Elena Ezhkova, PhD

About Me

Dr. Elena Ezhkova is a Professor of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology and Dermatology. She is Director of Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Center (SBDRC) at Mount Sinai. She is a member of Black Family Stem Cell Institute and Tisch Cancer Center.

The long-term interest of Ezhkova lab is to elucidate molecular mechanisms that control epithelial stem cells during development and adulthood and to uncover how these processes are altered in human diseases, such as cancer.

We are recruiting graduate students and postdoctoral fellows!

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Language

English

Position

PROFESSOR | Dermatology

Research Topics

Cancer, Cellular Differentiation, Developmental Biology, Epigenetics, Epithelial Cells, Stem Cells

Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas

Cancer Biology [CAB], Development Regeneration and Stem Cells [DRS], Genetics and Genomic Sciences [GGS]

Education

PhD, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Postdoc, Rockefeller University

Awards

2014

The Dr. Harold and Golden Lamport Research Award

2013

Ellison Foundation New Scholar in Aging

2012

Basil O’Connor Starter Award / March of Dimes

2010

NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award (NIAMS)

2006

New York Stem Cell Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow

2006

Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow

Research

Postdoc: Carolina Perdigoto (EMBO Postdoc Fellow), Julian Valdes (Pew Latin American Postdoc Fellow), Idan Cohen

PhD Student: Katherine Dauber (SDBBD T32 training grant), Carmit Bar (Merksammer Scholar)

PostDoc positions are available!

Publications

Publications:47

Selected Publications

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