Historians and philosophers of science and scientists work on the same problems. So, why not work on these problems together and transform the way we understand them? That’s what we do.
We are investigating how regeneration works across the scales of complex living systems.
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Kathryn Maxson Jones earns prestigious fellowship for regeneration work
Kathryn Maxson Jones, co-leader of the neuron regeneration working group and an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Purdue University, was recently selected to serve as… Read more “Kathryn Maxson Jones earns prestigious fellowship for regeneration work”
MacCord and Maienschein push for regeneration for health
McDonnell Initiative co-leaders Kate MacCord and Jane Maienschein recently published an essay for Aeon focused on how we can use regeneration to reconceptualize health. The essay is… Read more “MacCord and Maienschein push for regeneration for health”
Lucie Laplane publishes in Nature Reviews Cancer
Stem cell regeneration group leader, Lucie Laplane, and her collaborator, Carlo Maley (Arizona State University), recently published a perspective piece in Nature Reviews Cancer, challenging the evolutionary… Read more “Lucie Laplane publishes in Nature Reviews Cancer”
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It was nice to take the time to address philosophical issues within our research. The problems are known, but often ignored, as if they will somehow resolve themselves.
The discussions opened my mind to the understanding on the current virtues and pitfalls of the system for which I am somehow expert.
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