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Dr. De Robertis is also Norman Sprague Professor of Biological Chemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine. He received an M.D. degree from the University of Uruguay and a Ph.D. degree in chemistry from the University of Buenos Aires. His postdoctoral training was with Sir John Gurdon at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, U.K. Before moving to UCLA, he was a professor at the University of Basel. Dr. De Robertis is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization and the Latin American Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He served as president of the International Society of Developmental Biologists from 2002 to 2006.
RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:
Edward De Robertis studies how cell-cell signals induce the formation of the brain in the vertebrate embryo. These studies have led to the discovery of how secreted growth factor antagonists—such as Chordin, Cerberus, Crescent, and Frzb-1—regulate cell differentiation and embryonic dorsal-ventral patterning.
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Photo: Ana De Robertis
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