# Stem Cell and Developmental Biology

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

## [Faculty](https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty/?research-area%5B%5D=stem-cell-and-developmental-biology)

#### [Laurie A. Boyer](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/laurie-a-boyer/)

#### [Eliezer Calo](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/eliezer-calo/)

#### [Mary Gehring](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/mary-gehring/)

#### [Leonard P. Guarente](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/leonard-p-guarente/)

#### [H. Robert Horvitz](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/h-robert-horvitz/)

#### [Rudolf Jaenisch](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/rudolf-jaenisch/)

#### [Kristin Knouse](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/kristin-knouse/)

#### [Jacqueline Lees](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/jacqueline-lees/)

#### [Ruth Lehmann](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/ruth-lehmann/)

#### [Pulin Li](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/pulin-li/)

#### [Harvey F. Lodish](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/harvey-f-lodish/)

#### [Adam C. Martin](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/adam-c-martin/)

#### [Elly Nedivi](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/elly-nedivi/)

#### [Peter Reddien](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/peter-reddien/)

#### [Yadira Soto-Feliciano](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/yadira-soto-feliciano/)

#### [Robert A. Weinberg](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/robert-a-weinberg/)

#### [Brandon (Brady) Weissbourd](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/brandon-weissbourd/)

#### [Yukiko Yamashita](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/yukiko-yamashita/)

#### [Omer H. Yilmaz](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/omer-h-yilmaz/)

#### [Richard A. Young](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/richard-a-young/)

*Faculty Spotlight*

### [Ruth Lehmann](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/ruth-lehmann/)

*Professor of Biology; Director, Whitehead Institute*

Ruth Lehmann studies the biological origins of germ cells, and how they transmit the potential to build a completely new organism to their offspring.