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Elaine Fuchs

American biologist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1950 · age 76

Elaine V. Fuchs is an American cell biologist known for her work on the biology and molecular mechanisms of mammalian skin and skin diseases, who helped lead the modernization of dermatology.

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A life in dates

2022Bert and Natalie Vallee Award in Biomedical ScienceAward2020Canada Gairdner International AwardAward2019AACR-G.H.A. Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer ResearchAward2017Howard Taylor Ricketts PrizeAward2016Honorary Doctor of Harvard UniversityAward2015E. B. Wilson MedalAward2012March of Dimes Prize in Developmental BiologyAward2011James Madison MedalAward2010L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in ScienceAward2008National Medal of ScienceAward2006FASEB Excellence in Science AwardAward2004Dickson Prize in MedicineAward1997WICB Senior AwardAward1996Keith R. Porter LectureAward1950Born5 May 1950

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Bert and Natalie Vallee Award in Biomedical Science2022
Canada Gairdner International Award2020
Foreign Member of the Royal Society2019
AACR-G.H.A. Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer Research2019
Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize2017
Honorary Doctor of Harvard University2016
Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science2016
E. B. Wilson Medal2015
Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cancer Research2013
March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology2012
Albany Medical Center Prize2011
James Madison Medal2011
L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science2010
National Medal of Science2008
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science2007
FASEB Excellence in Science Award2006
Dickson Prize in Medicine2004
Richard Lounsbery Award2001
WICB Senior Award1997
Keith R. Porter Lecture1996
Presidential Young Investigator Award
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine

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Fuchs pioneered reverse genetics approaches, which assess protein function first and then assess its role in development and disease. In particular, Fuchs researches skin stem cells and their production of hair and skin. She is an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University.

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Born 1950 · age 76

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