June 27, 2023

A stem cell-derived human embryo-like model – published paper

A couple of weeks ago we heard news that Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz’s lab had produced work on a stem cell- derived human embryo-like model, first reported in the Guardian. Since then, we have also had sight of a preprint version of this work. The peer-reviewed paper was published in Nature at 4pm UK time, and two of the authors were on this call to present their work and answer any questions. 

Speakers included:

Prof Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz FMedSci, Professor of Development and Stem Cells at the University of Cambridge and a Bren Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering at the California Institute of Technology

Bailey Weatherbee, PhD Student in Dr. Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge