Ruth Lehmann is a German American developmental and cell biologist who directs the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, having previously led a laboratory at New York University School of Medicine. Her research on the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster identified how the maternal RNA transcripts oskar and nanos localize to the posterior pole of the embryo to direct the formation of germ cells, described gap junction and G protein coupled receptor pathways that guide the migration of germ cells through the embryo, and more recently investigates how small RNAs called piRNAs protect the genome from transposable elements. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2005, received the Conklin Medal in 2011, the Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal in 2021, the Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science in 2021, and the Gruber Prize in Genetics in 2022, and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 2024.
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Birth YearWikidata date of birth claim only (1955, month and day unknown), no reference; the Wikipedia article text does not state a birth year NationalityWikidata description and citizenship claims only, no reference; the Wikipedia article text does not state nationality FieldDevelopmental and cell biology 1 Notable WorkDiscovery that oskar and nanos RNA transcripts localize at the posterior embryonic pole to regulate germ cell formation 1 Sources
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1955
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Germany
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German-American developmental and cell biologist
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Developmental and cell biology
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oskar and nanos RNA transcripts regulate gene expression and germ cell formation by localizing at the posterior embryonic pole
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