Geraldine Seydoux

Geraldine C. Seydoux (born Paris, France) is a Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics (1995-), the Huntington Sheldon Professor in Medical Discovery (2015-),[2] and the Vice Dean for Basic Research (2017-) at Johns Hopkins University.[3][4] She is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.[5][6] In 2002, Discover magazine recognized her as one of the 50 most important women in science.[7]

Geraldine Seydoux
BornJune 18, 1964
Paris, France[1]
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fieldsgenetics, embryogenesis
Institutions

Education

Seydoux received a B.Sc. from the University of Maine, Orono in 1986. She graduated from Princeton University with a Ph.D. in 1991, and did post-doctoral training at the Carnegie Institution before joining Johns Hopkins University in 1995.[4][8]

Research

Seydoux's work has focused on the earliest stages of embryogenesis and how single-celled eggs develop into multicellular embryos. The Seydoux lab attempts to determine the process by which embryonic development and polarization are activated. Seydoux studies Caenorhabditis elegans to examine how embryos choose between soma and germline.[8] She was able to demonstrate that the synthesis of mRNA must be globally inhibited prior to the establishment of the germline.[2] Seydoux has also confirmed that proteins in a fertilizing sperm trigger the reorganization of structural proteins inside the ovum. This is an essential step towards the anterior-posterior polarization of the one celled embryo. Geraldine Seydoux's studies provide much insight into the creation of a fully formed multicellular organism from a single cell.[8]

Awards

References
  1. "National Academy of Sciences Members Directory Geraldine Seydoux". Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  2. "The Huntington Sheldon, M.D., Professorship in Medical Discovery School of Medicine". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  3. "Geraldine Seydoux named SOM vice dean for basic research". HUB. Johns Hopkins University. June 16, 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. "Geraldine Seydoux, Ph.D." Johns Hopkins Medicine. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. "Geraldine Seydoux, PhD". HHMI.org. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  6. "Seydoux LAB". Bs.jhmi.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  7. Svitil, Kathy (13 November 2002). "The 50 Most Important Women in Science". Discover. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  8. "Geraldine Seydoux — MacArthur Foundation". Macfound.org. 2001-10-01. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  9. "January 2018 Geraldine Seydoux gives second Kuggie Vallee Distinguished Lecture". The Vallee Foundation.
  10. "Johns Hopkins Researcher Elected to American Academy of Arts and Science". Johns Hopkins Medicine. April 24, 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  11. "American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2013 FELLOWS AND THEIR AFFILIATIONS AT THE TIME OF ELECTION" (PDF). Yale University. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  12. "Kirsch Foundation Previous Investigators". Kirschfoundation.org. 2002-07-01. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  13. "Searle Scholars Program : Geraldine C. Seydoux (1997)". Searlescholars.net. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  14. "Geraldine Seydoux 1996 Fellow". David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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