Congratulations to Dr Elaine Fuchs who is honored by the L’Oréal-UNESCO award for women in science
PerkinElmer would like to congratulate Dr Elaine Fuchs who has been awarded the L’Oréal-UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) partnership for women in science, award for her exceptional research into skin biology and skin stem cells.
The L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science aims to improve the position of women in science by recognizing outstanding women researchers who have contributed to scientific progress. These prestigious annual distinctions awarded to five leading women researchers, one per continent, identify exceptional women as role models for the generations to come.
Elaine is currently the Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at Rockefeller University and is awarded the 2010 laureate for North America. Earlier this year at the White House, President Obama bestowed Elaine the National Medal of Science in honor of her outstanding achievements.
Dr Fuchs’s laboratory use Volocity 3D-4D imaging software to help study how skin stem cells behave in vitro and exploits transgenic, gene knockout, microarray and shRNA technologies in mice to reveal how aberrant stem cell behavior in vivo can lead to a variety of disorders, including cancer.
Focal adhesion (red) with actin EB1-GFP (blue). Image captured using PerkinElmer UltraVIEW VoX spinning disk confocal.
Specifically, Dr. Fuchs’s lab is interested in the molecular pathways that determine cell fate, and how embryonic and adult stem cells establish unique programs of gene expression that determine when they divide and what types of cells they develop into.
Recent work in the Fuchs lab has shown that a structure at the base of each strand of hair, the hair follicle, uses a two-step mechanism to activate its stem cells and order them to divide. The mechanism provides insights into how repositories of stem cells may be organized in other body tissues for the purpose of supporting organ regeneration. Please visit Dr Fuch’s website for further information about her astounding research.
Elaine has revolutionized the study of skin by identifying the molecular mechanisms underlying skin disease, developing the field of skin stem cells and pioneering reverse genetics.
Congratulations once again to Dr Fuchs from everyone at PerkinElmer.