Reprogramming Stars #7:Dynamic Pluripotent Stem Cell States and Their Applications–An Interview with Dr. Jun Wu

REPROGRAMMING STAR: Dr. Jun Wu is an Assistant Professor at the UT Southwestern Medical Center. The Wu lab mainly focuses on using stem cell models to gain novel insights in development and develop translational applications. The central directions of Wu lab include: 1) derive novel pluripotent stem cells; 2) study novel regulators of pluripotency; 3) identify and overcome the xenogeneic barrier to enable interspecies organogenesis; and 4) generate stem cell-based models of mammalian embryos.