Constance Cepko

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Connie Cepko
Born
Constance Louise Cepko

Laurel, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisInteractions of the Adenovirus 100k and Hexon Proteins: Analysis using Monoclonal Antibodies and Temperature Sensitive Mutants (1982)
Doctoral advisorPhillip Allen Sharp[1]
Other academic advisorsRichard Mulligan[2]
Website

Constance Louise Cepko is a developmental biologist and geneticist in Harvard Medical School.[3][4]

Education[]

She was born in Laurel, Maryland. She received her B.S. in biochemistry and microbiology at the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences. She completed her Ph.D. at MIT in 1982.[1][5]

Career and research[]

As a postdoctoral research fellow she studied retroviral vectors that she used to study the development of the retina. She is the former head of the Biological and Biomedical Sciences graduate program at Harvard Medical School.[3][6]

Awards and honors[]

Cepko was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2002.[3] In 2011, she received the Bressler Prize in Vision Science awarded to achieved but underecognized scientists and clinicians in their field[7] for her work in retina development.[8] In 2019, she was selected by Brandeis University to give the Lisman Memorial Lecture in Vision Science.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Phil Sharp's Lab – Alumni". mit.edu. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  2. ^ Cepko, C. L.; Roberts, B. E.; Mulligan, R. C. (1984). "Construction and applications of a highly transmissible murine retrovirus shuttle vector". Cell. 37 (3): 1053–62. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(84)90440-9. PMID 6331674.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Brownlee, C (2004). "Biography of Constance L Cepko". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101 (1): 14–5. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307955100. PMC 314129. PMID 14695892.
  4. ^ Constance Cepko's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  5. ^ Ricciardi, R. P.; Jones, R. L.; Cepko, C. L.; Sharp, P. A.; Roberts, B. E. (1981). "Expression of early adenovirus genes requires a viral encoded acidic polypeptide". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 78 (10): 6121–5. Bibcode:1981PNAS...78.6121R. doi:10.1073/pnas.78.10.6121. PMC 348989. PMID 6947217.
  6. ^ "BS Administrative Contacts". Harvard.edu. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  7. ^ "Bressler Prize in Vision Science". ighthouseguild.org. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  8. ^ "Bressler Prize in Vision Science Recipients". ighthouseguild.org. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  9. ^ "Dr. Constance L. Cepko to deliver Lisman Memorial Lecture in Vision Science and receive award | All News | News and Events | Brandeis Alumni & Friends | Brandeis University". alumni.brandeis.edu. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
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