Archive: She's a Stem Cell Scientist by Day, but UCSF's Elias Also Makes Time for the Tango

By Jennifer O'Brien Laura Elias, a 26-year-old graduate student and researcher in the UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine, published a significant finding earlier this month in the journal Nature. Her work shed light on the way in which neural stem cells migrate to their proper place in the brain, revealing a mechanism that may also play a role in other developmental processes and diseases, including cancer. But 7x7 Magazine was also taken by her passion for tango and red dress. Photo/John Lee Related Links: The 2007 Hot Twenty Under Forty: The Discoverer 7x7, September 20, 2007 Neural Stem Cell Study Reveals Mechanism that May Play Role in Cancer UCSF News Release, September 4, 2007 UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine