., Biology, Biochemistry, 1980; Ph.D., Biology, Genetics, 1983, University of Vienna, Austria
Born	November 10, 1959, Vienna, Austria
Honors & Awards	1978 - 1980, Stipend for the gifted students of the University of Vienna; 1998, Novartis Award in Biochemistry; 2005, Helene Brown Award in Cancer Prevention and Control Research
Published Works	Schiestl R.H. (1989) Nonmutagenic carcinogens induce intrachromosomal recombination in yeast. Nature 337:285-288 PMCID: PMC1519453; Westbrook, A., W. Bo, J. Braun, and R.H. Schiestl (2009) Intestinal mucosal inflammation leads to systemic genotoxicity in mice. Cancer Res. 69(11): 4827-34 (included in UCLA JCCC press release) PMCID: PMC2709766; Lynn Yamamoto, Irene Maier, Ms. Angeline T. Dang, David Berry, Jared Liu, Paul M. Ruegger, Jiue-in Yang, Philip A. Soto, Laura L. Presley, Ramune Reliene, Aya M. Westbrook, Bo Wei, Alexander Loy, Christopher Chang, Jonathan Braun, James Borneman, Robert H. Schiestl (2013) Intestinal bacteria modify lymphoma penetrance in genetically susceptible mice via inflammation-mediated systemic host oxidative stress and leucocyte genotoxicity-Cancer Research 73(14):4222-4232 July 15, 2013 PMCID: PMC3718495; Katrin Hacke, Akos Szakmary, Andrew R. Cuddihy, Nora Rozengurt, Nathan A. Lemp, Jiri Aubrecht, Gregory W. Lawson, Negesh P. Rao, Gay M. Crooks, Robert H. Schiestl, Noriyuki Kasahara Combined preconditioning and in vivo chemoselection with 6-thioguanine alone achieves highly efficient reconstitution of normal hematopoiesis with HPRT-deficient bone marrow. Experimental Hematology-Volume 40, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 3-13.e3-
Affiliations	Society of Toxicology; Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society; American Association of Cancer Research; Radiation Research Society; Society of Genetics
Hobbies & Sports	Fishing, sailing, hiking, animals
Work History	1982, Fellow of the European Molecular Biology Organization with Drs. F. Zimmerman and M. Ciriacy, Dept. of Microbiology Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany, 1981-1983 "Studienassistent" (Student Lecturer, 50% effort) at the Institute for Tumorbiology-Cancer Research, Thesis Research with Dr. U. Wintersberger, University of Vienna, Austria. 1983-1984 "Universitaetsassitent" (85% research) at the institute for Tumorbiology-Cancer Research, University of Vienna, Austria. 1984-1986 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Fellow with Dr. PJ Hastings, Dept. of Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. 1986-1989 Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Dr. Satya Prakash Dept. of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. 1989-1991 Research Associate with Dr. Tom Petes Dept. of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. 1991-1996 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Toxicology, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). 1996-2000 Associate Professor, Dept. of Cancer Cell Biology, HSPH. 2000- present Professor of Pathology, Environmental Health Sciences and Radiation Oncology, University of California at Los Angeles Medical School and School of Public Health.
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