Development, Regeneration, and Stem Cells

In the Development, Regeneration, and Stem Cells (DRS) concentration, you will work with model organisms and embryonic and adult stem cells to explore fundamental questions in developmental and stem cell biology and their impact on regenerative medicine. DRS is a multidisciplinary training area within the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

The goal of Development, Regeneration, and Stem Cells is to train you as part of our next generation of scientists who will become experts in developmental and stem cell biology, and who are committed to careers that will push the boundaries in regenerative medicine, ultimately helping to alleviate human disease.

Regenerative medicine holds enormous promise for treatment of human disease. The foundations of regenerative medicine are developmental and stem cell biology, disciplines that encompass genetics, cell biology, and physiology. Research performed by students in the DRS concentration provides insights into biological processes that, when disrupted, result in congenital defects, physiological dysfunction, or disease. Students’ discoveries lead to fundamental insight into vital processes and offer potential therapeutic avenues for intervention by harnessing principles of developmental and stem biology.

Our curriculum offers basic and advanced coursework, seminars, and journal clubs. You will work with faculty drawn from the entire Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) community to provide a comprehensive, multifaceted training experience.

Students in our Development, Regeneration, and Stem Cells training area are from diverse backgrounds united by a passion for science and an inquisitive mind for discovery.

Development, Regeneration, and Stem Cells students publish in a number of respected peer-reviewed journals.

Our Directors & Faculty

Meet Our Co-Directors

Florence Marlow, PhD, is Associate Professor of Cell, Developmental, and Regenerative Biology. Her laboratory studies the zebrafish system, using embryological, biochemical, and modern genetic approaches and genome-editing techniques such as CRISPR/Cas9 to access maternally controlled processes during vertebrate animal development. 

Robert Krauss, PhD, is Professor of Cell, Developmental, and Regenerative Biology, and Professor of Oncological Sciences. His laboratory studies pattern formation and cell differentiation during development and tissue regeneration, with emphasis on how these processes are regulated by cell adhesion and signal transduction and how defects in them contribute to birth defects and diseases.

Meet Our Faculty

Faculty in DRS work on fundamental problems of relevance to developmental and stem cell biology.

Our learning environment includes faculty drawn from the entire ISMMS community, along with their research labs. We provide a comprehensive, multifaceted experience. As developmental and stem cell biologists, our faculty create an atmosphere of exploration and discovery in developmental biology and stem cell research, and translation of these advances to regenerative medicine.