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Deborah Yelon received her Ph.D. in 1996 from Harvard University, where she studied T cell development under Leslie Berg. She began her investigation of heart development as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, San Francisco, working with Didier Stainier, supported by the Life Sciences Research Foundation. From 2000 to 2009, Yelon was a member of the faculty at the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine at New York University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms that specify the size and shape of cardiac chambers, particularly using zebrafish as a model organism. Yelon's work aims to improve the understanding of congenital heart disease and inform strategies in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. She has received notable awards such as the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award and the American Heart Association Established Investigator Award.
University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA
Leading research on cardiac development and organogenesis, focusing on zebrafish as a model system.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).