public health, developmental biology, cell & molecular biology

Eaton studied morphology and growth during development at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics.

Human embryonic stem cells differentiate and organize themselves on a chip.

With just a molecular nudge, aggregates of embryonic stem cells take shape as a “gastroloid,” bearing the genetic hallmarks and spatial organization of early development.

The embryo, grown in a dish from several types of stem cells, went through gastrulation, a significant stage in development.

Pectin fragments may signal plant cells to maintain a type of growth suited to darkness.

Doctors implant custom-made organs, built from a tissue sample and a biodegradable scaffold, into four female patients born with underdeveloped or missing vaginas.

Once believed to be irrevocably differentiated, mature cells are now proving to be flexible, able to switch identities with relatively simple manipulation.

Fueled by her love of visual data and addicted to chromosomes, Abby Dernburg continues to study how homologous chromosomes find each other during gamete formation.