Catherine Dulac
Catherine Gisèle Dulac | |
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| Born | February 11, 1963 |
| Education | École Normale Supérieure (BSc) Institut d'Embryologie cellulaire et moléculaire (Institute of Cellular and Molecular Embryology) (PhD) Pierre and Marie Curie University(PhD) |
| Known for | Mammalian pheromones Parental brain regulation Research in neuroscience of sex differences Genomic imprinting |
| Awards | Richard Lounsbery Award Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Molecular biology Neuroscience |
| Institutions | Columbia University Harvard University Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| Thesis | Etude de la differenciation des cellules gliales dans le systeme nerveux peripherique (Molecular and cellular study of glial cell differentiation in the peripheral nervous system) (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | Nicole Marthe Le Douarin |
| Other academic advisors | Richard Axel |
Catherine Dulac is a French–American molecular biologist and neuroscientist. She is a professor at the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Harvard University and, since 2022, has been the current Samuel W. Morris University Professor. Prior to her appointment as University Professor, she was the Higgins Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology (from 2006) and the Lee and Ezpeleta Professor of Arts and Sciences (from 2018) in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University.