Valerie Horsley

Valerie Horsley is an American developmental biologist. She is an associate professor at Yale University, where she has researched the development and maintenance of skin cells. She won a 2012 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

Career

Horsley initially considered a career in medicine as a physician, but decided to pursue a research career instead.[1] She completed a Bachelor of Science in biology at Furman University in 1998 and a PhD at Emory University in 2003.[2] Her PhD was supervised by Grace Pavlath and focused on the transcription factors involved in the development of skeletal muscle tissue.[3] She completed her postdoctoral training under Elaine Fuchs at Rockefeller University,[1] where she investigated the factors that influence the development of stem cells in the skin, specifically the transcription factors Blimp-1 and NFATC1. She was a regional finalist in the 2008 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists.[3]

Horsley joined the faculty of Yale University in 2009 and was promoted in 2011 to an associate professor in dermatology and the Maxine F. Singer '57 Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology.[2] In her Yale laboratory, Horsley has studied the cellular and molecular pathways involved in the development and maintenance of skin tissue. She has researched the relationship between fat cells in the skin, wound healing, and regeneration of hair follicles, and the formation of keratinocytes during embryonic development.[4] She has used mice as model organisms to study adult stem cells in epithelial skin tissue and how they contribute to wound healing and the development of cancer.[5]

In 2012, Horsley received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for her work on skin cell generation.[5] The same year, she was awarded the Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award by the Genetics Society of America.[6]

Personal life

Horsley is married to Matt Rodeheffer, who is also a faculty member at Yale, and they have two daughters.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Stewart, Jim (March 2, 2013). "Award-winning Horsley studies skin’s mysteries". Furman University. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Valerie Horsley, PhD". Yale University. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Short, Ben (February 23, 2009). "Valerie Horsley: Getting under the skin". Journal of Cell Biology 184 (4): 466–467. doi:10.1083/jcb.1844pi.
  4. ↑ Salhotra, Pooja (September 21, 2012). "Sitting down with Valerie Horsley". The Yale Herald. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Peart, Karen N. (July 27, 2012). "Stem cell researcher receives top Presidential Award". YaleNews. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  6. ↑ Pantani, Liz (August 28, 2012). "Dr. Valerie Horsley Receives the 2012 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award from the Genetics Society of America". Yale School of Medicine. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
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