An interview with Maria Elena Torres-Padilla.

Maria Elena Torres-Padilla is Director of the Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells at Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany. Maria Elena, who studies how cell potency and cell fate are regulated by chromatin-mediated processes, was recently appointed as an Academic Editor at Development. We caught up with Maria Elena at a recent conference to find out more about her background, her research and her thoughts on the ties between the chromatin and developmental biology fields.