Elaine Fuchs

Elaine Fuchs
Fuchs at the 2010 UNESCO-L’Oréal Prize for Women in Science Awards Ceremony at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris
EducationUniversity of Illinois, Princeton University
Known forIdentifying the molecular mechanisms underlying skin disease
SpouseDavid Hansen
Scientific career
FieldsCell biology Immunology
InstitutionsThe Rockefeller University
Thesis The biosynthesis and assembly of the peptidoglycan sacculus of Bacillus Megatorium
Academic advisorsHoward Green, Janet Rowley, Susan Lindquist
Websitelab.rockefeller.edu/fuchs/

Elaine V. Fuchs is an American cell biologist known for her work on the biology and molecular mechanisms of mammalian skin and skin diseases, who helped lead the modernization of dermatology. Fuchs pioneered reverse genetics approaches, which assess protein function first and then assess its role in development and disease. In particular, Fuchs researches skin stem cells and their production of hair and skin. She is an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University.