Professor
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Prof. Jacob (Yaqub) Hanna is pioneering techniques in induced pluripotency from adult cells and synthetic whole embryo models made solely from Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells in the petri dish without using sperm, egg or uterus. He was the first to expand prolonged periods of normal mammalian embryo development in an “artificial uterus” environment. The latter enabled him to be the first to generate advanced stage whole synthetic embryos made entirely from naïve iPS cells in the petri dish, that can demonstrate organ formation. He adapted these approaches to derive the first complete human embryo-like model equivalent to day 14.
Synthetic Ex Utero Embryogenesis: From Naive Stem Cells to Complete Embryo Models
Friday, July 19, 2024
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM IST