Elena Sviderskaya, Researcher, Cell Signalling Research Centre, St. George's, University of London

Dr Elena Sviderskaya gained a PhD in Biochemistry at the University of St Petersburg, Russia. In 1991 she joined St George's University of London as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, and in 2000 she became Director of the Wellcome Trust Functional Genomics Cell Bank at St George’s. In 2005 she became a Wellcome Trust University Award Research Fellow. In 2011, Elena was appointed as Senior Lecturer at St George’s. Elena has a long-standing interest in the genetic and physiological regulation of mammalian pigmentation, with a special focus on determination of neural crest stem cells.