This year’s Gruber Prize in Genetics has been awarded to Geraldine Seydoux, Ruth Lehman, and James Priess

Our own Geraldine Seydoux, Ph.D. has been awarded the 2022 Gruber Prize in Genetics. Read more/…
Developmental biologists Geraldine Seydoux, PhD, of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ruth Lehmann, PhD, of the Whitehead Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and James Priess, PhD, of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, have been pioneers in unraveling the mysteries behind the molecular mechanisms involved in the earliest stages of embryogenesis. Although working independently, the three scientists have together transformed the field of germ cell biology, the study of how germ cells (the precursors of eggs and sperm) faithfully transmit genetic information across generations–one of the most fundamental questions in genetics.