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Bo Wang (Associate Professor by courtesy, of Developmental Biology) and Christine Jacobs-Wagner (a Dev Bio alumni) have shown that planaria have “ruptoblasts”, cells that can kill invading bacteria by blowing themselves up, taking the bacteria out with them! 🧨💥
news.stanford.edu/stories/2026...
Our Christmas tree is up in the lobby! It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!
It's early January and overnight temperature are in the mid 30's here at Stanford, but the cherry trees are already blossoming!
Our introduction: Since 1989 the Dept. of Developmental Biology at Stanford has been investigating The Emergence of Form from Uniformity, Development and Disease and much more. Our alumni work in medicine, academia and healthcare.
Check us out at devbio.stanford.edu/...!
The @isscr.org honors Kyle Loh the 2026 Early Career Impact Award for Transformative Advances in Stem Cell Biology! They have “recognized his transformative contributions to human pluripotent stem cell biology *and* his exceptional commitment to mentorship and inclusion!”
loh.stanford.edu
Here is a nice write-up about what the Seung Kim lab has been up to:
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Congratulations to Dan Jarosz on being named the first associate dean for basic science in the Stanford School of Medicine!
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Contributed by Irv Weissman to PNAS (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...) a very cool study on "resetting" stem cells to increase the lifespan of sea squirts - Botryllus schlosseri.
The discovery that hormonal triggers cause “ruptoblast” cells in flatworms to detonate and destroy surrounding cells within minutes could inspire new ideas in medical science.
In a Stanford Medicine study, a gentle dual-transplant approach cured or prevented Type 1 diabetes in mice. The discovery could also open a new path for treating autoimmune diseases and improving orga...
Jarosz is the inaugural appointment to the newly created position, which will support basic science faculty throughout the Stanford School of Medicine.
Endogenous bioelectric currents regulate development and regeneration, but their influence
on organismal longevity and stem cell–mediated repair is...
