Bo Wang

Bo Wang is an Associate Professor at Stanford University whose research focuses on organismal regeneration, quantitative biology, and the evolution of cell types across species. His work integrates single-cell genomics, spatial transcriptomics, advanced microscopy, and computational analysis to understand how cells coordinate growth, repair, and regeneration at organism-wide scales. A central theme of his research is uncovering the molecular and cellular principles that enable whole-body regeneration and adaptive robustness in regenerative systems. His group studies diverse model organisms, including planarians and emerging primate models, to map cellular diversity and signaling dynamics with high resolution. His research has been published in leading journals such as Nature, Cell, Nature Communications, and Nature Methods, contributing foundational insights into regeneration, cell type evolution, and multicellular organization. Through large-scale cell atlas projects and quantitative approaches, his work aims to reveal conserved biological principles that link development, regeneration, and evolutionary innovation.