An interview with Lydia Finley
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Interview: Protein Folding and Studies of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Published on: July 16, 2008
Abstract:
Lydia Finley is an Associate Professor at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA. Her research focuses on the metabolic programming of embryonic stem cells and how metabolism regulates and drives cell fate decisions. Lydia is a Guest Editor of this Development Special Issue on Metabolic and Nutritional Control of Development and Regeneration. We caught up with Lydia over Zoom to discover more about her research, her views on developmental metabolism and her roles and aims as Guest Editor.
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