Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology Program

James Thomson

Position title: John D. Macarthur Professor; Director of Regenerative Biology, Morgridge Institute For Research; Professor, Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, UW School of Medicine and Public Health; Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology, UC Santa Barbara

Email: jthomson@morgridgeinstitute.org

Phone: Stem cells

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Education

B.S. 1981 University of Illinois-Champaign, Champaign, IL
V.M.D. 1985 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Ph.D. 1988 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Postdoctoral position: Oregon National Primate Center, Portland, OR

James Thomson. Professor, Cell and Regenerative Biology. Stem cells.

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Research Focus

My research focuses on understanding how a cell can maintain or change identity, how a cell chooses between self-renewal and the initial decision to differentiate, and how a differentiated cell with limited developmental potential can be reprogrammed to a pluripotent cell.

Program Activities

  • Joined ERP Program: 2000

Trainees

No past or current ERP students