Virginia Zakian

**Virginia Zakian** ita ce Farfesa Harry C. Wiess a fannin Kimiyyar Rayuwa a Sashen Ilimin Halittu na Kwayoyin Halitta a Jami'ar Princeton . Ita ce darakta a Zakian Lab, wacce ta yi bincike mai mahimmanci a kan batutuwa kamar furotin mai ɗaure telomere, sake haɗa telomere, da tasirin matsayin telomere, a Jami'ar Princeton.  Ita abokiyar aiki ce a Kwalejin Kwayoyin Halitta ta Amurka da Ƙungiyar Ci Gaban Kimiyya ta Amurka .,  kuma memba ce da aka zaɓa a Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Ƙasa (2018). Zakian ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar "Princeton's Task Force on the Status of Women Faculty in the Natural Sciences and Engineering at Princeton" daga 2001-2003, a 2003 Zakian ta zama wakilin Jami'ar Princeton a Jami'o'i Tara, Nazarin Daidaiton Jinsi   An zaɓe ta a matsayin memba na Kwalejin Fasaha da Kimiyya ta Amurka a 2019. 

## Ilimi da aiki
Zakian ta kammala karatun digirinta na farko a fannin ilmin halittu a Jami'ar Cornell, inda ta kammala karatun digirinta na farko kuma ta samu nasara a dukkan fannoni, a shekarar 1970.  Zakian ta ci gaba da karatun digirinta na biyu a fannin ilmin halittu a Jami'ar Yale, yayin da take aiki a kan digirinta na uku (1970–1973) ta sami digirinta na uku a fannin likitanci na NSF.  A shekarar 1975, Zakian ta kammala karatun digirinta na uku a fannin ilmin halittu, Joseph G. Gall ne ke kula da takardar digirinta kuma ta damu da "kwaikwayon DNA a Drosophila."  Zakian ta yi aiki a matsayin difloma a fannin likitanci a Jami'ar Princeton daga 1975–1976, a wannan lokacin ta gudanar da bincike kan "kwaikwayon kwayar cutar dabbobi" tare da Dr. AJ Levine.  Daga baya a shekarar 1976, Zakian ta ci gaba da binciken digirinta na uku a Jami'ar Washington inda ta yi aiki kan bincike kan "kwaikwayon DNA na yeast" tare da Dr. WL Fangman. 

A shekarar 1978, Zakian ta shiga Cibiyar Bincike Kan Ciwon Daji ta Fred Hutchinson a matsayin mataimakiyar memba, an kara wa Zakian matsayi zuwa "memba mai haɗin gwiwa" a shekarar 1984 da kuma matsayin "cikakken memba" a shekarar 1987. A lokacin da take a Cibiyar Bincike Kan Ciwon Daji ta Fred Hutchinson, Zakian ta buga ko kuma ta buga labarai kusan sittin a cikin mujallun da aka yi nazari a kansu kamar Nature (mujalla), Cell (mujalla), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America da Journal of Molecular Biology . [1] [2] Bugu da ƙari, a lokacin zamanta a Fred Hutchinson, Zakian ta yi aiki a matsayin ko dai edita, mataimakiyar edita ko memba na kwamitin edita na mujallu kamar: Plasmid (1986–90), Chromosoma (1990–), J. Exptl. Ilimin Dabbobi (1991–96), Yanayin Halittar Kwayoyin Halitta (1991–97), Ilimin Halittar Kwayoyin Halitta da Kwayoyin Halitta (1992–98), Halittar Kwayoyin Halitta zuwa Kwayoyin Halitta (1994–98).

A shekarar 1995, an naɗa Zakian a matsayin farfesa a Sashen Ilimin Halittu na Kwayoyin Halitta a Jami'ar Princeton .  An ba Zakian lambar yabo ta Farfesa Harry C. Wiess a Kimiyyar Rayuwa a Sashen Ilimin Halittu na Kwayoyin Halitta a shekarar 2000, matsayin da take riƙe da shi har zuwa yau.  Zakian ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar "Kungiyar Aiki ta Princeton kan Matsayin Mata a Fannin Kimiyyar Halitta da Injiniyanci a Princeton." daga 2001-2003, a 2003 Zakian ta zama wakilin Jami'ar Princeton a Jami'o'i Tara, Nazarin Daidaiton Jinsi  

## Yankin Bincike
Zakian ta buga takardu 150 a cikin mujallun da aka yi nazari a kansu a tsawon aikinta.  Yawancin binciken Zakian ya shafi telomeres, waɗanda sune "yankin jerin nucleotide masu maimaitawa a kowane ƙarshen chromatid, wanda ke kare ƙarshen chromosome daga lalacewa ko haɗuwa da chromosomes maƙwabta."  Lab ɗin Zakian "yana amfani da haɗin hanyoyin kwayoyin halitta, biochemical, da hanyoyin halittu na tantanin halitta don gano sunadarai da ke shafar telomeres da kuma tantance tsarin aikinsu."  Ɗaya daga cikin "babban burin" dakin gwaje-gwaje shine fahimtar yadda telomeres, ƙarshen jiki na chromosomes, ke ba da gudummawa ga kwanciyar hankali na chromosomes." 

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