Victoria Elizabeth Foe was born on 1945 and is an American developmental biologist, and Research Professor at the University of Washington's Center for Cell Dynamics.
11 Facts About Victoria Foe
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Victoria Foe is known for her work on the development of embryos.
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Victoria Foe joined the zoology department at the University of Washington in 1991.
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Victoria Foe is a founding member of the Center of Cell Dynamics at Friday Harbor Laboratories, within the University of Washington.
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Victoria Foe has not taught or gone down the traditional path of mentoring young scientists, not wanting to get caught up in administrative duties as a professor.
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Victoria Foe describes her work as largely observational, but utilizes recent scientific techniques to explore her observations of the natural world.
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Victoria Foe is best known for her research defining how groups of cells in embryos divide at different rates and thereby develop into different body parts.
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Victoria Foe has worked on the formation of furrows during development of cells, through both visual observations and modelling research.
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In 1993, at the age of 34, Victoria Foe won a McArthur Genius Grant for her work in cell and developmental biology.
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Victoria Foe was involved in the women's movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, and the anti-Persian Gulf War movement.
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Victoria Foe took a break from her schooling at the University of Texas at Austin to take a position as political aide.