Pääbo-17/8 Final questions

Salut Emilie!

You have witnessed huge evolutions in biotechnologies during your carrier, for example with the PCR which gives better results than cloning with plasmid vectors. Do you believe that as of today PCR is the best method to amplify DNA or that it will be replaced by faster and more precise biotechnologies in the future?

During your research, you often spent a lot of time on one specific aspect (for example reducing contamination as much as possible): what gave you the motivation to continue despite the hurdles that you were faced with ? And now that you have achieved your goal, what is your new objective ?