An interview with Cassandra Extavour.

Published in: Development (Cambridge, England) (2019)

Cassandra Extavour is Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University (www.extavourlab.com). Recently appointed an editor at Development, her lab works on the evolution and development of germ cells in animals, the genetic control of reproductive capacity, and the evolution of the arthropod body plan. We met with Cassandra at the 2018 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology meeting and heard about her scientific history, her thoughts on the future of research at the intersection of evolution and development, and her lifelong passion for music.

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