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Mary C. (Cindy) Farach-Carson | |
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| Born | Galveston, TX |
| Alma mater | Virginia Commonwealth University, PhD |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Dentistry |
| Thesis | Molecular aspects of biological modulation of acetylcholine receptor function (1982) |
| Doctoral advisor | Marino Martinez-Carrion |
Mary Cynthia (Cindy) Farach-Carson is an Americanbiochemist, known for her work inextracellular matrix,perlecan,tissue engineering andbone metastasis. She is a professor of diagnostic and biomedical sciences and director of clinical and translational research at the school of dentistry atUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston,[1] and an adjunct professor of biosciences and of bioengineering atRice University.[2]
Farach-Carson received her BS inbiology at theUniversity of South Carolina in 1978 and her PhD inbiochemistry from theMedical College of Virginia atVirginia Commonwealth University in 1982. She served as a postdoctoral fellow at theJohns Hopkins School of Medicine andMD Anderson Cancer Center.[1]
Farach-Carson serves on the editorial boards ofBiomolecules[3] andMatrix Biology.[4] She serves as senior scientist and on the steering committee of the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, atRice University.[5]
She served as co-editor of the seven-volume reference bookTopics in Bone Biology.[6]
In 2010, Farach-Carson was electedAAAS Fellow.[7] In 2018, she was electedAIMBE Fellow.[8] In 2016, she received the Presidential Mentoring Award atRice University.[9] In 2021, she was given the Stephen M. Krane Award[10] by theAmerican Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
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