Janet Rossant
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July 13, 1950 Chatham, United Kingdom |
| Residence | Toronto, Canada |
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University of Cambridge, England University of Oxford, England |
| Thesis | Studies on determination and differentiation in the early mammalian embryo (1975) |
| Known for | Work in developmental biology, stem cells, and cell lineage |
| Notable awards | Fellow of the Royal Society, Howard Hughes International Scholar, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada |
| Spouse | Alex Bain |
| Children | Jennifer and Robert |
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University of Cambridge, England
Janet Rossant, CC FRS FRSC (born 13 July 1950) is a developmental biologist well known for her contributions to the understanding of the role of genes in embryo development. Science.ca describes her as a world leader in developmental biology. Her current research interests focus on stem cells, molecular genetics, and developmental biology. Specifically, she uses cellular and genetic manipulation techniques to study how genetics control both normal and abnormal development of early mouse embryos.
She is currently a senior scientist in the Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program, the chief of research at the Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute in Toronto, a university professor at the University of Toronto in the departments of Molecular Genetics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, deputy scientific director of the Canadian Stem Cell Network, and the senior editor of the journal eLife. In 2013, she was the president of International Society for Stem Cell Research.
Janet Rossant received her B.A. in zoology from the University of Oxford, England, in 1972, graduating with Honors 1st Class. She then earned her Ph.D. in mammalian development from University of Cambridge, England, in 1976.
Rossant's lab is based in Toronto, Canada, at the Hospital for Sick Children, and it involves many different people in research, such as a lab manager, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, research technologists, and research technicians. The lab specifically focuses on how cells in the early mouse embryos decide their fate and how this information can be applied to maintaining and differentiating embryo-derived stem cells. They then use this information to research how to change human iPS cells (induced pluripotent stem cells) into cell types that useful for investigating human cell biology and disease.
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