Constance Cepko Explained

Connie Cepko
Birth Name:Constance Louise Cepko
Birth Place:Laurel, Maryland, U.S.
Doctoral Advisor:Phillip Allen Sharp
Thesis Title:Interactions of the Adenovirus 100k and Hexon Proteins: Analysis using Monoclonal Antibodies and Temperature Sensitive Mutants
Thesis Year:1982
Thesis Url:http://search.proquest.com/docview/303254092
Academic Advisors:Richard Mulligan[1]

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.[2]

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.[3] [4]

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.[5]

Awards and honors

Cepko was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2002. In 2011, she received the Bressler Prize in Vision Science awarded to under-recognized scientists and clinicians in their field[6] for her work in retina development.[7] In 2019, she was selected by Brandeis University to give the Lisman Memorial Lecture in Vision Science.[8]

Notes and References

  1. 6331674. 1984. Cepko. C. L.. Construction and applications of a highly transmissible murine retrovirus shuttle vector. Cell. 37. 3. 1053–62. Roberts. B. E.. Mulligan. R. C. . 10.1016/0092-8674(84)90440-9. 34544709.
  2. 14695892. 314129. 2004. Brownlee. C. Biography of Constance L Cepko. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101. 1. 14–5. 10.1073/pnas.0307955100. free.
  3. Web site: Phil Sharp's Lab – Alumni. mit.edu. December 12, 2014.
  4. 6947217. 348989. 1981. Ricciardi. R. P.. 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. Jones. R. L.. Cepko. C. L.. Sharp. P. A.. Roberts. B. E. . 10.1073/pnas.78.10.6121. 1981PNAS...78.6121R. free.
  5. Web site: BS Administrative Contacts. Harvard.edu. December 1, 2016.
  6. Web site: Bressler Prize in Vision Science. ighthouseguild.org. November 1, 2016. September 17, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170917083856/http://www.lighthouseguild.org/programs-services/awards/bressler-prize-in-vision-science/. dead.
  7. Web site: Bressler Prize in Vision Science Recipients. ighthouseguild.org. November 1, 2016. September 17, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170917084308/http://www.lighthouseguild.org/programs-services/awards/bressler-prize-in-vision-science/recipients/. dead.
  8. Web site: 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. February 8, 2020.

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