Understanding the molecular mechanisms of adult live regeneration

Meritxell is a stem cell biologist with a background in cancer and tissue regeneration. Stem cells are required for tissue homeostasis and tissue repair. At the Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Meritxell and her team are focused on gaining further understanding of the molecular mechanism by which stem cells sense tissue damage and start proliferating to repair the injured tissue. By gaining further insight into these repair mechanisms, Meritxell aims to better understand the basics of cancer, because during tumour initiation, similar processes have to be activated to instruct the resting cells to start proliferating.