Constance Cepko

Constance L. Cepko
Born	Laurel, Maryland
Fields	neuroscience, developmental biology, retina
Institutions	MIT, Harvard University
Alma mater	University of Maryland, MIT
Doctoral advisor	Phillip Allen Sharp
Other academic advisors	Richard C. Mulligan

Constance "Connie" Cepko is a developmental biologist and geneticist, who works at Harvard Medical School.

Education

She was born Laurel, Maryland, went to college at the University of Maryland and completed her Ph.D at MIT^[1] under the direction of Nobel Prize winner Phillip Sharp Ph.D.^[2]

Career

As a Post-doctoral 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. She has awards including being elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2002.^[3]

In 2011 she received the Alfred W. Bressler Prize in Vision Science for her work in retina development. Cepko is widely published in scientific journals.^[4]

In addition, she is notable for being an mentor.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ [2]
3. ^ . PMC 314129. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=314129. 
4. ^ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Cepko%20CL

External links

• Constance L. Cepko, Ph.D. Neuroscience at Harvard.
• Biography of Constance L. Cepko Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• HHMI Summary

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Name	Cepko, Constance
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Short description	Developmental biologist
Date of birth
Place of birth	Laurel, Maryland
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