Ruth Lehmann receives Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science

Ruth Lehmann is the 2022 recipient of the Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, given to women with outstanding research accomplishments and established history of mentorship of women in science. Ruth was a Postdoctoral Visitor with Michael Wilcox and Peter Lawrence in the Cell Biology Division, and is now the Director of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her research specialises in the biological origins of germ cells and how they transmit organism potential to daughter cells. More…