Martine F. Roussel

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Martine Françoise Roussel (* 1950 ) is a French - American cell biologist at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee . Among other things, she deals with the role of tumor suppressors in the development and course of brain tumors .

Roussel obtained a bachelor's degree in biology from the Université de Tours in 1971 , a master's degree in biochemistry from the University of Paris VII in 1974 , and a Ph.D. from the Université Lille I in 1978. in biochemistry and in 1982 a state doctorate (Thèse d'État) in molecular biology. The doctoral thesis was entitled Étude des séquences nucléotidiques cellulaires apparentées au gène transformant des rétrovirus aviaires , the state doctorate was entitled Origine des virogènes et oncogènes des virus des leucémies aiguës aviaires . She has been at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis , Tennessee, since 1983 .

Roussel has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2011 and of the National Academy of Sciences since 2019 .

Martine Roussel is married to cancer researcher Charles J. Sherr , with whom she heads a joint research group at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The couple has a son and Sherr has two children from his first marriage.

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  1. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter R. (PDF; 508 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved August 3, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Martine F. Roussel. In: amacad.org. American Academy of Arts and Sciences , February 2015, accessed August 3, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Martine Roussel. In: nasonline.org. National Academy of Sciences , accessed August 3, 2019 .
  4. ^ Member Profiles - Charles Sherr. (PDF; 26 kB) In: ascb.org. American Society for Cell Biology, August 3, 2009, accessed July 27, 2019 .
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SURNAME Roussel, Martine F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roussel, Martine; Roussel, Martine Françoise (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French-American cell biologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1950