StemCells@Lunch Digested

In today’s episode, Prof Denis Duboule, a professor of developmental biology at EPFL and Univeristy of Geneva is interviewed by PhD student Abigail Isaacson. Denis talks about how his first interest for mushrooms initiated his whole career in biology. He shares with us his fascination for the encoding of time in the genome, which ensures the proper development of embryos. Denis also talks about how priotities change during the life of a laboratory head, shifting from publishing to seeing your lab members grow and succeed on their own.

To find out more about Denis' research, check out the following link:

https://genev.unige.ch/research/laboratory/Denis-Duboule

In today’s episode, Prof Denis Duboule, a professor of developmental biology at EPFL and Univeristy of Geneva is interviewed by PhD student Abigail Isaacson. Denis talks about how his first interest for mushrooms initiated his whole career in biology. He shares with us his fascination for the encoding of time in the genome, which ensures the proper development of embryos. Denis also talks about how priotities change during the life of a laboratory head, shifting from publishing to seeing your lab members grow and succeed on their own.

To find out more about Denis' research, check out the following link:

https://genev.unige.ch/research/laboratory/Denis-Duboule

In today’s episode, Prof Dagmar Iber, a professor at ETH, Zurich, is interviewed by PhD student Vasiliki Salameti. Dagmar talks about the similarity between investment banking and academia . She describes her interest in modelling organogenesis and patterning systems. She discusses the importance of collaboration. She also advised students to take risk and initiative to try to do things they want to. As a university professor, she shared how she enjoyed the scientific journey in finding things out, but also teaching and seeing students grow.

To find out more about Dagmar's research, check out the following links:

https://www.bsse.ethz.ch/cobi

https://bsse.ethz.ch/cobi/group/people/person-detail.MTQ5NDI0.TGlzdC8yMjA0LC0xMDM3ODQxNDk3.html

In today’s episode, Prof Dagmar Iber, a professor at ETH, Zurich, is interviewed by PhD student Vasiliki Salameti. Dagmar talks about the similarity between investment banking and academia . She describes her interest in modelling organogenesis and patterning systems. She discusses the importance of collaboration. She also advised students to take risk and initiative to try to do things they want to. As a university professor, she shared how she enjoyed the scientific journey in finding things out, but also teaching and seeing students grow.

To find out more about Dagmar's research, check out the following links:

https://www.bsse.ethz.ch/cobi

https://bsse.ethz.ch/cobi/group/people/person-detail.MTQ5NDI0.TGlzdC8yMjA0LC0xMDM3ODQxNDk3.html

In today’s episode, Dr Vikas Trivedi, a group leader at EMBL Barcelona, is interviewed by PhD student Prudence Lui. Vikas talks about his scientific journey and his research on using embryonic organoids to study self-organisation of cells. He describes the challenge in this field to use interdisciplinary approaches to study complex biological phenomena. He discusses the benefits of developing broad multidisciplinary expertise at the lab. As a group leader in science, he finds problem solving, working with intelligent people and contributing to other people’s career very rewarding. We also get to learn about Vikas’s interests beyond the lab.

To find out more about Vikas's research, check out the following link:

https://www.embl.org/groups/trivedi/

In today’s episode, Dr Vikas Trivedi, a group leader at EMBL Barcelona, is interviewed by PhD student Prudence Lui. Vikas talks about his scientific journey and his research on using embryonic organoids to study self-organisation of cells. He describes the challenge in this field to use interdisciplinary approaches to study complex biological phenomena. He discusses the benefits of developing broad multidisciplinary expertise at the lab. As a group leader in science, he finds problem solving, working with intelligent people and contributing to other people’s career very rewarding. We also get to learn about Vikas’s interests beyond the lab.

To find out more about Vikas's research, check out the following link:

https://www.embl.org/groups/trivedi/

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

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

In today’s episode, Dr Vanessa Ribes, a group leader at Jacques Monod Institute, Paris, is interviewed by PhD student Victoria Tsang. Vanessa talks about her research on embryonic development of the spinal cord, its transcriptional regulation, the pathology of related congenital diseases, as well as cancers. She describes her long-time passion for biology and how she went from marine biology to agriculture to her current research. She discusses how meeting patients motivated and influenced her work. She shares her favourite aspects of being a scientist and her future focuses. She emphasises the importance of pleasure in pursuing a scientific career.

To find out more about Vanessa's research, check out the following link:

https://www.ijm.fr/en/864/research-groups/transcriptional-networks.htm

In today’s episode, Dr Vanessa Ribes, a group leader at Jacques Monod Institute, Paris, is interviewed by PhD student Victoria Tsang. Vanessa talks about her research on embryonic development of the spinal cord, its transcriptional regulation, the pathology of related congenital diseases, as well as cancers. She describes her long-time passion for biology and how she went from marine biology to agriculture to her current research. She discusses how meeting patients motivated and influenced her work. She shares her favourite aspects of being a scientist and her future focuses. She emphasises the importance of pleasure in pursuing a scientific career.

To find out more about Vanessa's research, check out the following link:

https://www.ijm.fr/en/864/research-groups/transcriptional-networks.htm