Dr. Aparna Bhaduri is an Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her lab studies how the human brain is created, with billions of cells spanning hundreds or thousands of cell types. They also explore how the cell building blocks of development can reappear later in life in brain cancers such as glioblastoma. They have recently published papers detailing the cell types that exist in the developing human brain. These “atlases” are valuable guideposts for anchoring our normal development studies and are a valuable comparative tool in improving our understanding of glioblastoma.

Listen to the episode here.