Marie-Hélène Verlhac
Marie-Hélène Verlhac | |
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| Citizenship | France |
| Alma mater | Pierre and Marie Curie University, University of California, San Francisco |
| Known for | Oocyte mechanics and morphogenesis |
| Awards | CNRS Silver Medal |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | cellular biology |
| Institutions | Collège de France Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB) |
| Thesis | (1995) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bernard Maro |
| Website | https://www.college-de-france.fr/site/en-cirb/Terret-Verlhac.htm |
Marie-Hélène Verlhac is a French cellular biologist, specialising in the final stages of oocyte development. She was the recipient of the French National Centre for Scientific Research's (CNRS) Silver Medal in 2021.[1]
Verlhac has been the director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB) (French: Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en biologie) since 2019, and the president of the French Society for Cell Biology (SBCF).[2][3]
Life and career[edit]
In 1988, Verlhac began her studies at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon.[4] She graduated from Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) with a Master in Cellular and Developmental Biology in 1991, followed by a PhD in cellular and molecular biology in 1995, under the supervision of Dr. Bernard Maro.[1][4] Her PhD studies also included a year studying under Prof. Hugh Clarke at McGill University.[4] She undertook postdoctoral studies with Rik Derynck at the University of California, San Francisco.[1][4][5]
Verlhac returned to France and became a principal investigator of her own lab in 2002, which researches oocyte mechanics and morphogenesis.[1] Oocytes, the female gametes, divide asymmetrically so that maternal stores can be preserved for the embryo's development; Verlhac's lab uses genetics, two-hybrid screening, and live-imaging combined with biophysics to study such divisions.[6] In particular, her lab has discovered the mechanisms underlying the positioning of the nucleus and spindle in oocytes.[5]
Verlhac was appointed deputy director of the CIRB in 2013, then Director in 2019.[7]
Awards and honours[edit]
- The Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium's Albert Brachet Prize for embryology (2018)[1]
- Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) (2018)[6]
- CNRS Silver Medal (2021)[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Marie-Hélène Verlhac | CNRS". www.cnrs.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology". www.college-de-france.fr. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Marie-Hélène Verlhac". SBCF. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ a b c d "Dr. Marie-Hélène Verlhac - AcademiaNet". www.academia-net.org. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ a b "Marie-Hélène Verlhac" (PDF). College de France.
- ^ a b "EMBO Member Marie-Hélène Verlhac". people.embo.org. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Marie-Hélène Verlhac devient membre de l'EMBO". www.college-de-france.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Marie-Hélène Verlhac, médaille d'argent du CNRS 2021". www.college-de-france.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-17.
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