For our latest episode we are talking with Dr. Aviv Regev. Dr. Regev is the head of Genentech Research and Early Development. Prior to Genentech, Regev served as Chair of the Faculty and Core Member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and as Professor of Biology at MIT and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She is a founding co-chair of the Human Cell Atlas.
Show Notes & Links Of Interest
Introduction and Bio [00:11]
Link: Genentech
Question: How does Dr. Regev describe herself and her career? [02:59]
Question: What were some of the biggest obstacles she has faced in her life and how did she overcome them ? [05:02]
Link: Broad Institute [06:05]
Link: Nancy Hopkins [06:37]
Question: Who were some of her mentors and how did they help her? [08:19]
Link: Eva Jablonka [09:08]
Link: Marion Lamb [11:10]
Question: What is the Human Cell Atlas is? [13:18]
Link: Human Cell Atlas [13:25]
Link: Single Cell RNA-Seq [15:37]
Link: Sarah Teichmann [16:18]
Link: Human Genome Project [18:43]
Question: How are organs selected for evaluation as part of the Human Cell Atlas? [19:43]
Question: What methods has she used to fight self-doubt and to deal with failures? [22:35]
Question: How many publications has she authored? [30:11]
Link: PubMed [30:19]
Link: Atray Dixit [31:47]
Question: How has she handled change over the course of her career? Is there anything that she was very confident on early on in her career that she has completely changed her opinion on now? [33:45]
Question: How does she see her research helping cancer research and future treatments? [35:34]
Question: If she had not become a scientist/researcher what alternative career does she think she would have pursued? [42:41]
Question: What advice does she have for women as they pursue their dreams? [45:50]
Question: What one quality or trait does she feel young girls should embrace when pursuing their dreams? [46:29]
Wrap up [46:58]
Aviv Regev’s Bio
Aviv Regev is the head of Genentech Research and Early Development. Prior to Genentech, Regev served as Chair of the Faculty and Core Member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and as Professor of Biology at MIT and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She is a founding co-chair of the Human Cell Atlas. Regev is a leader in deciphering molecular circuits that govern cells, tissues and organs in health and their malfunction in disease. Her lab has pioneered foundational experimental and computational methods in single-cell genomics, working toward greater understanding of the function of cells and tissues in health and disease, including autoimmune disease, inflammation and cancer. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine, and a Fellow of the International Society of Computational Biology. She is a recipient of multiple prizes and honors, most recently the recipient of the L'Oreal-UNESCO Women In Science award.
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