Jon Tilly Chair and University Distinguished Professor, Biology j.tilly@neu.edu 617.373.2260 Expertise reproductive biology Jon Tilly in the Press Exclusive: Meet the world’s first baby born with an assist from stem cells Augment emerged from a breakthrough made in 2004 by biologist Jonathan Tilly, then at Harvard Medical School and now chair of biology at Northeastern University. He found that cells scraped from the outer surface of the ovary contain the precursor cells that can provide a more reliable source of energy to older eggs. “The technique […] MIT Technology Review Engineering the perfect baby Tilly predicted that the whole end-to-end technology—cells to stem cells, stem cells to sperm or egg and then to offspring—would end up being worked out first in animals, such as cattle, either by his lab or by companies such as eGenesis, the spin-off from the Church lab working on livestock. But he isn’t sure what […] Maclean's Rewinding the biological clock Reproductive biologists have been working for decades to solve one of the great mysteries of human fertility: why do women produce all the eggs they will ever have while still in the womb, only to have most of those eggs die off before birth, and many more before the woman reaches puberty? Jonathan Tilly, chair […] Jon Tilly for Northeastern Global News Fertility research brings death of dogma, birth of hope Fertility research brings death of dogma, birth of hope After eight years, a paper by professor Jonathan Tilly, a reproductive and stem cell biologist, “puts the final nail in the dogma coffin." The lab whiz The lab whiz Ellie Shin, SSH/S’16, was determined to work on co-op in a campus research lab. She found one, and has quickly made the most of her experiences. A new era for human fertility research A new era for human fertility research In 2004, Jon Tilly, professor and chair of the Department of Biology, overturned the paradigm that female mammals do not produce new egg cells after birth. His discovery has opened the floodgates for new clinical approaches to combat infertility and perhaps even stave off menopause.
Exclusive: Meet the world’s first baby born with an assist from stem cells Augment emerged from a breakthrough made in 2004 by biologist Jonathan Tilly, then at Harvard Medical School and now chair of biology at Northeastern University. He found that cells scraped from the outer surface of the ovary contain the precursor cells that can provide a more reliable source of energy to older eggs. “The technique […]
MIT Technology Review Engineering the perfect baby Tilly predicted that the whole end-to-end technology—cells to stem cells, stem cells to sperm or egg and then to offspring—would end up being worked out first in animals, such as cattle, either by his lab or by companies such as eGenesis, the spin-off from the Church lab working on livestock. But he isn’t sure what […]
Maclean's Rewinding the biological clock Reproductive biologists have been working for decades to solve one of the great mysteries of human fertility: why do women produce all the eggs they will ever have while still in the womb, only to have most of those eggs die off before birth, and many more before the woman reaches puberty? Jonathan Tilly, chair […]