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Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Michal Levo
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
2
Svetlana Tutukova
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
3
Emilie Abby
Wellcome Sanger Institute
4
Tim Pollex
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
5
Katharine A. Hubert
University of Wisconsin–Madison
6
Natalya Zahn
University of Stirling
7
Eneritz Rueda-Alaña
University of the Basque Country
8
Nathaniel R. Kastan
Rockefeller University
9
Lena P. Basta
Duke University
10
Marina Sanaki-Matsumiya
European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Papers

1
Publication in Nature Genetics (2024) [77 citations, W4392646895]
Nature Genetics|2024
77 cit.
2
Small-Molecule Activation of Yap for Inner-Ear Regeneration – and Beyond
Digital Commons - RU (Rockefeller University)|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Diane E. Dickel
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2
Frank M. J. Jacobs
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
3
Ignacio Maeso
Universitat de Barcelona
4
Andreas Sagner
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
5
Aryeh Warmflash
Simulation Technologies (United States)
6
Rui Benedito
Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research
7
Lejin Wang
Peking University
8
Marcos Simões-Costa
Boston Children's Hospital
9
Jared E. Toettcher
Princeton University
10
Takahiro Ohyama
University of Southern California

Papers

1
Histone lactylation couples cellular metabolism with developmental gene regulatory networks
Nature Communications|2024
143 cit.
2
Nodal is a short-range morphogen with activity that spreads through a relay mechanism in human gastruloids
Nature Communications|2022
63 cit.
3
Pluripotency factors are repurposed to shape the epigenomic landscape of neural crest cells
Developmental Cell|2022
62 cit.
4
Recording morphogen signals reveals mechanisms underlying gastruloid symmetry breaking
Nature Cell Biology|2024
58 cit.
5
Optogenetic control of the Bicoid morphogen reveals fast and slow modes of gap gene regulation
Cell Reports|2022
48 cit.
6
Combinatorial interpretation of BMP and WNT controls the decision between primitive streak and extraembryonic fates
Cell Systems|2024
39 cit.
7
Light-switchable transcription factors obtained by direct screening in mammalian cells
Nature Communications|2023
33 cit.
8
Rapid and reversible dissolution of biomolecular condensates using light-controlled recruitment of a solubility tag
Nature Communications|2024
30 cit.
9
A hidden layer of structural variation in transposable elements reveals potential genetic modifiers in human disease-risk loci
Genome Research|2022
29 cit.
10
Control of gastruloid patterning and morphogenesis by the Erk and Akt signaling pathways
Development|2023
27 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard
Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
2
Norbert Perrimon
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
3
Yuh Nung Jan
University of California, San Francisco
4
Eric Wieschaus
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
5
Michael Levine
Princeton University
6
Andrew P. McMahon
California Institute of Technology
7
Gerald M. Rubin
University of Cologne
8
Clifford J. Tabin
Harvard University
9
Denis Duboule
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
10
Marianne Bronner‐Fraser
California Institute of Technology

Papers

1
Targeted gene expression as a means of altering cell fates and generating dominant phenotypes
Development|1993
9.8k cit.
2
Mutations affecting segment number and polarity in Drosophila
Nature|1980
4.4k cit.
3
Genetic Transformation of <i>Drosophila</i> with Transposable Element Vectors
Science|1982
3k cit.
4
Sonic hedgehog, a member of a family of putative signaling molecules, is implicated in the regulation of CNS polarity
Cell|1993
2.2k cit.
5
Analysis of genetic mosaics in developing and adult <i>Drosophila</i> tissues
Development|1993
2k cit.
6
Regulation of Rate of Cartilage Differentiation by Indian Hedgehog and PTH-Related Protein
Science|1996
2k cit.
7
Indian hedgehog signaling regulates proliferation and differentiation of chondrocytes and is essential for bone formation
Genes & Development|1999
1.8k cit.
8
Comparative Genomics of the Eukaryotes
Science|2000
1.7k cit.
9
The identification of genes with unique and essential functions in the development of the zebrafish, <i>Danio rerio</i>
Development|1996
1.6k cit.
10
Transposition of Cloned P Elements into <i>Drosophila</i> Germ Line Chromosomes
Science|1982
1.6k cit.

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