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Our group leaders
We have 12 group leaders in the Institute, plus 4 associate group leaders whose labs are based elsewhere.
Group leaders
Follow the links for each group leader to learn more about their research area, key publications and biography, and team members.
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Ben Simons
Director
Mechanisms of stem cell fate in tissue development, maintenance and disease
More info![Julie Ahringer BW portrait](https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AhringerBWSq-01642-500x500.jpg)
Julie Ahringer
Senior group leader
Developmental regulation of chromatin structure and function
More info![Sumru Bayin BW portrait](https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/BayinBWSq-0247-500x500.jpg)
Sumru Bayin
Group leader
Understanding and harnessing the regenerative potential of the brain
More info![Andrea Brand BW portrait](https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/BrandBWSq-01431-500x500.jpg)
Andrea Brand
Head of Wellcome laboratories
Time to wake up: regulation of stem cell quiescence and proliferation
More info![David Fernandez-Antoran BW portrait](https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/FernandezAntoranBWSq-02125-500x500.jpg)
![Jenny Gallop BW portrait](https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GallopBWSq-00640-500x500.jpg)
![John Gurdon BW portrait](https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GurdonBWSq-00949-500x500.jpg)
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![Daniel St Johnston BW portrait](https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/StJohnstonBWSq-00426-500x500.jpg)
![Azim Surani BW portrait v2](https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AzimEditedApr2022-e1652363900866-500x500.jpg)
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![Fengzhu Xiong BW portrait](https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/XiongBWSq-01793-500x500.jpg)
Associate group leaders
Follow the links for each group leader to learn more about their research area, key publications and biography.
![Martin Howard BW portrait](https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/HowardBWSq-0333-500x500.jpg)
Martin Howard
Associate group leader
Building simple predictive models of complex biological processes
More info![Steve Jackson BW portrait](https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/JacksonBWSq-01939-500x500.jpg)
![Eric Miska BW portrait](https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/MiskaBWSq-02399-500x500.jpg)
![John Perry BW portrait](https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/PerryBWSq-2352-500x500.jpg)