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Jason Buenrostro is an institute member of the ӳ����ý of MIT and Harvard and an associate professor at Harvard University in the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology. Buenrostro looks to understand how cells change and adapt in response to our diverse life styles and experiences. To do this, he studies how cells acquire and reverse epigenetic changes and how these changes lead to disease.

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Buenrostro is a 2023 recipient of a for developing methods and technologies that advance our understanding of the mechanisms regulating gene expression.

Buenrostro earned a B.S. in general engineering and a B.S. in biology at Santa Clara University. He did his doctoral work at Stanford University in the Department of Genetics with William Greenleaf and Howard Chang.