American developmental biologist
Constance Louise Cepko is a developmental biologist and geneticist in Harvard Medical School . She is best known for her contributions in understanding the developmental biology of vertebrate central nervous systems.[ 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 advised by Phil Sharp .[ 1] [ 5]
Career and research
As a postdoctoral research fellow with Richard C. Mulligan 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 under-recognized 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
^ a b "Phil Sharp's Lab – Alumni" . mit.edu . Retrieved December 12, 2014 .
^ 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 . S2CID 34544709 .
^ 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 .
^ Constance Cepko's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
^ 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 .
^ "BS Administrative Contacts" . Harvard.edu . Retrieved December 1, 2016 .
^ "Bressler Prize in Vision Science" . ighthouseguild.org . Archived from the original on September 17, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2016 .
^ "Bressler Prize in Vision Science Recipients" . ighthouseguild.org . Archived from the original on September 17, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2016 .
^ "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 .