Janet Rossant
Encyclopedia
Janet Rossant FRS
is a developmental biologist well known for her contributions to the understanding of the role of genes
in embryo
development. She is currently the Chief of Research at the Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute in Toronto, Canada.
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
is a developmental biologist well known for her contributions to the understanding of the role of genes
Gênes
Gênes is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Italy, named after the city of Genoa. It was formed in 1805, when Napoleon Bonaparte occupied the Republic of Genoa. Its capital was Genoa, and it was divided in the arrondissements of Genoa, Bobbio, Novi Ligure, Tortona and...
in embryo
Embryo
An embryo is a multicellular diploid eukaryote in its earliest stage of development, from the time of first cell division until birth, hatching, or germination...
development. She is currently the Chief of Research at the Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute in Toronto, Canada.
Awards
- Michael Smith Prize of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2005)
- March of Dimes Prize in Developmental BiologyMarch of Dimes Prize in Developmental BiologyThe March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology is awarded once a year by the March of Dimes. It carries a $250,000 award "to an investigator whose research brings us closer to the day when all babies will be born healthy." It also includes a medal in the shape of a Roosevelt dime.- Laureates...