The Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Caltech received a $2.8 million Discovery Stage Research grant from CIRM to advance studies of early human embryo formation. The funded work will probe fundamental developmental processes using stem-cell-derived models and aim to improve understanding of human embryogenesis with implications for infertility and regenerative medicine. Investigators emphasized the translational potential for stem-cell-based models to reveal mechanisms of early development that are inaccessible in vivo. The award supports collaborative technology development and cross-disciplinary teams to accelerate basic-to-clinical discovery.