Classic Papers in Experimental Biology

William J. Anderson is the Director of Education and a senior lecturer in the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University. Among his responsibilities, he serves as the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the human developmental and regenerative biology concentration at Harvard College. A native of New Jersey, Anderson received his bachelor's and master's degrees in biology from Rutgers University. He received his PhD in biochemistry from Harvard, where his research focused on the directed differentiation of embryonic stem cells to insulin-producing cells of the pancreas, and also endoderm development in the mouse. Prior to returning to Harvard in July 2008, Anderson was on the biology faculty at Swarthmore College.