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Pluripotent Stem Cells Research

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Omer Revah
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2
Ahmad-Fawad Jebran
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen
3
Kacey Ronaldson-Bouchard
Columbia University
4
Pablo Hofbauer
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
5
Yonatan R. Lewis‐Israeli
Michigan State University
6
Xin-Yao Sun
Chinese Academy of Sciences
7
Bailey A. T. Weatherbee
Perinatal Institute
8
Xiaoshu Xu
Stanford University
9
Smriti Pandey
Broad Institute
10
Jonas Simon Fleck
ETH Zurich

Papers

1
Efficient site-specific integration of large genes in mammalian cells via continuously evolved recombinases and prime editing
Nature Biomedical Engineering|2024
161 cit.
2
Publication in Nature (2025) [118 citations, W4406956818]
Nature|2025
118 cit.
3
Distinct pathways drive anterior hypoblast specification in the implanting human embryo
Nature Cell Biology|2024
22 cit.
4
Encoding performance of cortical neurons critically depends on their morphological and neurophysiological properties
PLoS Biology|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Madeline A. Lancaster
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
2
Yubin Xie
Sun Yat-sen University
3
Wei Xie
IE University
4
J. Gray Camp
Roche (Switzerland)
5
Meritxell Huch
Center for Systems Biology Dresden
6
Aryeh Warmflash
Simulation Technologies (United States)
7
Jian Shu
Broad Institute
8
Luke A. Gilbert
University of California, San Francisco
9
Francesco Liotta
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi
10
Florian T. Merkle
University of Cambridge

Papers

1
A reference human induced pluripotent stem cell line for large-scale collaborative studies
Cell stem cell|2022
304 cit.
2
IBS 2.0: an upgraded illustrator for the visualization of biological sequences
Nucleic Acids Research|2022
214 cit.
3
Ultrasensitive Ribo-seq reveals translational landscapes during mammalian oocyte-to-embryo transition and pre-implantation development
Nature Cell Biology|2022
193 cit.
4
Translatome and transcriptome co-profiling reveals a role of TPRXs in human zygotic genome activation
Science|2022
184 cit.
5
OBOX regulates mouse zygotic genome activation and early development
Nature|2023
142 cit.
6
Multimodal spatiotemporal phenotyping of human retinal organoid development
Nature Biotechnology|2023
126 cit.
7
Androgens increase excitatory neurogenic potential in human brain organoids
Nature|2022
121 cit.
8
Tissue morphology influences the temporal program of human brain organoid development
Cell stem cell|2023
95 cit.
9
RNF43/ZNRF3 loss predisposes to hepatocellular-carcinoma by impairing liver regeneration and altering the liver lipid metabolic ground-state
Nature Communications|2022
70 cit.
10
Nodal is a short-range morphogen with activity that spreads through a relay mechanism in human gastruloids
Nature Communications|2022
63 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Shinya Yamanaka
Kyoto University
2
Austin Smith
Wellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
3
Rudolf Jaenisch
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
4
James A. Thomson
University of Wisconsin–Madison
5
George Q. Daley
Boston Children's Hospital
6
Douglas A. Melton
Harvard Stem Cell Institute
7
Craig C. Mello
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
8
Lorenz Studer
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
9
Dennis E. Discher
University of Pennsylvania
10
Gordon Keller
University Health Network

Papers

1
Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Mouse Embryonic and Adult Fibroblast Cultures by Defined Factors
Cell|2006
26.5k cit.
2
Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Adult Human Fibroblasts by Defined Factors
Cell|2007
20.2k cit.
3
Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Blastocysts
Science|1998
15.9k cit.
4
Potent and specific genetic interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans
Nature|1998
15.3k cit.
5
Matrix Elasticity Directs Stem Cell Lineage Specification
Cell|2006
13.7k cit.
6
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Somatic Cells
Science|2007
10.3k cit.
7
Efficient<i>in vitro</i>synthesis of biologically active RNA and RNA hybridization probes from plasmids containing a bacteriophage SP6 promoter
Nucleic Acids Research|1984
6.4k cit.
8
Histone H3K27ac separates active from poised enhancers and predicts developmental state
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2010
4.5k cit.
9
Generation of germline-competent induced pluripotent stem cells
Nature|2007
4.2k cit.
10
Targeted mutation of the DNA methyltransferase gene results in embryonic lethality
Cell|1992
4k cit.

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