Georgina Goss

Pathway NPIF 0+3.5

Cohort 2017

Pathway Journey

I undertook a PhD in Professor Fiona Watt’s lab in the Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine. My PhD project was entitled “Role of distinct fibroblast and pericyte lineages in skin homeostasis and repair”.

Biography

I chose the DTP due to the wide range of projects, seminars and workshops which are available and allow me to gain a wide range of skills and experience. I thoroughly enjoyed the social aspect of the programme – specifically being surrounded by a large cohort of like minded people who supported each other. I enjoyed my PhD immensely as I was in a lab which was full of incredible people who were fun, friendly, and supportive and this led to me getting numerous publications and allowed me to really grow as a scientist. During my PhD I was also part of Only Connect by Illuminations which is a SciArt collaboration between artists from Chisenhale Studios and scientists at KCL and Imperial which began in 2018 to explore how art and science can work together to communicate stem cell research to the public. An online exhibition was published in 2020. Since finishing my PhD I have become a postdoc in Professor Francesca Spagnoli’s lab investigating mesenchyme heterogeneity during human pancreas development.

Publications

Goss. G., Rognoni. E., Salameti. V., Watt. F. (2021) Distinct fibroblast lineages give rise to NG2+ pericyte populations in mouse skin development and repair. Frontiers in Cell and Development Biology 9:675090. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.675080

Rognoni E., Goss G., Hiratsuka. T., Kober. K., Lui. P., Tsang. V., Hawkshaw. N., Pilkington. S., Spilia. K., Cho. I., Ali. N., Rhodes. L., Watt. F. (2021). Role of distinct fibroblast lineages and immune cells in dermal repair following UV radiation induced tissue damage. Elife 23;10:e71052

Ganier, C., Rognoni, E., Goss, G., Lynch, M. & Watt, F. M. Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Healthy and Wounded Skin. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol a041238 (2022) doi:10.1101/CSHPERSPECT.A041238.

Oulès. B., Rognoni. E., Hoste. E., Goss. G., Fiehler. R., Natsuga. K., Quist. S., Mentink. R., Donati. G., Watt. F. (2019). Mutant Lef1 controls Gata6 in sebaceous gland development and cancer. EMBO J. 38 (9): e100526. doi: 10.15252/embj.2018100526

Social Media

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