Janet Rossant

Janet Rossant
CC, FRS, FRSC
Born (1950-07-13) 13 July 1950 (age 74)
Chatham, Kent, England
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge, England University of Oxford, England
Known forWork in developmental biology, stem cells, and cell lineage
SpouseAlex Bain
ChildrenJennifer and Robert
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society, Howard Hughes International Scholar, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Scientific career
ThesisStudies on determination and differentiation in the early mammalian embryo (1975)

Janet Rossant, CC, FRS, FRSC (born 13 July 1950)[1] is a developmental biologist well known for her contributions to the understanding of the role of genes in embryo development. She is a world renowned leader in developmental biology.[2] Her current research interests focus on stem cells, molecular genetics, and developmental biology.[3] Specifically, she uses cellular and genetic manipulation techniques to study how genes control both normal and abnormal development of early mouse embryos. Rossant has discovered information on embryo development, how multiple types of stem cells are established, and the mechanisms by which genes control development.[4] In 1998, her work helped lead to the discovery of the trophoblast stem cell, which has assisted in showing how congenital anomalies in the heart, blood vessels, and placenta can occur.[4]

She is currently the President and Science Director at Gairdner,[5] a senior scientist in the Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program,[6] the chief of research at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Research Institute in Toronto,[7] a university professor at the University of Toronto in the departments of Molecular Genetics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics,[6] deputy scientific director of the Canadian Stem Cell Network,[6] and the senior editor of the journal eLife.[8] In 2013, she was the president of International Society for Stem Cell Research.

  1. ^ "Weekend birthdays". The Guardian. 12 July 2014. p. 52.
  2. ^ "Janet Rossant". Science.ca. GCS Research Society. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  3. ^ Children, The Hospital for Sick. "Janet Rossant". www.sickkids.ca. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Index of Winners - Gairdner Foundation". Gairdner Foundation. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Our People - Gairdner Foundation". Gairdner Foundation. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "Janet Rossant". www.sickkids.ca. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  7. ^ Bernstein, Alan; Rossant, Janet (2013). "Anthony James Pawson (1952–2013) Biochemist whose vision of cell signalling transformed cancer research". Nature. 501 (7466): 168. Bibcode:2013Natur.501..168B. doi:10.1038/501168a. PMID 24025833.
  8. ^ Janet Rossant, Senior editor – Developmental biology Archived 12 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. elifesciences.org