Elaine Fuchs is Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor, Howard Hughs Medical Institute Investigator, and Head of the Robin Chemers Neustein Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University in New York. We talk about stem cells, grantsmanship, and fearlessness.

For more information:

• Elaine Fuchs: The Drive to Succeed, World Science Festival

• President Obama Awards National Medal of Science and Medal of Technology, October 2009

• Seven Actionable Strategies for Advancing Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine by Kristin A. Smith, Paola Arlotta, Fiona M. Watt, The Initiative on Women in Science and Engineering Working Group, and Susan L. Solomon