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Elaine Fuchs

Elaine Fuchs

Rockefeller University & Howard Hughes Medical Institute
National Academy of Sciences E.B. Wilson Medal

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Elaine Fuchs is the Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Her lab studies the role of skin stem cells in homeostasis and wound repair and how these processes go awry in cancer and inflammatory diseases.  

Fuchs received her BS in chemistry from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and her PhD in biochemistry from Princeton.  She developed her interest in skin biology as a post-doctoral fellow with Howard Green at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Before joining Rockefeller University in 2002, Fuchs was a faculty member at the University of Chicago for twenty years.

Fuchs’ many contributions to skin and stem cell biology have been recognized with myriad awards and honors including the National Medal of Science in 2008, the March of Dimes Prize in 2012, and the E.B. Wilson Prize from the American Society of Cell Biology in 2015, to name a few.  She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine.

Learn more about Dr. Fuchs’ research here and here.

Talks with this Speaker

Skin Stem Cells: Their Biology and Promise for Medicine

Skin stem cells have great potential for the treatment of burns and corneal injuries. As Elaine Fuchs explains, understanding skin stem cell biology is also key to understanding cancers such as squamous cell carcinoma. (Talk recorded in December 2017)

  • Part 1: Skin Stem Cells: Their Biology and Promise for Regenerative Medicine
    Part 1: Skin Stem Cells: Their Biology and Promise for Regenerative Medicine
    Audience:
    • Student
    • Researcher
    • Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 44:20
  • Part 2: Tapping the Potential of Adult Stem Cells
    Part 2: Tapping the Potential of Adult Stem Cells
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 51:43
  • Part 3: Cancer: Hijacking the Wound Repair Mechanisms Used by Stem Cells
    Part 3: Cancer: Hijacking the Wound Repair Mechanisms Used by Stem Cells
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 23:39

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