Anne Ephrussi's research is focused on the study of post-transcriptional regulations such as mRNA localization and translation control in molecular biology as well as the establishment of polarity axes in cell and developmental biology.
10 Facts About Anne Ephrussi
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Anne Ephrussi is director of the EMBL International Centre for Advanced Training program at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory since 2005 and served as head of the Developmental Biology Unit from 2007 to 2021.
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Anne Ephrussi studied biology at Harvard University in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from where she graduated in 1979.
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Anne Ephrussi continued to do her PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the group of Susumu Tonegawa where she received her doctoral degree in 1985.
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Since 1992, Anne Ephrussi has been a group leader at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory.
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Anne Ephrussi became the head of EMBL International Centre for Advanced Training in 2005.
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Anne Ephrussi served as Associate Dean and Dean of Graduate Studies of the EMBL International PhD program and as head of the developmental biology unit.
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Anne Ephrussi is part of numerous international Scientific Advisory Boards and Panels, organizes international conferences and scientific meetings and evaluates research grant and fellowship applications for a variety of renowned funding bodies.
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Anne Ephrussi is the daughter of Boris Ephrussi and Harriett Ephrussi-Taylor.
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Anne Ephrussi established that oskar RNA is accumulated at and thereby defines the posterior pole of the Drosophila oocyte.