Constance Cepko

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Connie Cepko
Born Constance Louse Cepko
Laurel, Maryland
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Thesis Interactions of the Adenovirus 100k and Hexon Proteins: Analysis using Monoclonal Antibodies and Temperature Sensitive Mutants (1982)
Doctoral advisor Phillip Allen Sharp
Other academic advisors Richard Mulligan[1]
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Constance Louise Cepko is a developmental biologist and geneticist, who works at Harvard Medical School.[2][3]

Education

She was born in Laurel, Maryland. She received her B.S. in biochemistry and microbiology, which is a part of the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences. She completed her Ph.D at MIT[4] under the direction of Nobel Prize winner Phillip Allen Sharp.[5]

Career and Research

As a postdoctoral research fellow she studied retroviral vectors that she used to understand the development of the retina. Cepko's laboratory has identified several genes required for retinal development. In addition, she is notable for being an mentor.[citation needed] Cepko is widely published in scientific journals.[3][6][7]

The Cepko lab adjoins the laboratory of Clifford Tabin[8]

Awards and honors

In 2002, Cepko was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2002.[2] In 2011 she received the Alfred W. Bressler Prize in Vision Science for her work in retina development.

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  8. Profile of Constance L. Cepko, Ph.D, BioTechniques Vol. 36, No. 5, 2004-05-05, p. 737, Biotechniques.com

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