Daniela Drummond-Barbosa
Daniela Drummond-Barbosa is a Brazilian-American geneticist who is a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research considers stem cell regulation.
Daniela Drummond-Barbosa | |
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Born | Daniela Drummond Barbosa Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | Federal University of Minas Gerais Yale University |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
Thesis | Requirements for bovine papillomavirus E5-induced mitogenic signaling through the platelet-derived growth factor beta receptor (1995) |
Early life and education
Drummond-Barbosa grew up in Belo Horizonte in Brazil.[1][2] She earned her undergraduate degree in biological sciences at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in 1991.[3] She moved to New Haven, Connecticut for her graduate studies, where she worked with Daniel DiMaio on the interactions between platelet-derived growth factor receptors and the bovine papillomavirus E5 protein. She joined the laboratory of Allan C. Spradling at the Carnegie Institution for Science for her postdoctoral research.[3][2] Here she first identified that stem cells and their derivatives responded to diet.[3]
Research and career
Drummond-Barbosa continued to study the regulation of stem cells as she started her independent career at Vanderbilt University. She focused on how germline stem cells are regulated by diet and the control of meiotic maturation in Drosophila.[3] In 2009 Drummond-Barbosa was appointed to Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.[1] Her research considers how adult stem cells sense and respond to external and systemic environments.[2] She has focussed on the ovarian stem cells of Drosophila and how they respond to diet, concentrating on hormones, insulin and adipose tissue.[2]
Awards
- 1990 Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas Scientific Initiation Fellowship
- 1997 National Institutes of Health National Research Service Award
- 2006 Vanderbilt University Chancellor's Award for Research[4]
- 2007 American Cancer Society Research Scholar
- 2014 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[5]
- 2017 Johns Hopkins University Shikani/El Hibri Prize for Discovery & Innovation[6]
Selected publications
- Spradling, Allan; Drummond-Barbosa, Daniela; Kai, Toshie (2001-11-01). "Stem cells find their niche". Nature. 414 (6859): 98–104. doi:10.1038/35102160. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 11689954. S2CID 2904709.
- Drummond-Barbosa, Daniela; Spradling, Allan C. (2001-03-01). "Stem Cells and Their Progeny Respond to Nutritional Changes during Drosophila Oogenesis". Developmental Biology. 231 (1): 265–278. doi:10.1006/dbio.2000.0135. ISSN 0012-1606. PMID 11180967.
- LaFever, Leesa; Drummond-Barbosa, Daniela (2005-08-12). "Direct Control of Germline Stem Cell Division and Cyst Growth by Neural Insulin in Drosophila". Science. 309 (5737): 1071–1073. doi:10.1126/science.1111410. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 16099985. S2CID 9740455.
References
- "Fertility and the Fruit Fly | Science News SciGuru.org". www.sciguru.org. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- Ballena, Carlos; Health, JH Bloomberg School of Public. "Faculty Awards & Accolades". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- Rudolph, K. Lenhard (2012). Advances in Stem Cell Aging. Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers. ISBN 978-3-318-02170-7.
- "Chancellor's Award for Research". Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- Jan-Feb 2015, Published (2015-01-01). "Six from Johns Hopkins named AAAS fellows". The Hub. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- "BMB News". Johns Hopkins Biochemistry and Molecular Biology PhD Program. Retrieved 2020-12-06.