Elaine Fuchs

Elaine Fuchs
Fuchs at the 2010 UNESCO-L’Oréal Prize for Women in Science Awards Ceremony at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris
Education	University of Illinois, Princeton University
Known for	Identifying the molecular mechanisms underlying skin disease
Spouse	David Hansen
Awards	American Academy of Arts and Sciences; National Academy of Sciences; Foreign Member, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO); Foreign Member, Royal Society
Scientific career
Fields	Cell biology Immunology
Institutions	The Rockefeller University
Thesis	The biosynthesis and assembly of the peptidoglycan sacculus of Bacillus Megatorium
Academic advisors	Howard Green, Janet Rowley, Susan Lindquist
Website	lab.rockefeller.edu/fuchs/

Elaine V. Fuchs is an American cell biologist known for her work on the biology and molecular mechanisms of mammalian skin and skin diseases, who helped lead the modernization of dermatology. Fuchs pioneered reverse genetics approaches, which assess protein function first and then assess its role in development and disease. In particular, Fuchs researches skin stem cells and their production of hair and skin. She is an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University.