Ruth Lehmann
Ruth Lehmann | |
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Born | Germany |
Alma mater | University of Tübingen |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | New York University School of Medicine |
Doctoral advisor | Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard |
Website | lehmannlab |
Ruth Lehmann is a
Early life
Lehmann initially became interested in science during her early years at home.[2] Her mother served as a teacher and loved both the arts and literature, while her father worked as an engineer. She developed a particular interest in biology, which was in part fueled by a high school biology teacher who encouraged her to pursue the subject at a university.
Education
Lehmann attended the
Academic career
Following her post-doctoral position at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Lehmann returned to the United States to found her own laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[4] She remained at MIT for 8 years, serving as a faculty member at both MIT and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, in addition to working as a geneticist and molecular biologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital.[3] In 1994, Lehmann was one of 16 women faculty in the School of Science at MIT who drafted and co-signed a letter to the then-Dean of Science (now Chancellor of Berkeley) Robert Birgeneau, which started a campaign to highlight and challenge gender discrimination at MIT.[6]
Lehmann then moved to the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine at New York University in 1996 as the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor of Cell Biology. She has since become the director of the Skirball Institute and the Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Center for Stem Cell Biology, and has recently been named chair of the Cell Biology Department.[7]
Lehmann has served as president of the Society of Developmental Biology, president of the
As of September 2019, Dr. Lehmann was announced as the new Director of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, succeeding David Page.
Awards, honors, and tributes
Lehman has been a member of the
Research
Lehmann published her first paper in 1981 under her Fulbright Fellowship mentor Campos-Ortega, detailing her study of early
Lehmann continued to focus her research efforts on germ cell differentiation well into the early 2000s. She played a substantial role in the discovery of germ cell migratory pathways (namely those involving
Currently, Lehmann is studying piRNA production and the role it plays in preventing transposable element insertion and movement across the Drosophila genome.[24] She discovered that biogenesis of piRNAs and activation of the piRNA pathway is directly dependent on a number of proteins and epigenetic interactions. These results indicate that piRNAs play a paramount role in maintaining genomic integrity while allowing for genetic variation to occur.
References
- ^ "Lehmann Lab". Lehmann Lab. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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- ^ a b c "Ruth Lehmann named as Department Chair | Department of Cell Biology". med.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
- ^ a b c "Ruth Lehmann, PhD | HHMI.org". HHMI.org. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
- ^ a b "Ruth Lehmann". www.sdbonline.org. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ISBN 978-1-9821-3183-8.
- ^ "Ruth Lehmann". www.sdbonline.org. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
- PMID 30296393.
- ^ "Ruth Lehmann". Vilcek Foundation. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- ^ "2021 Vilcek Foundation Prizes in Biomedical Science Recognize Immigrant Leaders in STEM". Vilcek Foundation. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
- ^ "Dies Academicus 2021: University of Basel presents seven female honorary doctors". www.unibas.ch. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ Gruber Prize in Genetics 2022
- ^ "Ruth Lehmann". Carnegie Corporation of New York. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ^ McElvery, Raleigh (2021-07-01). "Ruth Lehmann named Great Immigrant by Carnegie Corporation". MIT Department of Biology. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- S2CID 21814447.
- S2CID 4355300.
- ISSN 0950-1991.
- ^ PMID 11562474.
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- PMID 14960281.
- PMID 16301333.
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External links
- iBiology seminar series by Ruth Lehmann