Constance Cepko

Constance Louise Cepko is a developmental biologist and geneticist in Harvard Medical School.[3][4]

Connie Cepko
Born	Constance Louse Cepko Laurel, Maryland
Alma mater	University of Maryland, College Park MIT
Scientific career
Fields	Neuroscience Developmental biology Retinas
Institutions	MIT Harvard University
Thesis	Interactions of the Adenovirus 100k and Hexon Proteins: Analysis using Monoclonal Antibodies and Temperature Sensitive Mutants (1982)
Doctoral advisor	Phillip Allen Sharp[1]
Other academic advisors	Richard Mulligan[2]
Website	genepath.med.harvard.edu/~cepko www.hhmi.org/scientists/constance-l-cepko

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.[1][5]

Career and research

As a postdoctoral research fellow 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 achieved but underecognized 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

1. "Phil Sharp's Lab - Alumni". mit.edu. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Constance Cepko's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
5. 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.
6. "BS Administrative Contacts". Harvard.edu. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
7. "Bressler Prize in Vision Science". ighthouseguild.org. Retrieved 1 Nov 2016.
8. "Bressler Prize in Vision Science Recipients". ighthouseguild.org. Retrieved 1 Nov 2016.
9. "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 2020-02-08.