Jamie DaviesJamie Davies studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge, then embarked on a career in developmental and synthetic biology, establishing a laboratory at the University of Edinburgh which has been active in the kidney development field for 30 years. His labplayed a critical role in identifying earliest-discovered signaling pathways in renal development, in understanding the relationship between normal and neoplastic development, and in aspects of patterning. The lab produced the first renal organoids, using ex-fetu cells, and has since gone on to develop ways of making these organoids more realistic. In parallel, Davies' lab has been a pioneer of synthetic morphogenesis, engineering cells to self-organize into patterning, morphogenetic systems. He has written/ edited over 10 books, 3 for public engagement and the others technical volumes for researchers. He has won several prizes for his work, and has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, and a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology. He is currently Professor of Experimental Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Read More Read Less