Christiana Ruhrberg is a German-British cell biologist who is Professor of Neuronal and Vascular Biology,

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. She looks to understand how cells interact during the development and disease of mammals.

Early life and education

Ruhrberg was an undergraduate student at the Justus-Liebig-Universitaet, where she majored in biology. She was a Master's student at the

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where she investigated genetic changes that take place during ovarian cancer. Ruhrberg moved to

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to study genomic organisation in the human surfeit locus. Ruhrberg was a doctoral researcher at the

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, where she worked under the supervision of Fiona Watt. In 2006 the British Society for Cell Biology Young Cell Biologist of the Year. Ruhrberg was a postdoctoral researcher at the

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where she worked under the supervision of Robb Krumlauf. Her postdoctoral research considered the development of cranial motor neurons. She returned to the

to work in the laboratory of David Shima, where she studied the molecular mechanisms that underpin the growth of blood vessels.

Research and career

Ruhrberg moved to

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in the early 2000s, and was promoted to Professor of Neuronal and Vascular Development at UCL in 2011.

Awards and honours

* 2003 Werner-Risau-Prize * 2003 Medical Research Council Career Development Award * 2017

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Medal * 2018 North American Vascular Biology Organization Judah Folkman Award in Vascular Biology

Selected publications

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References

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