Gail R. Martin
Gail Roberta Martin | |
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Martin in 2015 | |
| Born | Gail Roberta Zuckman April 12, 1944 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | February 16, 2026 (aged 81) |
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| Spouse | G. Steven Martin (m. 1969) |
| Children | 1 son |
| Awards | Member, US National Academy of Sciences; Foreign Member, Royal Society; Pearl Meister Greengard Prize; E.G. Conklin Medal |
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| Fields | Developmental Biology |
| Institutions | University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) |
Gail Roberta Martin (née Zuckman, April 2, or April 12, 1944 – February 16, 2026) was an American biologist. She is known for her pioneering work on the isolation of pluripotent stem cells from normal embryos, for which she coined the term 'embryonic stem cells'. She is widely recognized for her work on the function of fibroblast growth factors and their negative regulators in vertebrate organogenesis. She and her colleagues made contributions to gene targeting technology.