Friday Lecture Series
(open to the Rockefeller and Tri-Institutional communities)
Friday, March 27, 2026
Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz, Ph.D.
Bren Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Deciphering Early Mammalian Development Using Stem Cell-Based Models
Recommended Readings:
Lamba, Adiyant, et al. “Asynchronous mouse embryo polarization leads to heterogeneity in cell fate specification.” eLife 13 (2025): RP101140.
Iwamoto-Stohl, Lisa K., et al. “Fertilization triggers early proteomic symmetry breaking in mammalian embryos.” Cell 188.26 (2025): 7428-7444.
Lewis, Jennifer, et al. “Developmental and stem cell biology’s bright future.” Cell 187.13 (2024): 3224-3228.
Zernicka-Goetz, Magdalena. “The evolution of embryo models.” Nature Methods 20.12 (2023): 1844-1848.
Apostolou, Effie, et al. “Progress and challenges in stem cell biology.” nature cell biology 25.2 (2023): 203-206.
