In today’s episode, Dr Emma Rawlins, a senior group leader at the Gurdon Institute in University of Cambridge. She is interviewed by PhD student Elena Drudi. Emma talks about her research on stem cells in mammalian lungs using both mouse and human organoid models. She discusses the pros and cons of the two models. She describes her research interest in understanding normal embryonic lung development, with the aim to further repurpose these cues for lung repair/regeneration in adults. She emphasises how functional human genetics on a population level, in combination with human organoids models, can further help dissecting diseases susceptibility and regeneration. She also shares her journey from studying drosophila to human lung biology, and how going aboard no longer seems to be a necessity to continue one's career.

To learn more about Emma’s recent postdoc work, check out the following links: https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/rawlins