Kenneth Poss is Director of Regenerative Biology at Morgridge Institute and Professor of Cell and Regenerative Biology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He received his B.A. in Biology from Carleton College and his Ph.D. in Biology from MIT for research with Susumu Tonegawa. Dr. Poss was a postdoctoral fellow with Mark Keating at the University of Utah and Boston Children’s Hospital. From 2003-2024, he led his research program at Duke investigating zebrafish models of regeneration, where he served as James B. Duke Professor of Regenerative Biology and Head of the Duke Regeneration Center.
Poss discovered heart regeneration in zebrafish, establishing an important natural model of robust cardiac repair, and his lab has identified key mechanisms of tissue regeneration in this animal model. Recent work from his lab has developed live imaging approaches to regeneration and has discovered regulatory sequences that control regeneration programs, named tissue regeneration enhancer elements.
Morgridge Institute for Research Press Release: Heart regeneration pioneer to join UW–Madison, Morgridge Institute – Morgridge Institute for Research
Kenneth Poss Lab: https://morgridge.org/research/labs/poss/