Valentina Greco
Valentina Greco is the Carolyn Walch Slayman Professor of Genetics at Yale University. She teaches in the Genetics, Cell Biology and Dermatology Departments, and is a member of the Yale Stem Cell Center and Yale Cancer Center.
The Greco lab aims to define how tissues maintain themselves throughout the course of our lives in the face of continuous cellular turnover, frequent injuries, and spontaneous mutations. To do so, the Greco lab developed novel tools that integrate imaging of stem cells in live mice. Using both genetic and cell biological approaches, the Greco Lab achieves a better understanding of the complex orchestration of tissue regeneration using the skin as a model system.
Greco has been the recipient of many awards over her career, including the 2021 International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Momentum Award, the 2019 NIH Director鈥檚 Pioneer Award, the 2019 Yale Postdoctoral Mentoring Award, and the 2018 Yale Graduate Mentor Award in the Natural Sciences.
She earned her PhD at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory / Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics.