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The S. Meryl Rose Lectureship
7/11/06 - 9:30 AM - Whitman Auditorium
"Gastrulation through a primitive streak: cellular mechanics and signals"
Claudio Stern, University College London
Born in Uruguay, Claudio Stern studied biological sciences at the University of Sussex (UK) and obtained his Ph.D. from the same university in developmental biology. After postdoctoral training at University College London, he was appointed as a junior faculty member in Cambridge and a year later as lecturer in Oxford where he worked for almost 10 years. In 1994 he became Chairman of the Department of Genetics and Development at Columbia University (New York), returning to the UK in 2001 as the J. Z. Young Professor and head of the department of anatomy and developmental biology at UCL. He has authored more than 150 papers and edited 8 books, the most recent being Gastrulation: From cells to embryo (Cold Spring Harbor, 2004). He has been elected member of European Molecular Biology Organization and fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (UK) and of the Latin-American Academy of Sciences and in 2006 was awarded the Waddington medal by the British Society for Developmental Biology.
About the S. Meryl Rose Lectureship
The S. Meryl Rose Lectureship was established in honor of Dr. Rose’s distinguished career as a research scientist and his dedication to teaching. Dr. Rose conducted innovative zoological research with a major emphasis on the regeneration of limbs of amphibians. He received his MA from Amherst College in 1935 and his Ph.D. in Zoology from Columbia in 1940.
During his career, Dr. Rose held professorships at Smith, the University of Illinois, and Wesleyan. From 1961 until his retirement, he was Professor of Experimental Embryology and University Professor of Biology at Tulane University Medical School. Dr. Rose mentored 23 PhD candidates and one MD, encouraging all to develop and defend ideas even when they differed from his own. He authored and co-authored more than 50 published research papers, a number written in collaboration with his wife, Florence Rose, his long-time research co-worker and critic.
Dr. Rose spent many summers in Woods Hole doing research at the Marine Biological Laboratory. He was course director of the Marine Embryology course from 1950 to 1955 and served two terms as a member of the MBL’s Board of Trustees. Dr. Rose was an avid sailor who loved sailing his sloop, Mystic, in Vineyard Sound. He will long be remembered by his students, colleagues, and friends for his great wit, devotion to science, boundless imagination, and unending generosity.
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