Connie Eaves

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Connie Jean Eaves (born May 22, 1944 in Ottawa , Ontario ) is a Canadian stem cell researcher at the Terry Fox Laboratory of the British Columbia Cancer Agency . She is a professor of medical genetics at the University of British Columbia .

Life

Her parents were the Canadian mathematician Israel Halperin (1911–2007) and Mary Esther Halperin (1911–2010).

Connie Eaves earned a bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry from Queen's University in Kingston , Ontario in 1964 and a master's degree in biology there in 1964 . In 1969 she received a Ph.D. from the University of Manchester. in immunology , she completed her research at the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research (since 2013 Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute ), and stayed here as a postdoc . Another postdoc position was the Department of Medical Biophysics at the Ontario Cancer Institute .

In 1973 Eaves was appointed professor of medical genetics at the University of British Columbia and co-founded a senior position at the British Columbia Cancer Agency. She continues to hold both positions (as of 2019).

Connie Eaves is married to Allen Eaves , who also works at the Terry Fox Laboratory . The couple have four children.

Act

Eaves made important discoveries related to stem cells . This includes the knowledge that healthy stem cells can be kept alive and multiplied under laboratory conditions while a patient (for example with leukemia or breast cancer ) is undergoing chemotherapy that destroys their bone marrow . The patient then receives an autologous transplant with their own stem cells ( stem cell transplant ). Other important work by Eaves is concerned with the stem cells of other tissues, including the female breast , and with cancer stem cells .

She is the author and co-author of more than 500 scientific publications . According to Google Scholar , Eaves has an h-index of 112, according to the Scopus database it has an h-index of 94 (as of October 2019). She is (as of 2019) the editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Experimental Hematology .

Eaves made a contribution to the promotion of young scientists, especially women. She supervised (as of 2019) more than 100 doctoral and postdoctoral students.

Awards (selection)

literature

  • Majlinda Lako, Susan Hence: Balancing Work and Life: An Interview with Connie Eaves. In: Stem Cells. 27, 2009, p. 2056, doi : 10.1002 / stem.196 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary: Mary Esther Halperin (Toronto Star). In: legacy.com. May 29, 2010, accessed October 16, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Connie Eaves. In: scholar.google.de. Google Scholar , accessed October 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Eaves, Connie J. In: scopus.com. Scopus , accessed October 16, 2019 .
  4. ^ Editorial Board: Experimental Hematology. In: exphem.org. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Research awards. In: cancer.ca. Canadian Cancer Society, accessed October 16, 2019 .
  6. ^ Henry M. Stratton Medal Recipients. In: hematology.org. American Society of Hematology , accessed October 16, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Professor Connie Jean Eaves CorrFRSE. In: rse.org.uk. Royal Society of Edinburgh , accessed October 17, 2019 .
  8. ^ Connie J. Eaves PhD. In: cdnmedhall.org. Canadian Medical Hall of Fame , accessed October 16, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Connie Jean Eaves. In: gairdner.org. Gairdner Foundation , accessed October 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Eaves, Connie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eaves, Connie J .; Eaves, Connie Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian stem cell researcher
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottawa , Ontario