Stem Cell and Developmental Biology

Stem Cell and Developmental Biology

stem cell biology • regeneration • disease modeling • pattern formation • differentiation • gametogenesis • morphogenesis • organ development • cell migration • cell-cell and cell-environment interactions • aging • cancer

H. Robert Horvitz
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H. Robert Horvitz

David H. Koch Professor; Member, McGovern Institute for Brain Research; Member, David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

H. Robert Horvitz analyzes the roles of genes in animal development and behavior, gaining insight into human disease.

A “tail” of two RNA regulatory systems

Shaping life

The proteins that package DNA to fit inside cells have another role: tuning gene expression

These worms’ stem cells are developmental shapeshifters

Intrigued by immortality

Study reveals how egg cells get so big

Proteins and labs come together to prevent Rett syndrome

How planarians rewire their eyes to their brains after injury