Vanesa Gottifredi
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Vanesa Gottifredi (born 13 November 1969) is an Argentine chemist and biologist. She works as a researcher in the Principal Investigator category of the Scientific and Technological Researcher Program (CICT) of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET). She is also head of the Leloir Institute's Cell Cycle and Genomic Stability Laboratory. She specializes in the mechanisms of tumor cell response to chemotherapy, work for which she was awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and L'Oreal-UNESCO.
Career
[edit]Vanesa Gottifredi completed her undergraduate studies at the National University of Salta, where she obtained a licentiate in chemistry in 1992. She then studied at the Sapienza University of Rome, where she graduated as a doctor in human biology in 1998.[1] Later she conducted postdoctoral studies in cell biology and cancer at Columbia University in the United States.
As head of the Cell Cycle and Genomic Stability Laboratory at the Leloir Institute Foundation, she conducts research on defense mechanisms that both normal and tumor cells use to cope with adverse events, and how malignant cells avoid the effects of chemotherapy.[1][2]
Awards
[edit]- Special mention for the Lóreál-UNESCO Award, 2013
- Bernardo Houssay Award for Medical Science, 2014[3]
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2017[2][4]
- Ben Barres Spotlight Award from eLife, 2019[5]
- L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award (Argentine national edition), in collaboration with CONICET, 2019[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Medina, Rosario (19 October 2017). "En busca de nuevos blancos terapéuticos" [In Search of New Therapeutic Targets]. Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Una científica argentina recibió premio de fundación Von Humboldt" [An Argentine Scientist Receives Award from Von Humboldt Foundation] (in Spanish). Office of the President of Argentina. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Premios Houssay" [Houssay Awards] (in Spanish). Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Premian a científica del CONICET que estudia cómo las células malignas evaden el ataque de la quimioterapia" [CONICET Scientist Awarded for Showing How Malignant Cells Evade the Attack of Chemotherapy] (in Spanish). National Scientific and Technical Research Council. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Korzec, Kora (28 August 2019). "Ben Barres Spotlight Awards: Announcing the winners". eLife. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ López, Vanesa (1 October 2019). "Investiga cómo las células del cáncer le escapan a la quimioterapia y ganó el premio L'Oreal-Unesco" [Investigates How Cancer Cells Escape Chemotherapy and Wins the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award]. Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Se entregaron los Premios L'Oréal-UNESCO 'Por las mujeres en la ciencia'" [L'Oreal-UNESCO 'For Women in Science' Awards Presented] (in Spanish). Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
