Vanessa Ruta
Dr. Vanessa Julia Ruta, Ph.D. is the Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Assistant Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior at The Rockefeller University.[1] She is a neurobiologist best known for her work elucidating the neural circuits underlying innate behaviors in the fruit fly, Drosophila malanogaster.
Biography
Dr. Ruta graduated Suma Cum Laude from Hunter College in 2000. She then went on to perform doctoral research in the laboratory of Rod Mackinnon, earning her Ph.D. in Biology from The Rockefeller University in 2005. In Mackinnon's lab, she played a critical role in solving the structure of the voltage-dependent potassium ion channel. She went on to a postdoctoral research position in the lab of Richard Axel at Columbia University, where she studied neural pathways and sexually dimorphic responses to chemosensory cues in Drosophila melanogaster. She joined the faculty at Rockefeller University in 2011.[2]
Awards & Honors
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award | 2005 |
| New York Stem Cell Foundation–Robertson Neuroscience Investigator | 2012 |
| McKnight Scholar | 2012 |
| Pew Biomedical Scholar | 2012 |
| Sinsheimer Fund Scholar | 2012 |
| Irma T. Hirschl/Monique Weill-Caulier Trust Research Award | 2013 |
| Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship | 2013 |
| National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award | 2013 |
References
- ↑ "The Rockefeller University » Scientists & Research". www.rockefeller.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
- ↑ "Rockefeller alum Vanessa Ruta named to university’s faculty | Newswire". Retrieved 2017-03-10.