Dr.
Anne M. Villeneuve
Stanford School of Medicine
Developmental geneticist; Educator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Cellular and Developmental Biology
Elected
2016
Villeneuve's work on meiotic pairing centers provided insight into how homologous chromosomes pair in preparation for crossover recombination and chromosome segregation. Her identification of numerous meiotic machinery components through genetic screens, together with her development of powerful cytological approaches for visualizing meiotic events, propelled C. elegans to the forefront of meiotic biology. Villeneuve’s research expanded the understanding of how recombination creates crossovers, how the number and distribution of crossovers is controlled, how the synaptonemal complex functions in crossover formation, and meiotic crossover interference. Villeneuve also provided key insights into synaptonemal complex structure, meiotic spindle organization, and meiotic cell cycle control.
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