Pääbo-17/8 Final questions

Salut Emilie!

You have witnessed big progresses in biotechnologies during your career, 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 ?

What did you gain from this experience as a writer for lay people on a personal and professional level? If you had to do it again, would you do it?

When do you know that it was finally time to end your research and publish your results?