Dr. Rebecca Burdine

Biography

Rebecca Burdine is a faculty member in the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. Her lab focuses on understanding the developmental mechanisms that control left-right patterning and organ morphogenesis, which is crucial for understanding the structural birth anomalies that arise from defects in these processes. She has been recognized as the 44th Mallinckrodt Scholar by the Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation and received the Scientist Development Career Award from the American Heart Association in 2003. Elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018, Burdine serves on the Board of the International Society for Differentiation and has participated in various grant review panels for NIH and NSF. She completed her undergraduate studies summa cum laude at Western Kentucky University, majoring in Recombinant Gene Technology with a minor in Chemistry. Her doctoral research was conducted at Yale University under the supervision of Dr. Michael Stern, followed by postdoctoral work in the laboratory of Alexander F. Schier at Harvard and the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine at New York University. Burdine is also an advocate for Angelman Syndrome, having served on the scientific advisory committee of the Angelman Syndrome Foundation since 2007. Her diverse research interests include discovering mechanisms involved in left-right axis formation and the genetic basis of human developmental disorders.

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