Lucila Scimone is a staff scientist in Whitehead Institute Member Peter Reddien’s lab studying how cells build and regenerate body parts in the flatworm planarian. Staff scientists are typically senior researchers in a lab, who have completed a PhD and postdoc and then have chosen to stay in an academic research position. During their long tenure in a lab, they may take on other responsibilities in addition to research. We sat down with Lucila to talk about her experiences as a staff scientist and her interests in and out of the lab.
